Amrit Pal Singh is a visual artist, 3D illustrator, and art director. He revels in play, world cinema, and the occasional side of fries. He is known for whimsical, diversity-driven designs, illustrations, and NFTs.

For over a decade, he collaborated with domestic and international clients to create mobile apps, picture books, digital toys, and more. 

Amrit Pal Singh became famous in February 2021 when he minted his first NFT – Frida Toy Face – which sold for 3.9 ETH. Since then, he has evoked nostalgia worldwide with his collection of Toy Faces & Toy Rooms, resulting in over 94 NFTs and 384+ ETH in direct sales.

Talking About Toy Face

“As a visual artist,” he says, “my primary goal is to create artwork that connects with people on an emotional level. My chosen medium for achieving this is Toy Faces, a collection of portraits reminiscent of childhood toys that evoke nostalgia and comfort.”

Each Toy Face captures the subject’s unique features, personality, and spirit. Amrit pays special attention to the colors and patterns on each portrait, using them to enhance the toy-like aesthetic.

 

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Artist Statement

He continues: “My inspiration for Toy Faces comes from my love of toys and the memories they bring. Toys have a unique ability to transport us back to when life was simpler and full of wonder. With each Toy Face, I aim to tap into that sense of childlike curiosity and create a connection between the viewer and the subject.

Toy Face is a reminder of the power of simplicity in a world that can sometimes feel overwhelming and chaotic. I hope Toy Face brings the viewer comfort and joy, reminding us that there is always room for playfulness in our lives.”

 

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THE ADVENTURES OF ✦ THE TOY MAKER

After four years of making Toy Faces, I am excited to welcome you to the next chapter, The Adventures of The Toy Maker. It is a tale of a whimsical journey that unfolds with each artwork. FOLLOW THE JOURNEY >

 

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Toy Faces Library

Toy Faces is a fun, diverse library of 3D avatars for your design mockups and commercial use. DOWNLOAD NOW >

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UART MEDIA FEST is organized by the Gulliver multifunctional complex, which has the largest facade screens in Europe, in cooperation with the international company MEET FUTURE.

Motion designers, 3D visual, and light designers are invited to participate in the international multimedia contest and festival UART MEDIA FEST 2024. Contestants may win grants to develop their projects and have an opportunity to showcase their videos on the largest facade screens in Europe for thousands of festival visitors. The participants may compete in two areas: tech-heavy media art and digital & crypto-art.

Why Participate to the UART MEDIA FEST

The festival will take place on the 5th of October, 2024 in the heart of Kyiv, Ukraine. The works of talented motion designers from all over the world will be showcased to thousands of visitors on the large facade screens. The final screening of the participants’ works on the screens of the Gulliver multifunctional complex will take place on the 5th of October, 2024.

The winners, who will be determined by eminent industry representatives, will receive grants for the further development of their projects. The two winners of the UART MEDIA FEST competition will receive an award of $3000 for the best video and $1000 for NFT and the opportunity to cooperate with MEET FUTURE, i.e. the opportunity to present their work on the largest international media platforms.

Creative studios or individual designers can submit their video works that were created before or create content specifically for the festival. The topic of the second UART MEDIA FEST is “The Universe in Everyone”. For more information about participation and conditions, follow the link.

Gulliver shopping mall always strives to be at the forefront of cultural and social events. We are pleased to organize such an innovative festival, which confirms our status as a leading cultural center of the capital. Together with our partners MEET FUTURE, we continue to write the creative history of the country together, telling about our endless possibilities. Kateryna Zhurakivska, Marketing Director of the Gulliver shopping mall, comments. MEET FUTURE, the international company, the expert and trendsetter in innovative technologies and events, has become the organizational and executive partner of UART MEDIA FEST. The festival will be part of the big birthday celebration of the Gulliver shopping center, which celebrates 11 years in October. The event will combine traditional art and digital installations of the future, united by the topic of artificial intelligence.

UART MEDIA FEST was the first event of this scale in Ukraine, which took place in October 2023 in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Gulliver shopping mall. The festival attracted both national and international audiences: 22 artists from different countries took part in the contest, and their works were seen by 1000 festival visitors offline and 4000 viewers during online translation. All works were distinguished by their unique style and concept, but were united by the theme “The Light in Everyone”. This event became the starting point for a new format of cultural events in the country, combining contemporary art and digital tools of the future.

UART MEDIA FEST has won the 14th edition of the Eventex Awards 2024, the world’s most prestigious marketing award.

Go here to visit their website >>>

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Juan García Segura (Murcia, Spain- b. 1980) is a director and 3D motion graphic designer. He moved to Berlin in 2012 where he lives with his wife and children.

After receiving his degree in Audiovisual Communication in 2006, he spent a few years as a lead motion designer in a local tv station. He then moved to Munich in 2008 to work with several 3D motion design studios.

In 2012, he relocates to Berlin. There he works for animation and filmmaking production studios like Sehsucht, Storz & Escherisch, Optix Digital, and OM Studios. 

Juan focuses on translating design-driven photorealistic 3D animations into Commercials, Broadcast Design, Events Visuals, Product Visualization, and Titles Sequences.

As a matter of fact, Segura directed the on-air redesign of Spanish channels NEOX and Xplora. He also collaborated extensively in the broadcast design of german and international tv channels.

Current Projects

Juan currently works directly with clients of high caliber. Some of these include the mobile bank N26, the payment technology company Sumup, the curated network of professionals, and creators Factory Berlin.

He is available for commissions. To contact him, go here. 

NFT Project: States of Matter

“This is the first NFT minted from my ongoing series States of Matter.

You see a digital smoke simulation in a morphing glass cast generated through particles advection. This process takes several days of computer calculation: over a hundred hours and 12 million particles were necessary to create the 206 images that compose this animation.

Years of refining the technical part of this process allow me to pay special attention to shapes, color palettes, and illumination.”

NFTs at Foundation

NFTs at Makersplace

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Born in South Africa in 1979, Matthew Willman still lives there while traveling worldwide for his photography. “My work reflects an innate desire to understand how we relate to the real and imaginary worlds we inhabit, especially the role body language plays in expressing emotions and telling stories, ” he says.

Willman specializes in creating rare images.

As Annie Lennox rightly said “Matthew is passionately connected to the complexity of his existence…. he connects with his passion…the rest just follows”

Willman served as commissioned photographer for 10 years to Nelson Mandela, building a remarkable library of images detailing the incredible life and times of Nelson Mandela. He holds the last private portrait works of Mandela regarded as the most intimate photographic collection in the world. As a documenter his vast experience has built a magnificient body of rare works that also include private commissions with Barack Obama, Annie Lennox, The Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu to name a few.

To meet Willman is to meet the world!  Now for the first time Willman is lighting a bale fire for collectors and those who see opportunity in owning and trading in unique NFT photographic fine art work.

Over time Willman will reveal his collections, creating an individual voice and strong narrative of each image.  Only the most celebrated fine art photographs are being released.

The human being inspires Matthew profoundly in all its shapes and conditions. Exploring body language compels him to travel the world, working to date in 48 countries, photographing people and places and communities to deepen issues like who we are and how we shape ourselves.

Following is an exclusive interview with Matthew Willman for Hue&Eye.

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Hello Matthew. When or how have you understood you wanted to become an artist?

I have been into art since I was 12 years old. I grew out of being a ballet dancer into photography. Both disciplines have the human-being and their body language in common indeed.

And how would you like people to engage with your art?

My main interest is to explore the human condition in all its forms. So I’d say that I want to see the human story and reactions my creations may generate. 

Can you briefly say something about your creative technique and tell us what drives you to make art?

Photography is how I communicate, how I touch and feel others. I use the image to share stories of who we are and what we shape ourselves to be.

Which artist primarily inspires your work? And is there something else, outside visual arts, that keeps you motivated?

Herb Ritts, Ruven Afanador, Patrick Demarchelier to name a few. Outside of photography, dance and history encourage depth and motivate my research.

As a digital artist, do you feel you’ve been waiting for something like NFTs for a long time?

YES, no question about it. It’s the first time I can make my work eventually unique, one of one. It’s my ultimate goal.

And how do you see the NFT world will benefit your professional career?

The NFT Art marketplaces are the first platforms where I can combine a powerful narrative with creativity and iconic or historical images. 

Spread the word! Do you have anything exciting on the horizon or something special you wish to share?

I am currently launching The Willman Collection of 1/1 NFTs and stories, from Barack Obama to Nelson Mandela, Ballet to nudes.

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Visit The Willman Collection to know more about the NFT project.

To go to Matthew Willman’s website click here or follow him on Instagram. 

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KAFT is a design brand that tells stories in wearable forms. It is now launching the second edition of the Hybrid Minds project, built on the representations of artwork in both physical and digital universes. 

The limited-edition t-shirt design represents the physical universe of the project, and the single-edition NFT form of the artwork represents the digital ecosystem.

You can check out the one-edition NFT and 100 limited edition t-shirt designs of Crimson Fumes here.

KAFT and The Hybrid Minds project

The Hybrid Minds project continues to grow and evolve as a new artist participates each month. 

KAFT’s trademark is about designs with stories behind and collaboration with many great artists worldwide, such as Cinta Vidal, Monassi, and Seungyea Park. KAFT has reached 85 different countries so far.

The Hybrid Minds project swiftly found its collector in the NFT ecosystem with its first edition and keeps on evolving with the participation of artists all over the world. The project’s new collaboration, “Crimson Fumes,” is about the story of a character coming from the fantasy worlds created by Reza Afshar.

For its first collaboration in the NFT universe, KAFT combines the brand culture and the creative process in the digital and physical world. 

NFTs emerged in parallel with the digital evolution and have recently been used by many artists worldwide to present their works. It represents the existence of artworks in the digital universe while also creating a unique, original signature for the owner.

“A collaboration in a physical and digital universe”

The limited-edition t-shirt design represents the physical universe of the project. The single-edition NFT form of the artwork represents the digital ecosystem.

The first collaboration of this project is “Wired Again,” prepared by Oscar Llorens. The famous artist reinterpreted the Wired illustration he made for KAFT for the Hybrid Minds project.

KAFT Culture

KAFT is a design brand founded on two values: creativity and care. It appeals to people in pursuit of beauty: to art-lovers who don’t shape their preferences by popular culture. A platform full of art and unique ideas based on underground culture, and full of art events and projects for all disciplines.

To view all the designers participating in KAFT, go here. 

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Amrit Pal Singh is a visual artist, 3D illustrator, and art director. He revels in play, world cinema, and the occasional side of fries. He is known for whimsical, diversity-driven designs, illustrations, and NFTs.

For over a decade, he collaborated with domestic and international clients to create mobile apps, picture books, digital toys, and more. 

Amrit became famous in February 2021 when he minted his first NFT – Frida Toy Face – which sold for 3.9 ETH. Since then, he has evoked nostalgia worldwide with his collection of Toy Faces & Toy Rooms, resulting in over 94 NFTs and 384+ ETH in direct sales.

Talking About Toy Face

“As a visual artist,” he says, “my primary goal is to create artwork that connects with people on an emotional level. My chosen medium for achieving this is Toy Faces, a collection of portraits reminiscent of childhood toys that evoke nostalgia and comfort.”

Each Toy Face captures the subject’s unique features, personality, and spirit. Amrit pays special attention to the colors and patterns on each portrait, using them to enhance the toy-like aesthetic.

Artist Statement

He continues: “My inspiration for Toy Faces comes from my love of toys and the memories they bring. As a matter of fact, toys have a unique ability to transport us back to when life was simpler and full of wonder. With each Toy Face, I aim to tap into that sense of childlike curiosity and create a connection between the viewer and the subject.

Toy Face is a reminder of the power of simplicity in a world that can sometimes feel overwhelming and chaotic. I hope Toy Face brings the viewer comfort and joy, reminding us that there is always room for playfulness in our lives.”

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Method & Hefty. Art present: A New Exhibition by AMRIT PAL SINGH

LOCATIONS- DELHI, MUMBAI, BANGALORE

Stir, Delhi: April 28- May 7

Method Kala Ghoda: Mumbai, June 8 – June 25 

Church Street Social, Bangalore: July 7 – July 23

To register, go here > 

Delhi Timings: daily 12-8 pm

Entry: Free to All 

About The Exhibition

Amrit Pal Singh’s adorable toy faces celebrate a whimsical childhood that transcends age and persists through adulthood. A delightful sense of playfulness characterizes Amrit’s 3D toy-like renditions of characters, figures, and movements through contemporary culture. 

Amrit’s ever-growing collection of toy faces has reimagined inspiring humans from music, technology, and 90s web culture. Coinciding with his 100th NFT drop, Amrit’s first solo exhibition returns to the project’s origins by delving into icons from the art world. Presented in a physical art collector’s toy room with a toy-like interpretation of iconic furniture works, Amrit unveils eight new toy faces of iconic artists highlighted by an official collaboration with the M.F. Husain estate. 

Exhibition’s Close-Up

The exhibition brings a virtual world to reality by enabling visitors to enter a digital toy room for the first time. The digital meets physical, and art meets utility in the liveable expression of one of Amrit’s fantastical rooms. In this offline world, viewers will embrace childhood wonder while celebrating the artistic contributions of the art world’s legendary greats.

Quote from Sahil Arora, Founder of Method 

“Method’s vision has always been to present artists representing the generation we grew up in – the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s. Amrit Pal Singh is an artist whose work resonates with us at multiple levels – the medium, the culture, the inspiration, and everything we love. We’re extremely excited to present Amrit’s digital works in a physical avatar and present it in 3 cities as a tour.”

Method is a creative space for Urban, Street & Contemporary Art by emerging artists worldwide. Go here to learn more about Method > 

Quote from Aashish Singh, Co-Founder, Hefty:

“We are absolutely thrilled to be joining forces with Amrit Pal for his upcoming solo showcase, where his acclaimed Toy Faces and Toy Room creations will come to life in a physical environment. The exceptional value of Amrit’s work is undeniable, and witnessing it in a tangible form is genuinely exhilarating. With HEFTY.art and Method leading the charge, this project signifies a groundbreaking moment in the evolution of digital art and NFTs, and we are eager to see its influence on art lovers throughout the Indian subcontinent.”

HEFTY.art stands as a premier curator-driven marketplace, displaying a diverse assortment of digital and physical art, known as “phygital” art, from talented artists around the world.

Go here to discover Hefty.art.

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Foundation.App is a straightforward application used for bidding on digital art on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform aims to become the new creative economy for digital art. Here, people can purchase, trade, and browse digital art within a manageable user interface.

On the platform, artworks are tokenized on the Ethereum blockchain using non-fungible tokens (NFTs). To fully appreciate the platform, it’s essential to have a good understanding of how NFTs work.

Why Should Creators Use FoundationApp

NFT marketplaces can often be discouraging to use at first. However, Foundation has created a platform that facilitates the user experience, providing a simple platform for bidding on digital art.

Furthermore, Ethereum blockchain may track each piece on Foundation using the Etherscan block explorer. It adds a layer of transparency to the auction process that makes it easy to see when and who created it, plus an entire history of who has owned it since.

Foundation bridges crypto and culture to encourage a network of bilateral support between artists, creators, and collectors. The platform also shares tools with the rapidly evolving excited developers.

How Does It Works?

All Foundation creators have a profile page. This page displays the artist’s work and the bidding history of each piece created. Also, the creator profile shows a short bio and links to social media accounts.

The platform features live bidding for various Foundation artworks, including the Edward Snowden NFT. 

Foundation is a simple and easy-to-navigate suite for NFT artists and digital art enthusiasts to participate in decentralized auctions for various creative pieces. Furthermore, this is achieved in a decentralized and transparent manner using the Ethereum public blockchain.

To bid in auctions, you’ll need to connect with a Web3 wallet, such as MetaMask.

Start Creating Drops on Foundation.App

 

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Conclusion

Foundation is making non-fungible token (NFT) art auctions accessible and appealing to all. It also aims to become the go-to platform for NFT auctions with a simple user interface and easy-to-use functionality. Furthermore, as the platform continues to see increased adoption, the platform’s community redefines how we think about NFTs. Moreover, it is using NFTs for social good, to promote charitable causes and decentralization.

Click here to explore Foundation.

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Gizem Dogan is a digital artist and visual designer who specializes in simulations and conceptual renderings. Her work and artistic style falls under the surreal, modern, and metaphysical. Her work has deep ties to outer space, the universe, and physics laws.

Gizem was born in Izmir, Turkey. She attended Istanbul Yildiz Technical University where she majored in Interactive Media Design. She has worked on a variety of projects including music videos and commercials. Gizem is also a successful artist in the NFT space, her art has been acquired by multiple collectors on SuperRare.

Gizem first met digital arts at 18 and participated in her first group exhibition within UNHCR in 2019.

She enjoys various art forms, including digital art and crypto art, and started this early on. Gizem particularly appreciates creating simulations with Houdini as she feels it allows her to express herself the most. 

Curiosities about Gizem.

Cinema is one of her biggest passions, especially movies from her favorite directors such as Darren Aronofsky, Gaspar Noe, Tom Ford, Bong Joon Ho, Yorgos Lanthimo.

She loves food and will never eat for survival rather than for absolute pleasure as an authentic Turkish girl. She also loves the nordic lights and would like to travel to Norway or Iceland for some inspiration as she believes there is a correlation between those effects and the simulations she creates.

Her favorite artists are Bernini, Neri Oxman, Pigo Lin and Can Büyükberber.

As for the NFT ones, she likes Hexeract and Murat Pak, with a special eye for The unsold by Murat Pak. 

Gizem and NFT Art.

She has recently been working nonstop on an NFT series for SuperRare.

Gizem’s approach to NFTs started in 2020, while she was already interested in the technology behind crypto and blockchain. After all, NFT is a combination of two of her favorite things: blockchain technology and digital art. 

Gizem has just finished a 3 piece series Xibalba and is already working on her next project soon. 

 

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NFT Playground Amsterdam is in the heart of Amsterdam, located at the corner of Vijzelgracht and Weteringcircuit, where a team of crypto revolutionists transformed 200 m2 of open space into an immersive workplace for crypto enthusiasts wanting to get involved in the Web3 Ecosystem.

Founder Bart Bloemers: “NFT Playground wants to be the no.1 introduction to the Web3 Ecosystem for all curious-minded people, entrepreneurs, and artists. Our space is for you if you want to learn, meet up and work together with others to explore the possibilities of NFTs. We teach you to grab your own NFT, trade them, or get involved in NFT projects.”

The green walled Playground converted its identity this summer, and from June the 10th, it functions as a Digital Art Gallery, Co-Working space, and educational place. Participants are welcome to become a member of the DAO as well.

About the Playground

You are welcome here to meet with the new players in this upcoming industry. Mint some art in the space, or bring your laptop to work there. Sign up for a workshop or masterclass with one of their members. Don’t forget to make new friends and have them also encounter other revolutionists! 

Create your first NFT with NFT Playground Amsterdam

At the heart of Amsterdam, located at Weteringdwarsstraat 107, 200 m2, you will find an immersive Playground for crypto revolutionists.

At their events, you can learn more about purchasing, finding, or creating Digital Art and NFTs and onboard artists hungry for more.

Check their calendar for the following dates. 

NFT Playground is ready to give you a crypto jumpstart!

What do they do?

• onboarding new enthusiasts (How to create, sell or collect NFTs)
• onboarding for local artists (Target audience // how to sell // NFT workshops)
• Connecting around web3 (Meetup/NFT events/ Community Calls/ Co-working)
• Exhibition (Digital Art / NFTs / Glitch/)

Access to the Playground is free

Why participate?

If you also feel that the world needs more decentralization, more digital art, and more collaboration opportunities, go over and join!

Go here to visit NFT Playground Amsterdam’s website and Discover More >

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Besides, since their high traceability facilitates the authenticity and source of the work, this feature, in turn, makes the job easier to buy, sell, and trade. 

Everybody heard of Christie’s auction of an NFT art, a purely digital collage, for US$69.4 million, with an NFT to “guarantee” authenticity.

This ownership information is stored on the blockchain with a specific ID and linked to unique metadata. It became part of an algorithm. 

More interesting is that NFTs’ value derives from owning the whole entity.

The non-divisible nature of NFTs also helps with ownership rights and verifying provenance.

Besides associating the artwork to an NFT, software code called smart contracts may regulate aspects like managing transferability and paying royalties.

Therefore, NFTs can be extended beyond the sole ownership and transferability and include various other applications and functionality, like linking the NFT to another digital asset.

For example, one may write on a smart contract to automatically distribute a portion of the amounts paid for any subsequent sale of the NFT back to the original owner to give the owner the ability to recognize the minor marketplace’s benefits.

CAN MY CONTENT BE AN NFT?

Probably yes! 

Indeed, almost anything is a digital asset to link to an NFT. Today, there are very few restrictions of what content may or may not be getting “tokenized” and turned into an NFT art. The technology is still in its early days. It’s a great moment to experiment with the medium with your artwork as the market for digital art continuously grows its demand.

Digital art, songs, memes, and even startups are on sale on NFT marketplaces. And the best is only yet to come.

HOW TO CREATE AN NFT?

You won’t need a total technical understanding of the cryptocurrency or blockchain systems to start with NFT crypto art. It’s crucial to mention that NFTs are mainly part of the Ethereum blockchain.

The following three steps are a summary of what you will need to commence selling and trading art with NFTs:

• Set up an Ethereum Wallet
• Purchase a small amount of Ethereum.
• Connect your wallet to an NFT Marketplace. 

WHAT IS AN NFT MARKET?

There are several websites that you can submit your NFT art. You may think of these sites as NFT art galleries. The popular term for these websites is “NFT marketplaces”.

WHERE TO SELL NFT ART?

The answer is “NFT marketplaces”.

Here’s also a list of the most popular NFT art marketplaces that lists NFT art for sale:

• OpenSea
• SuperRare
• Nifty Gateway
• Foundation
• VIV3
• BakerySwap
• Axie Marketplace
• Rarible
• NFT ShowRoom

For a more comprehensive overview of NFT art websites and marketplaces visit our directory of NFT marketplaces. 

Have fun and good luck!

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