To support the project and community I wanted to get some high quality artwork created and the first thing will be one or a few 3d renders around Counterparty. Do you have any ideas about what kind of imagery or objects would be good to see in this type of work? Like Bitcoin, it’s a bit tricky since so many things Counterparty can do are digital, not tangible, and more process than object. Anyway, what are your thoughts?
To support the project and community I wanted to get some high quality artwork created and the first thing will be one or a few 3d renders around Counterparty. Do you have any ideas about what kind of imagery or objects would be good to see in this type of work? Like Bitcoin, it's a bit tricky since so many things Counterparty can do are digital, not tangible, and more process than object. Anyway, what are your thoughts?
Great idea. I would like to propose three interlinking themes - Nature,
Engineering and Cybernetics. The Counterparty Protocol exhibits complex
emergent behavior despite being a system with simple rules, and it has
been meticulously designed and engineered with foresight and feedback.
Some specific ideas:
[1] Rock, Paper, Scissors performed with robotic hands (e.g. http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs42/f/2009/082/8/4/Cybernetic_Arm_by_Ragaru.jpg) or one robotic hand and one human hand. With the relevant Counterparty code being displayed on screen at the right time.
[2] Machine to Machine Trade on the DEx - e.g. a self driving car paying for parking. Again with the relevant Counterparty code displayed.
IMO when it comes to making a statement, the more controversial the imagery, the better. Effective advertising needs to stop a person dead in his tracks. If it fails to stop a person, the ad goes unnoticed and as such is a failure.
The most radical and emotive aspect of Counterparty is the idea of proof of burn. A burning theme could have dramatic impact, like a hollowed out Wall St burned down.
Related: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=395761.msg4899652#msg4899652
Less so related, but I liked the idea behind CounterStrike themed ones, but for sure it can be done better: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=395761.msg4902136#msg4902136
Love the CounterStrike idea! Go go go!
@weex Would be neat if these ultimately ended up as something that could be 3D printed
Some really great ideas here, I would love to see some of them come to fruition. I fully support the people who are capable of creating such works, I have not a creative design bone in me.
I really like the idea behind a cool set of images revolving around robotic vs. human Rock Paper Scissors stances. On PartyChain we currently display RPS games (matches, expirations), and their corresponding moves, with the proper corresponding image (so if you play rock, it displays the rock image, and so on – I have plans to incorporate lizard & spock as well, but I have yet to even see anyone utilize anything but the 3 move games on the network).
It was actually a large inspiration for me when programming PartyChain to see the live Rock Paper Scissors (and more moves) games in image form, so if there was a cool set of images I would absolutely love to incorporate them into the site!
Some really great ideas here, I would love to see some of them come to fruition. I fully support the people who are capable of creating such works, I have not a creative design bone in me.
I really like the idea behind a cool set of images revolving around robotic vs. human Rock Paper Scissors stances. On PartyChain we currently display RPS games (matches, expirations), and their corresponding moves, with the proper corresponding image (so if you play rock, it displays the rock image, and so on -- I have plans to incorporate lizard & spock as well, but I have yet to even see anyone utilize anything but the 3 move games on the network).
It was actually a large inspiration for me when programming PartyChain to see the live Rock Paper Scissors (and more moves) games in image form, so if there was a cool set of images I would absolutely love to incorporate them into the site!
That’s a very cool idea to have live images (or even animations or just gifs) as the game moves are resolved. That is kind of like Battle Chess - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnAiXKU7h8.
If people wanted to work on a very large, possibly collaborative, project we could recreate “The School of Athens” - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Sanzio_01.jpg - replacing the the ancient characters who pioneered the underpinnings of modern society with the current individuals who are pioneering trustless blockchain and peer-to-peer financial technologies which will underpin future societies.
I’d probably put Gavin and Adam in the centre as the Chief Scientists of Bitcoin and Counterparty respectively.
Hey Weex - nice job with this render: https://tinkercad.com/things/2FnvlhgYSNu-counterparty-logo.
Maybe have a go off my Tech Stack idea here (as posted in Reddit):
Looks good. Might be interesting to make a few and stack them. You could make 3 to represent the Counterparty Technology Stack:
[1] Applications (White) - Infinity symbol, infinite potential on top [2] Counterparty Protocol (Red) - CP Logo, the glue in the middle [3] Blockchain (Blue) - Letter "B", the foundation below
Top down view would look like this: http://i.imgur.com/f1IPdCZ.png. Please excuse my crap drawing.
Man, this kinda blew up. We need some art! I’m working with the artist and will try to get a few images done based on what we’ve seen so far.
Hey folks–
If the artwork met out specs and a theme could be articulated, we would be interested in turning it into a Counterparty Cryptoart edition. Also, if we could coordinate with the developers/foundation and forum leaders, we would be happy to donate some of our fine art paper wallets for distribution. Feel free to contact us http://cryptoart.com/contact/.