WELL IT'S ALREADY 2023, DANG, THAT WENT BY MEGA FAST! I'M LOOKING BACK AT THE ART AND MUSIC I MADE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND WHILE I DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING I WANTED TO I WAS PRETTY PRODUCTIVE! HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE CREATIONS:
IT'S ALL IN THE EYES... LIGHT/DARK VERSIONS
MINTED ON NFTSR!
LIGHT: https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_alien-honey-inc_its-all-in-the-eyes-light-self-portrait
DARK: https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_alien-honey-inc_its-all-in-the-eyes-dark-self-portrait
I also created ALIEN BLESSINGS which is a thank you NFT for my NFT Showroom collectors! There is just 1 edition left, I will need to make a new one :)
My first mint of the year on SuperRare was SHE LIVES IN A FORMLESS VOID:
The rest of the series:
One of my personal faves was DAYMARES, miinted on NFTSR and still has editions available:
https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_alien-collage_daymares
At this point I moved and there was a big gap in creating, moving is really exhausting LOL, this was the first collage I made after arriving here, GUN TO YOUR HEAD:
https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_alien-honey-inc_gun-to-your-head
Next up I made a guitar video! At that point I had been learning for about 6 months.
FAR AWAY FROM WHERE I WAS
The final piece in my SuperRare series was SCARECROW ROYALTY:
At this point I started playng heavily with AI stuff (I've almost always used a bit of AI in my collages, at least since 2018, but this is where tech started exploding, wow! Disco diffusion and wombo were out around that time...
This is a self portrait I ran through wombo a bunch of times and made a GIF, THE FLOWERS ARE HUNGRY
This was a fun ALIEN piece, PLANETARY FLORAL ARRANGEMENT
I guess the market started crashing in MAY when I made this, interesting how I can use my art as a diary of sorts. FEELING A BIT BEARISH:
ZYGOATS was an AI assisted collage that was featured at @hivefest !
https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_alien-collage_zygoats
Here i made some more music! I'd love to do a studio recording of this one with some additional instrumentation, coming maybe this year???
Up next is another guitar track with some effects, minted on NFTSR, Internal Flora:
https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_experimental-video_internal-flora-original-music
In order to motivate myself to songwrite more I decided to participate in @hiveopenmic, I wanted to try to enter every week or at least as much as possible and that was a flop! I always ran out of time, I did end up with a bunch of half written songs though so at least I have material to continue working on. This song was called Hold Me Down and the theme was humility/modesty:
This art called headlines was made while I was part of the DALLE artist support program, it's a collage / video made with some AI generated elements, listen here as it has music as well!
https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_experimental-video_headlines
MYCODREAMIUM was a full length music video I made, original music and art generated in DALLE for the visuals:
I don't love doing cover songs all that much but some are so fun to play and sing I make the exception, this one is called ALL THE BLACK by Cat Clyde:
I created this for the NFT Showroom Halloween show in Cryptovoxels!
I'LL SEE YOU THERE: https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_alien-collage_ill-see-you-there
This one is still in a state of limbo! II have 2 different versions and wanted to perhaps add music, another coming s00n....
Spirit Guide / WIP
Here i did another cover song: Prepare for Disappointment by Matt Elliott
This one is pretty easy too fingerpick!
Here I dd another Original Song, it's about that moment in the morning when you first wake up and start to forget your dreams, LOST FOREVER:
SOMBER THOUGHTS was minted on NFT SHOWROOM: https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_alien-collage_somber-thoughts
ASTRAL FAMILY REUNION was a full length music video collab with @vachemorte that is minted on SuperRare, you can watch the full vid n this tweet:
I also did some collab around this time with @elgeko, it was live art creation in the MOCA discord but remains unfinished, I have this on my 2023 TO DO list!
The very last NFT of the year II minted was on NFT Showroom, The Monarch!
https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_alien-collage_the-monarch
I've omitted a few things for the sake of brevity (LOL this post s soooo long!) Here's to being creative in 2023! I want to finish by thanking everyone who's left me supportive comments on HIVE, collected my art and collabed with me <3 Love you all!
To follow on twitter, personal account, Alien Community account <3
Amazingly prolific year! Hope this next one is even more fulfilling! Cheers
Thanks same to you!
You really did have some incredible art... even with all your moving chaos. It was hard to select which one to feature! hahaha
Fantastic explosion of color and music. really fabulous art. I am fascinated by the theme of the eyes, the looks. Thank you @juliakponsford!❤️
Thank you!
That is just Amazing!
All of it - Magnificent , "So Much Art"!
You have a even better 2023!
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Thanks, wishing you an amazing arty 2023 !
Thank You and You Too!
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Gosh you have been busy and productive, well done you! I so look forward to what you bring to all of us in 2023, Happy New Year @juliaksponsford
Thanks Donna same to you <3