I recently made this illustration about Crypto Kitties for IEEE and Spectrum magazine.
This is what the Kitties look like… I would have to translate this into my illustration style.
NFT-collectible Crypto Cats became immensely popular and failed just as quickly for becoming too bloated with collectible variations and lacking enough nuance to keep it interesting.
For this Editorial, I chose to illustrate a Crypto Kitty landfill.
The challenge for this job was incorporating the look of the Kitties within my own drawings, and drawing the sheer volume of cats.
For the job, I took visual inspiration from the classic children’s book, Millions of Cats by Wanda Gåg, and from recent illustrations by the great Yuko Shimizu.
Fun fact: Millions of Cats is considered the first modern children's book. I learned about it from my favorite Illustration History YouTuber, Pete Beard. Check out his videos and give him a follow!