A Peek into the Fanciful World of Cryptoartist Stina Jones
Manchester-based cryptoartist Stina Jones’s popular GANOODLES creatures are making the evolutionary leap to Async’s programmable-art platform.
One of the most immediately recognizable, accessible and popular artists in the cryptoart scene, Stina Jones’s vivid colors and clean lines instantly catch the eye. But stay with her artwork a moment longer and you’ll also sense something deeper: a thoughtfulness and—sometimes—a melancholy. The adorable, expressive characters she’s most famous for evoke a host of poignant emotions: tenderness, joy, sadness, bewilderment.
Now the Manchester-based artist’s famous hand-drawn, GAN-morphed characters GANOODLES have made an evolutionary leap onto the innovative Async platform. Here, owners of an artwork’s layers—which are individually tokenized on the Ethereum blockchain—can take control of the creatures’ colors, shapes and backgrounds to create an ever-shifting, always-different artwork.
I’m pleased to know Stina as a fellow artist via our work together in our UK-based cryptoart group the 105collective. To celebrate her solo Async launch, I asked if I might delve a little deeper into her background, process, and creative journey. Below, an edited version of our…
