TON AVATARS
TON AVATARS is a 3D-NFT collection on TON blockchain. It consists of 5,555 Avatars created in partnership with famous bloggers, artists, musicians and fashion brands. Work on the project began in the first quarter of 2022.
TON AVATARS is a PFP (Picture-for-Profile) project: users use NFT avatars for their profiles on social networks Telegram, VK, X.
NFT owners will be able to receive airdrops of digital and physical assets:
- NFT
- Art
- Affiliate merchandise
History of Development
- In February 2022, the collection appeared in TON Apps catalog.
- In April 2022 at the digital art exhibition Artem Tkach, the main artist of the project, presented his works, and there was also a preview of future collaborations.
- In December 2022, the first NFT, 2 New Year's Avatars, were auctioned off where they sold for $700 and $535TON. Half of the proceeds were donated to charity.
- In February 2023, TON AVATARS team participated in the NFT Space event. Forum attendees were Whitelisted and given access to a private collection chat.
- In April 2023, at the International Art Fair, Artem Tkach presented digital art on a big screen while in a glass cube.
Roadmap
1 — Creating an NFT visualization
Over 300 attributes for Avatars have already been designed. These include clothing and hats, hair and facial details, pets, jewelry, backgrounds, agathions and diamonds.
2 — NFT Mint
Dates for the presale and the main sale round will be announced at a later date.
3 — Community Wallet
50% of the proceeds from initial coin sales will go to the Community Wallet for the purpose of supporting the NFT on the secondary market, conducting airdrops for collection holders, and developing new products.
4 — Airdrops
Airdrops for the collection holders are planned right after the mint.
5 — Integrations
Integration into the meta-universe - a space for artist exhibitions, concerts, guest speaker events, lectures and AMA sessions.
Distribution
Total issue of NFT — 5,555 Avatars.
- 55% or 3,055 Avatars to Whitelist holders
- 33% or 1,835 Avatars for the main sale stage.
- 10% for community support and marketing costs (555 Avatars)
- 1% or 55 Avatars are planned as gifts for VIPs
- 1% will be allocated to support the Project Team
Team
- Artem Tkach — project curator, digital artist, participant of international exhibitions. He assembled NFT-collaboration of 42 artists «42 Bastards» — for the first time in the CIS. He has developed projects for Yandex, Sberbank, Pepsi and other large companies.
- Wibenchy — French digital artist who creates his works in 3D, in the genre of digital fashion.
- Vlad Dryamov — adviser, previously created a collection of Baby Combat Bots on Ethereum.
- Boris Raw — adviser, has previously created a meta-fashion collection, The Modz, released on Ethereum.
Collaborations
Examples of Collaborations
TON Avatars have collaborated with Karen ArtYan, a digital artist and fashion designer who also works under the brand KAY Lab. Karen launched his digital clothing collection in 2022.
The creators of the project have partnered with a creative personality — Rasko, a famous Moscow graffiti artist since the 90s of the XX century. His unique style is copied by numerous creators. Rasko hides his identity, yet he constantly attends famous international graffiti and hip-hop art festivals.
Napasio, an illustrator who has collaborated with brands such as Nike and OZON, was also invited to the project. He creates his art universe Napasio Word with a large number of unusual characters, the goal of the universe is to color everyday life.
Active Collaborations
- 3 brands (e.g. All City Pigeon)
- 2 musicians (e.g. Bogdan Titomir)
- 4 media partners (information expected later)
- 26 artists (e.g. Rasko, Grgy, Anomalit, Kate, Napasio)
- 7 collections (e.g. Turkeys, Megaverse, The Modz, Battleverse)