#34
The King of Voxels
Cover Story
The King of Voxels
It was obvious right after LarvaLab's Meebits drop that this week's cover art would be built from voxels. We discussed several overcomplicated scenes with Cryptopunks and Bored Apes, but once our new mascot came to life it was clear he deserved the spotlight for our readers to fully appreciate his slick moves!
I kicked off the voxel avatar on Wednesday with only a Meebit reference image, all that was available to me at the time. If I had waited until Friday when Larva Labs released the .vox files to Meebit owners, I could have saved some time. No worries though, voxel building is so much fun, and this means our lion is made from scratch, voxel by voxel. No copypasta!
Body Type: Lion Hairstyle: Wild Hair color: Dark Beard: Wild Full Beard color: Dark Tail: Long Tattoo: L/R arm & legs, chest, back
Clothes Shirt: RLGFTW limited Tee (worn) Shirt color: Grey with red logo Pants: Jean Shorts (worn) Pants color: Black Shoes: Cheap & Old Shoes color: Black / Grey
Accessories VR Headset Gold Earring Extra Strong KeyChain Punk Spike Bracelet Leather Wristband Fatty J
He ain't no saint!
The next step was to teach our lion some new moves. Once you have the voxel model ready it is actually tremendously easy to animate the character using the online tool mixamo.com. You can learn more about auto rigging 3D characters in my guide here.
Animation test footage with older model version
That guy's got some moves! I exported the animation and brought it to Cinema4D to make a nicer render with some lighting. A bit of post-processing in After Effects and the cover is done. But what about that QR code on the artwork?
Try it out by giving it a scan it with your phone camera. For the first time, we have introduced an augmented reality (AR) feature within our cover art! It is made with Adobe AERO and uses the very same 3D model.
If you want to have a closer look at the beauty of perfectly aligned voxels, head over to the Cryptovoxels Metaverse where we set up a small RLG Mascot reveal Expo.
By purchasing this week's issue you will get access to the source .vox and other 3D formats, so you can play with the model, or cruise in style throughout the metaverse.
Dudly
Cover Traits
Style
Voxel Art
Voxel Art is made of three-dimensional equivalent of a pixels – voxels. Most often we use MagicaVoxel software to create it.
Rarity
16.67%
covers have this trait
Colors
Limited
Covers that are created using a limited balanced palette. Thay may consist of four to six often vibrant colors.
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50.00%
covers have this trait
Theme
None
No theme is set
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100.00%
covers have this trait
Issue
Stylized
These are issue numbers that are inserted in different font styles that compliment the artwork well.
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33.33%
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Music
Yes
Covers that feature beautiful background scores to compliment the artwork and set the mood and tone of the story.
Rarity
100.00%
covers have this trait
Sound FX
No
Covers that do not feature any sound FX, mostly because the music is over powering and sufficient.
Rarity
16.67%
covers have this trait
Bitcoin
No
Covers that do not feature the BTC logo anywhere in the artwork.
Rarity
83.33%
covers have this trait
Ethereum
No
Covers that do not feature the Ethereum logo anywhere in the artwork.
Rarity
33.33%
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Artist
Dudly