[PRESS RELEASE – Toronto, Canada, 27th March 2023]
- Winkles & Flam™, the ‘Cosplaying Canadian Kitties™,’ are the First Original Cartoon Duo of the web3 house, launching solely on OpenSea Drops
- Sphynx Ink Inc. includes Oscar®-Nominated Filmmaker Adam Benzine (HBO’s Spectres of the Shoah) & BAFTA®-Winning Illustrator Dele Nuga (The BBC’s The Clangers)
- Non-PFP and non-generative, Winkles & Flam marks a radical new mannequin for Digital Collectibles, with high-quality, hand-drawn illustrations & weekly/seasonal releases
- The first mission to accomplice with Mint Foundry, the brand new Visual Metadata Editor from the workforce behind acclaimed ‘No Code’ NFT service Mintplex Labs
Canadian artwork collective Sphynx Ink Inc. is partnering with OpenSea’s unique “Drops” platform to launch Winkles & Flam, a ground-breaking Digital Collectibles mission introducing the primary cartoon duo of the web3 house.
Created by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Adam Benzine and BAFTA®-winning illustrator Dele Nuga, Winkles & Flam – the ‘Cosplaying Canadian Kitties’ – are adorkable sibling Sphynx cats who costume up in do-it-yourself, video game-inspired outfits. A 12 months within the works and that includes unique, hand-drawn artwork, the mission differs radically from present NFT initiatives. It isn’t a PFP (Profile Picture). Nor does it use generative parts.
Launching April 3 with weekly content material drops, somewhat than , Winkles & Flam will run for 5 seasons, with units of hand-drawn pictures comprising a mixture of free mint, fixed-price and auctioned choices. Each set attracts inspiration from an iconic online game, with an academic element – Winklepedia™ – specializing in the historical past of video video games.
A Season Pass goes on sale at the moment (March 27) solely by way of OpenSea Drops, restricted to simply 1,000 copies and guaranteeing patrons all 30 playing cards from Season 1.
Winkles & Flam is the primary main mission to make use of Mintplex Lab’s cutting-edge, visible metadata editor Mint Foundry, which permits creators to edit and replace data in real-time, with out coding data.
Winkles & Flam Creator Adam Benzine says: “Winkles & Flam marks the beginning of ‘Phase 2’ of the Digital Collectibles house, specializing in unique characters, narrative, high quality and reliability, led by doxxed creators with a confirmed observe document.
“The market has grown tired of low-quality, rug-pull pump-n-dumps and vaguely conceived, cash-grab metaverses. A steady stream of garbage profile pictures has turned off consumers. It’s time for something fresh.”
Winkles & Flam Co-Creator Dele Nuga provides: “We’re thrilled to partner with OpenSea Drops and grateful to the geniuses at Mintplex Labs for devising a solution for our unconventional release strategy. We believe Winkles & Flam will be the first of many projects to move to a character-based, weekly release strategy, focusing on personality, storytelling and community.”
Season 1 of Winkles & Flam launches on April 3 and runs for 10 weeks, with weekly free mint playing cards (that includes Winkles) and fixed-priced playing cards (that includes Flam) launched on Polygon. Winkles & Flam: Platinum playing cards (distinctive 1-of-1s that includes the duo collectively in playful situations) will likely be auctioned every day on Ethereum. Check out winklesandflam.com for more information.
(NOTE: Winkles is the pink kitty with blue eyes. Flam is the gray kitten with inexperienced eyes.)
About Sphynx Ink Inc.
Founded by Oscar®-nominee ADAM BENZINE and BAFTA®-winner DELE NUGA, Sphynx Ink Inc. is the Toronto-based artwork collective behind WINKLES & FLAM™, The Cosplaying Canadian Kitties™!
Winkles & Flam on OpenSea Drops: http://opensea.io/assortment/winklesandflam-seasonpass/drop
Winkles & Flam Official Site: winklesandflam.com
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