Demons are 100% the my creation (John Dilworth). I do all the art, design and programming. I’ve been tinkering with digital art since they rolled an Apple II computer into my classroom in the 80’s. I studied art in college and even got a fancy Master of Fine Arts degree while simultaneously working for businesses (the art keeps me sane!).
I also do all the marketing, run the twitter account and all that goes along with that. I’m good at some of those things and trying to learn others. If you’re interested in collaboration or partnership on this project, please send me a note (@knotworkind on Twitter).
When I was 12 years old I saw a copy of a Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual, and I’d spend countless hours inventing and draw monsters. When you grow up, you’re supposed to put those childish things aside and do serious art and I definitely tried all of that. Drawing monsters is fun even for people that are old. Also, apes and every single other species of biological animal were already taken.
I think I might be possesed by actual demons. Making art is life, I've got to make something and this is really fun for me.
Gargoyles are a great example of a guardian demon – they are placed on cathedrals to ward off evil sprits. Many elements in the guardian demon collection come from visual elements found on cathedral gargoyles. The Tigua masks of Ecuador are another – these actually inspired me to do this project. The masks are colorful, fun, as well as being frightening enough to scare off evil sprits when hung in your home.
None of the art is done by the computer. If I didn’t tell it every single thing to do, nothing would ever get done.The computer is more like a really cool and expensive pencil. It’s good at following complicated instructions and doing things really fast, but it can’t do any art.
The computer does some of the work that would take a really long time if I were doing it by myself. Some of the visual are generated by the computer when it is following the instructions that I tell it to follow in the programming.
Yes.
Demon magic. If you’re having fun drawing or collecting demons, you won’t have time for evil things.
I wouldn’t know what to do on Discord to make it fun for you, I can barely figure out how to use it myself. You just get the satisfaction of owning something original and cool.
No.
Absolutely, the demons protect you from evil! Owning one might bring you good luck, it might not also. Owners will be able to download their demon in various formats to print high quality images if they like.
Tezos is a great blockchain and has much lower fees as well as being more environmentally friendly. Tezos seemed like a great place to dive in, mint a bunch of demons and test out the project as I get familiar with everything. I like Tezos, but also think Ethereum is fantastic. I’m looking forward to trying it out in the future.
Eventually there will be 999 demons available for purchase. Right now they are available on Tezos blockchain. Some might be available on ETH and who knows what else.