Toronto, Canada, twenty seventh March, 2023, Chainwire
- Winkles & Flam™, the ‘Cosplaying Canadian Kitties™,’ are the First Authentic Cartoon Duo of the web3 area, launching completely on OpenSea Drops
- Sphynx Ink Inc. contains Oscar®-Nominated Filmmaker Adam Benzine (HBO’s Spectres of the Shoah) & BAFTA®-Successful 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 primary venture to associate with Mint Foundry, the brand new Visible 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 venture introducing the primary cartoon duo of the web3 area.
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 gown up in do-it-yourself, video game-inspired outfits. A 12 months within the works and that includes unique, hand-drawn artwork, the venture differs radically from present NFT initiatives. It isn’t a PFP (Profile Image). Nor does it use generative components.
Launching April 3 with weekly content material drops, slightly than suddenly, Winkles & Flam will run for 5 seasons, with units of hand-drawn pictures comprising a mixture of free mint, fixed-price and auctioned choices. Every set attracts inspiration from an iconic online game, with an academic part – Winklepedia™ – specializing in the historical past of video video games.
A Season Go goes on sale at the moment (March 27) completely through OpenSea Drops, restricted to simply 1,000 copies and guaranteeing patrons all 30 playing cards from Season 1.
Winkles & Flam is the primary main venture to make use of Mintplex Lab’s cutting-edge, visible metadata editor Mint Foundry, which permits creators to edit and replace info in real-time, with out coding data.
Winkles & Flam Creator Adam Benzine says: “Winkles & Flam marks the beginning of ‘Section 2’ of the Digital Collectibles area, specializing in unique characters, narrative, high quality and reliability, led by doxxed creators with a confirmed monitor file.
“The market has grown uninterested in low-quality, rug-pull pump-n-dumps and vaguely conceived, cash-grab metaverses. A gentle stream of rubbish profile footage has turned off shoppers. It’s time for one thing contemporary.”
Winkles & Flam Co-Creator Dele Nuga provides: “We’re thrilled to associate with OpenSea Drops and grateful to the geniuses at Mintplex Labs for devising an answer for our unconventional launch technique. We imagine Winkles & Flam would be the first of many initiatives to maneuver to a character-based, weekly launch technique, specializing in character, storytelling and group.”
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 probably be auctioned every day on Ethereum. Try 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.
Based 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™!
Hyperlinks
Winkles & Flam on OpenSea Drops: opensea.io/assortment/winklesandflam-seasonpass/drop
Winkles & Flam Official Web site: winklesandflam.com
Winkles & Flam LinkTree: linktr.ee/winklesandflam
Winkles & Flam Creator Adam Benzine: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/adam_benzine
Mintplex Labs: mintplex.xyz
Contact
Press Enquiries, Sphynx Ink Inc., [email protected]