I Love You More...
THE CONCEPT
Leaving family's house late one night my daughter, Lilah was up way past her bed-time and was playfully learning what "the moon and stars" were. That night I wrote the beginning of this poem, as months wore on it finished itself. I thought it would end up like most of my other ideas - buried in a notebook or closet somewhere...
The idea then came to me like it probably does for many other authors: I saw my daughter interacting with these amazing children's books and thought how amazing it could be if she read one her Dad had written. We were reading these amazing works of art like On The Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman and Someday by Alison McGhee and Peter H. Reynolds.
THE BOOK
Things really clicked when Lilah's nightly favorite became Blowin' in the Wind, the amazing song by Bob Dylan brought to life by the illustrations of Jon J. Muth. The concept of bringing words to life became the inspiration and the challenge!
I set out across the confusion and calamity of the internet and finally found someone who was just crazy enough to go along for the ride. Indalecio had the patience and the vision to digitally paint the world that the poem could exist in. Through countless revisions, alterations, trials and errors we managed to produce something we hope will be enjoyed by families as a bed-time story for years to come!
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THE NFTS
Every day I learn more about blockchain and every day I become more fascinated with the process of minting and the thought of the art verifiably existing forever in the digital world. Minting the art on the blockchain allowed this art to be shared via a community. This amazing technology is rapidly changing the world every day and will birth the creators of tomorrow!
This collection is now live!
All NFTs have been minted and are available for sale!
Join the community Discord : discord.gg/dBJZhbB6MA
THE JOURNEY
A virtual work in progress.
Each scene is available in a limited NFT collection on OpenSea. Owners of the NFTs will not only unlock developer content and airdrops but also limited edition wall prints! The value of the NFTs will increase with the popularity of the book, meaning your asset also becomes more valuable!
All other published versions, while still beautiful, have been formatted or changed. This is so the art fits in the designated space for the book, sticker, poster, videos etc. to be printed or posted. This conversion not only changes the art in a small way but in some cases diminishes the file quality in order to meet the requirements.
Owning an NFT is the ONLY way to see the full unformatted version of these beautiful scenes!
Each scene will be minted (10) times, numbered 1 through 10 for a total of 100 tokens. These will be minted as ERC-1155 tokens on the Ethereum network. Each scene is for sale for .05 ETH. Owners of these tokens receive some amazing benefits depending on the number of scenes you have collected in your digital wallet at one time:
Own (1) NFT to receive:
The full, unlocked Scene you have purchased! This will be sent to you in a high quality image file. You may use any aspect of the image as a digital avatar or picture.
Author / illustrator notes about the development of your scene.
Unlimited usage of hanging your art on the digital wall of your preferred Metaverse (coming soon...)
Access to the full video of the poem and all of it's glorious scenes from the book!
Membership to the "Share the Love Club" - members can nominate and vote on quarterly charity donations from portions of the royalties!
Own (2) NFTs to receive:
All of the benefits of owning (1) plus...
A full size poster of the scenes you have collected!
Assortment of stickers, buttons and other merchandise!
A signed copy of the paperback book!
Own (3) NFTs to receive:
All of the amazing benefits of owning (1) and (2) scenes...
A large custom wall print of any scene in the book! This can also be customized to have your child's name included, a phrase of your choice or from the original poem!
A hardcover book (not currently available for sale...) signed by the author and signed by Lilah, the little girl this is all about!
All author/illustrator developer notes for the entire project!
VERIFIED SMART CONTRACT ADDRESS:
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Transparent Distribution: (5) NFTs will be minted and transferred as gifts. There is a 2.5% royalty on the sale of each token.
SHARE THE LOVE
Each quarter 10% of the royalties will be donated to a charity of the Club's choosing via The Giving Block!
THE VIDEO
When they say it takes a village they aren't kidding! Lilah's Dad took the art to her Uncle Geba to ensure its safe passage to the video medium. He searched high and low to find the perfect music to capture the wonderful emotions of love and connectedness and gracefully captured the words, the images and the song. The hope is this video is played all over the world on YouTube Kids!
THE WAY
The Long and Winding Road : this project is a work in progress.
Complete ArtworkPublish the book!Finalize video and post preview to YouTube!Family Spotify playlist?Mint all 100 NFTsEnsure safe harbor on to Metaverse!
Where else can you see our art with wearable technology? Specifically Ray-Ban stories.
How many languages can we get this translated in to?
Record voiceover for audiobook.
Get some prints on some walls!
Did you hear that? We may have musicians to record the song?
Think of more and more ways for owners to benefit!
THE ARTISTS
Nick and Lilah Huffman
Known affectionately around the office as 'Team Dad and Sis' this dynamic duo is the creative arm of Uniqorn Media. When they're not creating they're probably up to no good, keep your eye on these two!
Indalecio Chavez Jr.
The digital Da Vinci himself Indalecio was commissioned to bring to life the images in Nick's poem. An experienced artist, he has illustrated many different projects. You should hire him if you want any art project ever made ever!
ParadiseLoren
Sent by the Universe, ParadiseLoren is an active creator, investor and entrepreneur. This dude is here to guide us to and take our idea to the next level. We hope he will continue to advise, invest in and help promote this original art!
The Geba
Lilah's uncle and spirit animal, Geba is a content creator, artist and musician who gets involved in weird projects that don't make any sense, but make perfect sense, Ya know?
...Other Really Smart People
As this project develops we hope to add more like minded individuals who want to help continue turning this project in to a reality...