Quasi Dragon Studies with Harvey Rayner | Into The Collection #15

Please email [email protected] or Direct Message www.twitter.com/astamcloud if you are interested in investor content helping you build wealth while investing in beautiful artStay up to date on the generative art world with our weekly newsletter direct to your inbox! https://collectorscorner.substack.com/P had the pleasure of speaking with master generative artist Harvey Rayner about his upcoming project Quasi Dragon Studies releasing on Verse on Aug 22nd. Each artwork will cost $100 and the minting will remain open for 500 hours, or ~21 days. Each individual artwork can be combined with other "tiles" or blank spaces to create composites, and certain composites will transform into one of 50 "Black Dragons" or one of 5 "White Dragons" - we detail how to get them.In this interview we cover the concept behind QDS, the innovative intention and mechanics behind the project, and more. You'll definitely want to collect this one and tune in!This episode can also be found on our Youtube channel here. Please subscribe, like, and comment - it really helps us!Thanks to the Quasi Dragon Studies team for sponsoring this episode.Episode artwork - Black Dragon Quasi Dragon Studies by Harvey RaynerTimestamps0:23 | A quick aside and the details of the QDS exhibition and release05:01 | How Harvey started making art as a child, went to art school, and started infusing geometry into his art12:25 | What attracted Harvey to the idea of creating art with generative systems17:17 | The basics of how QDS works with composites23:29 | The variety of individual base tiles and if any are special, and aspect ratios of the tiles29:59 | P provides more details on the project and some updates from the initial recording39:35 | A bit of alpha for those paying attention...43:12 | What Harvey hopes will come of the concept of a generative composite48:12 | The challenges of creating this project with potentially 10k+ outputs55:32 | How Harvey has leaned into community co-creation with QDS58:03 | Parting wordsShow NotesHarvey Rayner | https://twitter.com/harvey_raynerHarvey's Discord Community | discord.gg/dvds3wRZVnQDS advanced breakdown on Collector's Corner Premium | https://youtu.be/wLuEPq7KCkEQuasi Dragon Studies explainer | https://medium.com/@harvey.rayner/quasi-dragon-studies-a-composite-generative-art-series-and-experimental-model-for-web3-community-1eea74a9deebQuasi Dragon Studies release page | https://verse.works/exhibitions/quasi-dragon-studiesQuasi Dragon Studies interview at the Verse exhibition | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AgD4v1MofgCollector's Corner deep dive into Fontana with Harvey where we cover his background | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hSTENQr1kMHarvey's approach to generative color | https://medium.com/@harvey.rayner/the-fontana-approach-to-fully-generative-color-e5f7f5a0443aWaiting To Be Signed interview with Harvey on QDS and his background | https://open.spotify.com/episode/3YkxturnF9B0dWuIyJcGf8