A Conversation with Luigi, artist of Exosama, creator of Rubble Punkz and Pastel Beach Mall.

Though it may not always appear so on Singular, Luigi’s collections have amassed significant volume through auctions, bids, and raffles, as well as secondary sales.

Why hasn’t all of it been reported on Singular?

Well, it's because when people learned that Luigi was the artist behind the hyped Exosama project, bots were set up when he listed and they were grabbed before normal humans could get a chance to acquire Luigi’s art.

Luigi has since partnered closely with the Chaoz-sama NFT community, using their NFT launchpad to provide opportunities to a wider range of collectors that aren't machine-based (though cyberpunks are welcome).

Opportunities through Chaoz-sama's Discord comes in the form of raffles based on most recent floor prices, various types of auctions on Twitter, and even sniping competitions in the Chaoz-sama discord channel.

The most recent auction is this one: https://twitter.com/vampsyfear/status/1511503486848012295?s=20&t=Pb74UhVQj9iqs5jw7BpmyA

Which is ongoing even as I write this Apr 5, ending Friday April 8th 5pm CET. In this auction, the highest bidders are NOT guaranteed to win, and the 4th lowest bid is the price that winners pay.

To me, this is an example of how Luigi values exposing his collection to all types of collectors.

Anyway, as most transactions were done p2p between him and the buyer after these bidding events, and Luigi’s collections had (and still have) some issues with Singular rankings even with his high volume–it's led Luigi’s work to be something of a known, yet underground, cult collection on Dotsama.

With an impressive floor as high as 15 KSM, and now settling around the 7.5-10 KSM range, with a high sale of 47.5 KSM, the data has shown clearly a consistent growth in terms of USD value for Luigi’s Rubble Punkz collection:

This is some data to gawk at, provided by Vampsy, head auction dude at Chaoz-sama’s discord and game theory expert extraordinaire.

Having seen all this, I thought I’d talk to Luigi about his background as well as his experience in creating on Singular.

Luigi has been in the gaming and toy industry as a character designer since 2005. He’s worked on both large and small scale projects, some of the most iconic being Disney and Hasbro. That said, he says his favorite project is working with Oddbot Animation, on a show called “Action Pack” which is currently available on Netflix. He led the character design and he really enjoys being able to see his 2D designs be animated in 3D.

But how did he get into NFTs?

His curiosity about NFTs led him to try Foundation, but the gas fees were prohibitive for him. It was Tako from Shiba Tales that introduced Luigi to Singular and the Dotsama space, and it was the welcoming community that encouraged him to start.

Luigi considers participating in Singular to be one of the best decisions he’s made in quite some time, and he feels very fortunate to be creating for this community.

Exosama, however, is where many people came to recognize him. It was Luigi that actually reached out to Donnie, first. He asked Donnie to work on a collection, which led to a conversation about Bar Girls, which led to sketches, which led to a confident woman with a gun and a cyberpunk theme that has since become one of the most exciting upcoming launches on Dotsama.

What about the Rubble Punkz collection, though?

The idea originated from an idea to create an action figure collection. Luigi dreams of creating a ⅙ scale toy line someday, and he wanted to create characters that exist in this cyberpunk world. The lore is that the Punkz are all clones (which fits well for NFTs and explains through lore, why, besides exterior traits, the base design of each character looks the same).

With his normal work, Luigi says he plays with shape and silhouette to create very different designs, but with NFTs, he’s had fun with the challenge of making each character feel unique through a variety of outfit items, hairstyles, and other traits.

In terms of future plans and utility, Luigi has resisted saying too much to my questions, though he has said,

“My main focus is on Rubble Punkz and Exosama for sure, but I still want to do more with Pastel Beach Mall and my Art Gallery collection. The functionality of what NFTS will be capable of in the future is very exciting and I have some pretty ambitious dreams for my projects which I hope to share more on that if all goes according to plan.”

Luigi adds some personal words:

“I think the Dotsama community is the best community I have ever come across. Everyone is often supporting each other in multiple ways and the community comes from all walks of life. It's incredible to me how little toxicity there is...communities based on even the most wholesome things often have some of the strangest toxicity around, so it's refreshing to be a part of a community that for the most part avoids all of that and simply hypes each other up.

“I've only had a few bad experiences but it's nothing compared to all the good experiences that have led me to get involved in amazing projects and meet wonderful people. I'm just thankful to be a part of this incredible community.

“I want my collectors to know how thankful I am for all the kindness and support. It's been a blessing to work on these projects and I cannot stress enough how grateful I am to be a part of this community of wonderful people who enjoy my work. I am going to continue doing my best and I hope you'll all join me on current and future adventures!”

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