About this piece:

I started designing “Bitcoin Bear” before I had even conceived of the cryptoswatch project. It was in direct response to Beeple’s “Bull Run.” At the time, I didn’t know anything about his artistic process. I was simply curious if I could pull off some of the same visual techniques with my skill set.

Using several assets from pixabay.com and leveraging Adobe Photoshop, I had fun playing with a tool that was new to me: the warp tool. It was also fun exploring perspective adjustments, shadow creation, advanced masking techniques, and light and shadow.

When I mostly finished working on this piece, it sat in a folder in My Documents collecting digital dust for over a year. Now that we are decidely in a bear market, it felt appropriate to put the final touches on it and mint it as a crypto swatch.

While perhaps not conceptually the most original piece, I hope you enjoy what I’ve put together. 

Assets:

• Grizzly Bear: pixabay.com/photos/bear-grizzly-wildlife-predator-4077751/
• Dry Lake: pixabay.com/photos/badwater-salt-pan-salt-lake-salt-4547/
• Bitcoin: pixabay.com/illustrations/blockchain-bitcoin-currency-finance-3206624/