Collection 1: TWISTED TEDDY
~ Big Snuggler ~
Across the globe:
People all over the world are obsessed with stuffed animals. In many Asian cultures, ‘cute & cuddly’ continues to be popular with all age groups. Psychologists believe this is because the older we get, the more we look to return to the simplicities of life.
For many, their teddy bear is a life-long prized possession. To that end, Build-A-Bear has generated more than $5 billion in sales. They credit this success to our societal needs for friendship and interaction.
Teddy Bears:
• Popular and beloved
• Remind us of our youth
• Help ease loneliness
• Reduce stress
• Help us grieve and heal trauma
• Make great gifts
Creature features:
The NFT landscape is chock full of cute ‘animal’ success stories - Pudgy Penguins, The Doge Pounds, CyberKong, Weird Whales, Lazy Lions, Bullish Llamas, Cool Cats NFT, Sol Bears, SupDucks, Cunning Foxes, CrypToads, Gutter Rats and more.
The Hollywood Street Club twist:
Twisted Teddies showcase colorful, digitally painted rad, bad, glad, mad and sad one-of-a-kind, on-the-street scenarios - Hollywood, with a twist.
Below are the original street art photographs that will be digitally painted in different quantities and combinations of layers to create the full Twisted Teddy collection.
Your NFT BFF
Collection 2: TWISTED TOILETZ
~ Livin' the Dream ~
The world of toilets:
• The United Nations celebrates World Toilet Day (a dedication to better global sanitation) every year on November 29th.
• Asian culture - especially the Japanese - are obsessed with toilets because they believe they are being watched over by Kawaya-no-kami, the God of cleanliness.
• There are museums to toilets all over the globe.
• Duchamp's 1917 urinal art piece 'Fountain' launched the Dada movement and changed the way people look at art.
• 70% of bathroom Influencers are female.
Topical-ness of toilets:
• Since the peak of the Covid pandemic, public bathroom usage has been constantly in the news.
• Toilets for the homeless is an on-going public health concern.
• Gender identification has made the bathroom a hot topic.
• News cycles have repeatedly featured the gold toilets of Russian Oligarchs.
• Smart toilets are all the rage.
• The TikTok lick the toilet seat trend was disgusting, but ridiculously popular.
• A toilet paper NFT offering recently reached $7 million in sales.
• There's a collaborative art experiment where Bored Ape holders receive 15 minutes to scrawl, draw and write on the Yacht Club's Bathroom pixel wall.
The Hollywood Street Club twist:
Twisted Toiletz showcases colorful, digitally painted, one-of-a-kind, on-the-street Hollywood toilet scenes from around-town, on-set and at-large. They highlight a love for TV and film nostalgia, as well as celebrity success and failure. Their presence provides kinship for anyone who has ever felt abandoned and they are proof that a fish out of water, or forgotten outsider, can one day become something beautiful and lasting. Very Hollywood - with a twist.
Below are the original street art photographs that will be digitally painted in different quantities and combinations of layers to create the full Twisted Toiletz collection.
TAKE FLIGHT
• Full Toilets in the Wild story
• Toilets in the Wild on Instagram
TWISTED TOILETZ
Go Kid Porcelain go!
Collection 3: TWISTED TINSEL
~ Party Girl ~
Hollywood:
• People all over the world love Hollywood because of the history, glitz and glamor.
• People all over the world hate Hollywood because they think it’s pompous and fake.
• Hollywood is / has been transitioning - from big screen to streaming - from traditional TV and movie stars / celebrities to YouTube and TikTok Influencers.
Topical-ness of Hollywood:
• Big blockbusters / people returning to the theater
• Will Smith’s Oscar slap, Disney’s culture battles, Johnny Depp’s trial…
• The ongoing drive for Diversity and inclusion
• The endless relaunch of beloved Hollywood classics
The Hollywood Street Club twist:
Twisted Tinsel showcases colorful, digitally painted, one-of-a-kind, on-the-street Hollywood signs, characters, scenes and Oscar scenarios. The knock-the-tinsel-off-the town style embodies a ‘real,’ from-the-streets attitude, where timing and happenstance elevate the every day into high art. Hollywood, with a twist.
Below are the original street art photographs that will be digitally painted in different quantities and combinations of layers to create the full Twisted Tinsel collection.
Supporting materials:
• The Adventures of LA LA Man
• The Hollywood Scene on Instagram
TWISTED TINSEL
Totally out there
Collection 4: 💯 TWISTED
~ Always Waiting ~
World of Hollywood:
• Collision of success & failure
• Celebration and sadness
• World's premiere destination for hopes & dreams
• So much new housing - so many new homeless
• Fame and fortune & forgotten and destitute are often the same short distance away
Topical-ness of 💯:
• 💯 is one of the most used phrases - both in person and Online. It succinctly describes that someone nailed it.
• In Hollywood, while nothing is 💯, there are many things you can always count on.
• The boardroom 💯 takes their cues from the street.
• Celebs & Influencers, Fans & Followers can all relate 💯.
• Good or bad, in Hollywood, something is always going down 💯.
The Hollywood Street Club twist:
💯 Twisted showcases statements of truth atop digitally painted one-of-a-kind, on-the-street LA-LA Land scenarios. The gif-style presentations illustrate an insider’s POV as they actively build pronouncements of Hollywood life - with a twist.
Below are 24 of the 48 original GIF-style posters. The truisms will be placed over the street art photographs, which will be digitally painted in different quantities and combinations of layers to create the full 💯 Twisted collection.
Supporting material:
Original posters that will be digitally painted and set to motion to make up the full NFT collection
TWISTED TINSEL
💯 Twisted