In our 9th episode of Season 3, we are joined by serene and celestial Mae aka Eniosta. Mae is a 3D landscape artist from the east coast of Australia. Her work depicts surreal, peaceful, calm landscapes that cannot exist on earth. We dive into Mae’s background as a virtual asset creator in the Sims, the pros and cons of working a day job while creating art, comparing and contrasting the US and Australia, the importance of affordable editions and so much more. Season 3 Based Edition Mint Link - ht...
Oct 15, 2023•1 hr 48 min
In our Eighth episode of Season 3, we are joined by the crazy talented artist Nishant Malhotra aka Egodead. Egodead is an Indian multimedia artist expressing studies of consciousness and the ego. We dive into his upbringing and how it shaped his artistic style, meditation retreats and the power of stillness, Fashion inspirations, Marijuana usage, and so much more. Season 3 Based Edition Mint Link - https://zora.co/collect/base:0xa2aabc3c9d2580474e7bd1ee57a2f0fa2d6d7087 All Season 3 details - htt...
Oct 09, 2023•2 hr 1 min
In our Seventh episode of Season 3, we are joined by Blockhead or “OhYouBlockhead” on Twitter. Blockhead is a professional screenwriter and writer. He’s also a former professional poker player and actively still involved in the blackjack scene. Most importantly, he’s one of Deeze's best and oldest friends in the crypto space. We dive into Blockhead’s childhood and how it inspires his writing, various gambling stories and bad beats, dealing with your best friend’s suicide, and finding the light a...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 35 min
In our Sixth episode of Season 3, we are joined by Eric “Muddawg” Sanders. Muddawg is a retired professional Call of Duty player who is the current director of talent for one of the biggest eSports organizations in the world, 100 Thieves. We dive into Eric’s love of professional gaming, how he and 100 Thieves look at creator economics, web3 gaming shortcomings, his crypto rabbit hole journey, and so much more. Season 3 Based Edition Mint Link - https://zora.co/collect/base:0xa2aabc3c9d2580474e7b...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 51 min
In our Fifth episode of Season 3, we are joined by Zaid Kirdsey. Zaid is a legendary artist from Austin Texas, known for creating vibrant, playful, and mischievous characters within his artwork. His artwork can be found on SuperRare, AOTM, and other major platforms. He’s done crazy collabs with RTFKT and Nike, and has some more interesting ones coming out soon. Season 3 Based Edition Mint Link - https://zora.co/collect/base:0xa2aabc3c9d2580474e7bd1ee57a2f0fa2d6d7087 All Season 3 details - https:...
Sep 18, 2023•2 hr 22 min
Magnus is an art market expert, serial entrepreneur, and best selling author focused on bringing transparency to the fine art space. In his spare time, he’s also a professor at Yale University. We dive into Magnus’s background, from starting and exiting Gymondo, to falling in love with art collecting and the valuable insights he’s gained from deep research of the fine art market. Season 3 Based Edition Mint Link - https://zora.co/collect/base:0xa2aabc3c9d2580474e7bd1ee57a2f0fa2d6d7087 All Season...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 52 min
In our third episode of Season 3, we are joined by the ethereal and supernatural Summer Wagner. Summer is a photographer from Rockford Illinois. Her work contemplates the spiritual and psychological threads of everyday life and the blur of poetry that is our society’s collective dreamscape. We dive into Summer’s background growing up in Rockford and Los Angeles, trinket collecting habits, inspirations behind her work, guilty pleasures, and so much more. Season 3 Based Edition Mint Link - https:/...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 51 min
In our second episode of Season 3, we are joined by the awe-inspiring and inimitable Jake Fried. Jake is an artist who uses ink and white-out to create insane animations. His work has been auctioned at Christies, exhibited at the Tate Modern and many more galleries around the world. In his spare time, Jake is also a professor at Massachusetts college of Art and Design and the Museum of Fine arts in Boston. We dive into Jake’s background and artistic journey from how he developed his incredibly u...
Aug 28, 2023•2 hr 3 min
In our first episode of the new season, we are joined by the incredible and otherworldly Jen Stark. Jen is a multi-media artist based out of LA known for creating trippy optical art using psychedelic colors in patterns and drips that mimic nature. We dive into her origin story as an artist, the transition from amateur from professional, finding her style, helping create a shroom room for Demi Lovato, and so much more. Season 3 Based Edition Mint Link - https://zora.co/collect/base:0xa2aabc3c9d25...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 35 min
In this episode of We Do A Little, Deeze and Andy shoot the shit in a new duo pod format. They touch on why Tessera closed down, what's next for both of them, learnings from the latest cycle, picking up on new metas, their love of fantasy sports, and so much more. 0:00 Intro 1:11 Why did Tessera close down operations? 7:09 What’s next for Andy? 14:55 What did the 2021 cycle teach you differently than the 2017 cycle? 19:00 Was it harder to sell Top Shot moments you were up big on vs. other NFTs l...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 39 min
In this episode of Shipwrecked, we are joined by Sam Ewen, the head of CoinDesk Studios and Web3, and our first repeat guest Defaced Studio aka Kane. We dive into a Kanye apology to the jewish people, Gurt and Kane’s love of puppets, a comparison of SBF to Elon and Steve Jobs, a few of Redbeard’s fun games, why we collect art, and so much more. 0:00 Intro 3:25 Kanye Apologizes to the Jews 5:25 Gurt and Puppet Talk 12:05 Benny texting the wrong people 14:05 Benny compares SBF to Elon and Steve Jo...
Jul 24, 2023•2 hr 18 min
In this episode of Shipwrecked, we are joined by a couple trailblazers in digital fashion and AI, Charli Cohen and Karan4d. Charli is the founder of RSTLSS, a digital fashion house creating next-gen wearables. Karan4d is the founder of Nous Research and Welcome AI. We dive into all things digital fashion and AI as well as hard hitting questions like will sex robots be considered cheating and how early will you adopt bionic human body parts? We even play a little game at the end trying to guess b...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 30 min
In this episode of Shipwrecked, we are joined by a few of our favorite artists and collectors in the space, Patrick Amadon, JN Silva, and Guy Norcal. We dive into thoughts on 1:1s, Open Editions, and Small Collections, JN’s photography and Animus origin story, Patrick’s thoughts on taking criticism as an artist and getting work removed from the Hong Kong billboard, Guy’s passion project Click Create, and so much more. 0:00 Intro 0:57 Diving into 1:1s, Open Editions, Small Collections 5:05 Though...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 56 min
In this episode of Shipwrecked, we are joined by a couple of our favorite artists based out of LA, ThankYouX and Ed Balloon. ThankYouX is an artist known for pushing the limits of painting and digital art. Ed Balloon is an artist and musician known for his electric live performances and incredible vibes. We dive into the story behind their respective pseudonyms, thoughts on AI, making web3 more equitable, and so much more. 0:00 Intro 2:45 Origin story behind ThankYouX 7:45 Origin story behind Ed...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Set sail with Redbeard and Deeze as they explore the intersection of art and humanity on Shipwrecked, featuring in-depth and timeless conversations on a diverse array of topics, all recorded in person. 0:00 Intro 3:00 Who does Defaced like more, Roger or Redbeard? 4:25 How did Roger get into the crypto art Space? 11:10 How did you get into art? 13:55 Defaced’s story 18:45 How did Redbeard find Defaced? 21:35 Redbeard’s top signs 25:05 What is the idea behind Defaced and friends? 37:05 How do you...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 18 min
In this episode of Shipwrecked, we are joined by a few of our favorite people from the Forgotten Runes Wizard Cult, Elf, Bearsnake, and Jitcy. Elf is a co-founder and lead artist, Bearsnake is a co-founder and the COO, and Jitcy is a swiss army knife team member taking care of the community and whatever else is necessary. We dive into their backgrounds before creating Forgotten Runes, the vision behind Forgotten Runes, different archetypes to build around, thoughts on AI and web2 companies adopt...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 11 min
In this episode of Shipwrecked, we are joined by Samantha Anderson and Avi Gitler. Samantha is a gigabrain working at the intersection of Art and Law as the Director of Legal and Fiduciary Services at AIG. Avi is an art gallerist and producer dedicated to showcasing rising artists from around the world. Both guests have quite an extensive history in the traditional art world and it was an honor to pick their brains. 0:00 Intro 5:50 How we got into art 9:00 Can you collect art without money? 14:3...
Jun 23, 2023•2 hr 15 min
In this episode of Shipwrecked, we are joined by Guy NorCal and Sam Spratt. Guy NorCal is one of the most legendary collectors in the space as well as the undisputed biscuit-baking champion. Sam Spratt is a prolific artist, best known for the LUCI series as well as his work on Red Dead Redemption 2 and album artwork for Kid Cudi, Logic, All Time Low, and many more. We dive deep into Sam’s artistic journey, from drawing paper bags in art school to creating LUCI. NorCal bakes us the best batch of ...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 40 min
In this Episode of Shipwrecked, we are joined by two of our favorite builders in the space, Medved and Vlad Ginzburg. Medved is the CEO and co-founder of NFT Now. Vlad is the CEO of Blockparty and a co-founder of Moonwalk. We dive deep into the intersection of art and music, why historical art precedents don’t always work with NFTs, how to throw a massive event like the Gateway during Art Basel, and so much more. 0:00 Intro 9:30 How Blau and Blockparty collaborated early on 17:30 How did Medved ...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 48 min
In this Episode of Shipwrecked, we are joined by two of our good friends, Joe and Sergito. Joe Saavedra is the founder and CEO of Infinite Objects and Sergito is the founder of seize the meebs. We dive into the founding of Infinite Objects, Sergito’s love of meebits, the importance of personal finance, galleries selling digital art before NFTs, and so much more. 0:00 Intro 1:10 Beeple’s dickbutt is the best beeple 2:11 Guest Intros 5:50 Gallery selling digital art pre NFTs 8:12 How does an Infin...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 53 min
In this Episode of We Do a Little, we are joined by Dave Krugman and Redbeard. Dave is the an incredible photographer and the founder of ALLSHIPS, a large creative community doing dope shit in the space. Redbeard is a teacher, collector, investor, shitposter, and everything else in between. We get into hot takes on open editions, tips for brands thinking about getting into NFTs, thoughts on collector led platforms, truth bombs about betting on cultural shifts early, and so much more. 0:00 Intro ...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 58 min
In this special episode of We Do A Little, we are joined by Diewiththemostlikes and Xer0x for an episode of Con Air. Con Air is a Twitter space that Die, Xer0x, and Deeze host every few weeks full of bizarre banter and wacky stories. We were lucky to capture this one in person for the first time. We dive into Hard liquid death, NFT conventions that are as sterile as dental conventions, Corn Dogs being used to penetrate every hole in the body, sky diving assisted suicide, microwaving ramen withou...
May 08, 2023•1 hr 4 min
In this episode of We Do a Little, we are joined by the wonderful Claire Silver. Claire is one of the leading AI artists in the world, the founder of Accelerate Art, and a dear friend. We’re blessed to sit down with Claire for her first in person podcast. We dive into her punk origin story, finding her love for AI art, choosing to stay anonymous in the digital age, some live prompting with screen-sharing, and so much more. 0:00 Intro 1:45 Claire’s Punk origin story 4:20 How did Claire get into A...
May 01, 2023•2 hr 20 min
In this episode of We Do a Little, we are joined by Drew Dinkmeyer. Drew is the head of NBA at Establish the Run, one of the highest winning DFS players in the world, and overall charitable chad. We dive into his background doing qualitative research in investment banking, his lifelong love of fantasy sports and gambling history, playing collegiate tennis, and so much more. 0:00 Intro 3:00 How did you get into tennis? 5:08 Learnings from the qualitative side of research 10:00 First exposure to F...
Apr 24, 2023•2 hr
In this Episode of We Do a Little, we are joined by the incredible Bryan Brinkman. Bryan is a gigachad artist and animator who worked on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon for 7+ years while being early to cryptoart while selling work at Sothebys and Christies. We dive into Bryan’s childhood in Nebraska, the journey from art school to becoming a professional artist, how the Brinkman color palette came to exist, and so much more. 0:00 Intro 2:15 Where did you grow up? 2:57 When/how did you know y...
Apr 17, 2023•2 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In this episode of We Do a Little, we are joined by our good friend Michael Jerome, AKA Threadguy. Threadguy is a prominent personality on Twitter spaces and also a Director of Vibes working with Jenkins the Valet. We dive into his background before entering the space, dropping out of college, the dynamics of doxxing vs. being pseudo-anonymous, preparing for life as a creator in a post-Twitter world, and more. 0:00 Intro 2:05 What were you doing before directing vibes? 4:55 Dropping out, top sho...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this Episode of We Do a Little, we are joined by the one and only Josie Bellini. Josie is a pioneer in the cryptoart space, creating her first crypto artwork in 2017. She’s also the founder of CyberBrokers, a metaverse-native media + entertainment company that is building a massive universe through collectibles, content, and experiences. We dive into her background growing up in a cult-like environment, how she fell into the crypto rabbit hole, what NFTs were like when she started creating in...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this Episode of We Do a Little, we are joined by our good friend Isaac Wright aka Drift. Drift is an honorably retired Army special operations veteran of six years who began shooting photography to cope with mental illness, specifically PTSD and depression. His work captures the world from never before seen perspectives. We dive into his background growing up in Cincinnati, joining the military, getting incarcerated, becoming free, climbing pyramids, the bail project, what Drift’s working on ...
Mar 27, 2023•2 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this Episode of We Do a Little, we are joined by our good friend Anonymoux, one of the most prolific NFT traders and digital art collectors in the world. We dive into his background growing up in Western PA, finding an early love of trading, falling into the crypto rabbit hole, joining the punks community, curating art, and so much more. 0:00 Intro 1:55 Where did you grow up? 5:12 When did you get out of Pennsylvania? 6:14 Did you notice any shift in DC after the 2008 election? 10:40 What dre...
Mar 20, 2023•2 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Cath Simard is an incredible adventure photographer from Canada known for her surreal, cold, blue, mountain nights where she blends reality and imagination through landscape composites. 0:00 Intro 2:30 How Cath and Deeze met 3:45 How did Cath get into NFTs? 7:20 When did Cath join Instagram? 8:28 How did Cath get into (and out of) fashion? 12:30 How did you end up spending two years in Australia and what type of jobs did you get into? 17:50 The worst part of harvesting bananas 22:40 How did your...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 16
