ORI with James Merrill | Into The Collection #11

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Ori by James Merrill with special guest James Merrill
A deep dive into the long-form generative art collection ORI by James Merrill with the fantastic artist himself James joining us! He breaks down the intricate approach to creating ORI and how his technical background evolved into his beautiful art.

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Episode Artwork: ORI #287 by James Merrill

Where to find James Merrill:
Twitter | @tothePIxel
Website | lostpixels.io

Time stamps
0:00 | Collector's Corner introduction
0:22 | Episode introduction, including our special guest James Merrill
2:40 | James' past with art and as a software developer
7:44 | How James transitioned into selling on blockchain, how he's handling being an Art Blocks curated artist, and the attention to detail he puts into his work
15:06 | The process and artistic intent behind ORI
20:57 | A quick background on ORI and how it fits into our collection evaluation framework
25:31 | Deep dive into different traits, including rarities, visual impact, and price premiums
1:14:39 | James reviews some hidden traits
1:26:19 | James' + our top picks of the collection
1:36:34 | What we would buy right now if we had a bunch of ETH!
1:46:54 | Parting thoughts

Show Notes:
The hidden features within ORI by James Merrill | https://lostpixels.notion.site/The-hidden-features-within-ORI-a3b502f67b5542f78377b45e05747db8
Ori launch page | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/379
James' blog on ORI | https://ori.lostpixels.io/
Artoria's ORI contest | https://twitter.com/Artoria_Artoria/status/1595391668076912642