{"id":10352,"date":"2022-04-27T22:10:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/art\/fvckrender-qa-undoxxed-founders-and-the-future-of-lvcidia-nfts\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T22:10:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:10:58","slug":"fvckrender-qa-undoxxed-founders-and-the-future-of-lvcidia-nfts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/art\/fvckrender-qa-undoxxed-founders-and-the-future-of-lvcidia-nfts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fvckrender Q&A: Undoxxed Founders and the Future of LVCIDIA NFTs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The metaverse is taking shape before our eyes, and artists like Fvckrender, aka Frederic Duquette, are making it happen. A 3D artist by trade, Fvckrender creates deeply moving works \u2014 some of which have sold at Sotheby\u2019s and Christie\u2019s for thousands. <\/p>\n

The Vancouver-based artist has worked with Lil Nas X, Lebron James, Puma, Spotify, Instagram, Supreme, Christian Dior, Hypebeast, and many other big names. After selling NFTs on marketplaces like SuperRare and NiftyGateway, he wanted more. So he\u2019s entering the metaverse \u2014 or rather, building his own called LVCIDIA.<\/p>\n

LVCIDIA is an immersive virtual gallery filled with sculptures that represent the fragility of our existence, as well as the beauty of our humanity. Most recently, Fvckrender launched the much-anticipated Fvck_Avatar NFT collection of 12,969 unique avatars. These PFP avatars will act as \u201cbeacons\u201d or landmarks in LVCIDIA. <\/p>\n

We were able to catch up with Fvckrender to learn more about the world he\u2019s created, as well as his new PFP project. <\/p>\n

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Heres a sneak peak of the FVCK_AVATARS\/\/<\/p>\n

These are some of the handmade avatars, that will only be available for the crystal hodlers (distributed randomly) cant wait to show you the rest of the collection. \ud83e\udd72\u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udca6\ud83d\udca6\ud83d\udca6\ud83d\udca6 pic.twitter.com\/4OpjrNgrXg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fvckrender (@fvckrender) October 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Tell us a little bit about your background.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am a digital artist from Montreal, currently based in Vancouver. I dropped out of school very early and started teaching myself how to make art and use 3D software by watching countless hours of YouTube tutorials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

How did you get into web3 and crypto art<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

I started seeing a lot of my friends sell their own work and get paid with ETH which made me very excited. My goal has always been to be able to live off of my art and not have to do commercial work or execute someone else\u2019s vision. I wanted to create my own world, and web3 has allowed me to do that.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re widely regarded as one of the OGs in the space. How have you seen it evolve in the time you\u2019ve been active? What does \u2018being OG\u2019 mean to you?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

That is actually so dope to hear! It is hard to look at it like that since we were all so deep in it at the time we don\u2019t really realize what is happening around us. I guess being OG just means being early.<\/p>\n

What is LVCIDIA?<\/strong><\/p>\n

LVCIDIA is a virtual art experience with a high level of game design and tokenomics \u2013 it\u2019s an exploratory artwork.<\/p>\n

Tell us a little bit about the inspiration for the Fvck_Avatar<\/strong> collection.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the trend was people using PFP projects as their profile pictures on Instagram and Twitter, I decided to challenge myself to make a collection people could use for that based on my style with some of the iconic elements I use in my art.<\/p>\n

In order to mint you had to burn essence, can you tell us a little more about that and why you opted for those mechanics?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be honest, I don\u2019t really have a good reason. I just thought making people play the game a bit more was interesting, I always want to make my community participate as much as I can.<\/p>\n

Can you give us some LVCIDIA alpha?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next updates are going to be fuckin\u2019 insane\u2026that\u2019s all I can say \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

We talk a lot about transparency in the web3 space, how do you feel about projects with undoxxed founders?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Great question. I personally prefer doxxed,\u00a0but it seems like undoxxed teams perform better, but I don\u2019t know. I personally don\u2019t care, as long as the team and the project are sick.<\/p>\n

What do you hope people will take away from your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want people to feel proud owning it. I want people to treat my pieces as luxury NFT items, not streetwear shit, not a baseball card, more like the Cartier of web3.<\/p>\n

What do you think still needs to change about web3?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a huge education side that needs to be more present so that people don\u2019t get taken advantage of.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n