CICADA NFT was inspired by the award-winning piece “CICADA” from the fine art print series “Mechanical Integrations” by Michael Pantuso. This is the first animated piece from the original series which explores themes involving nature and human connections — merging natural elements with those that intersect with human involvement. The works are conceived through a series of sketches, then created digitally. Creative influences include the drawings of Leonardo DaVinci, the illustrations by Murray Tinkelman and the imagination of Michael Pantuso the artist. The works are part of a limited edition set of fine art prints on metal which have been created for sale at exhibitions and galleries.
CICADA and the “Mechanical Integrations” limited edition series has been exhibited and collected internationally. Now, CICADA is available as an NFT. With CICADA NFT, Michael uses motion to bring to life the artwork and the integrated patterns and textures from the cicada’s environment.
Eyes see senses absorb, the body feels, the mind interprets. Dare to imagine a world without boundaries that will allow
you to detach from the physical and integrate with the
virtual. The pinnacle of self-expression, therapy for the soul.
Only the mind sees with perception dictating the reality we accept. Remove the constraints of the physical world, step
into the virtual with absolute freedom of expression,
unleash desires as if in a dream state. You will be who you
truly want to be, dictating your own path.
Welcome to a world without limits. The sense of sight after all resides in your mind. What the mind sees dictates
feeling. We are breaking the congregation of power amongst the few, delivering opportunity back to the masses. This is a world free from control, decentralized, free from
influence. This is a new world, full of new opportunities
restricted only by the limitations of imagination.
You will be next! *From the collection “My favorite nightmares”
“They say that when you wake up from a nightmare, you feel relief that it was just a dream. But when I wake up from a nightmare, I regret that this is not reality”
Have you ever had the experience that you lost Ethereum or NFTs in your MetaMask wallet without your notice?
As NFTs are getting more and more popular these days, it seems that the number of NFT-related hacking troubles are increasing every day. In this article, we listed up some of the most common virtual currency wallet hacking methods. We help this will give you clearer understanding on how your wallet could be compromised as well as some tips on how to prevent it!
Virtual currency wallet hacks are becoming more common.
Most NFT-related problems are probably losing your assets in your wallet due to hacking. In most cases, the assets in the wallet were stolen without notice, even though the password or seed phrase was not given to anyone.
Since virtual currency wallets can be held and managed anonymously, it is unlikely that the perpetrator can be identified once the virtual currency or NFT has been stolen. Therefore, it is necessary to make an utmost effort to avoid being victimized before a tragedy happens to you.
Common hacking methods
Let’s take a look at some of the most common hacking methods in practice.
1. Leaking seed phrase, password, or private keys.
This is the most typical one we should beware. They fish you with messages like “We will give away NFTs or virtual currencies to a few people randomly chosen, so please fill out your information” and then ask you for your seed phrase and password. This is especially targetted to beginners who do not understand the importance of the seed phrase and more likely to pass it to someone untrustable.
The scammers often use messages like below:
Please share your wallets so we can collaborate!
Your account has been compromised! To protect it, please tell us your password!
I want to buy your NFT directly! I need your seed phrase!
I’m inviting you to Foundation.app and I need your seed phrase!
Please note no collaboration, no NFT purchase or no Foundation invite will ever require your seed phrase or password!
2. Fake MetaMask app.
The another common scam is fake MetaMask app.
There is a fake MetaMask app on the Google Play store that will steal your private keys and all your cryptocurrency funds. DO NOT DOWNLOAD. We appreciate you reporting it as well. https://t.co/ELbWsl9pnH
Make sure to download it from the official website, and also be sure to check the URL when jumping to its official website.
3. Fake fake websites.
Not only the fake MetaMask, many fake marketplaces and fake websites have been created one after another. Accessing to these fake websites immediately risk you that your wallet will be compromised or spyware will be sent to you. Do not access them for your curiosity.
The following fake sites are particularly famous.
Fake Opensea
Fake Foundation
False Rarible
Fake Google Drive
Fake Dropbox
Also, do not open any suspicious URLs you receive from strangers.
4. Fake MetaMask support tricks.
Many people have been tricked into giving their personal information to a fake MetaMask support account.
All accounts without official validation mark are fakes!
The number of accounts pretending to be official MeteMask support has been increasing and disappearing repeatedly, and to matter of tricky, some of them have more followers than official accounts, making it difficult to distinguish one from another.
When a wallet-related error occurs, you might post a message on Twitter saying “I’m having an error like this, if anyone knows anything about it please text me!”, these fake MetaMasks will promptly give you replies or direct messages. You might be tempted to tell them your seed phrase because you are worried about the error and you are relieved to see a support account that responds quickly, but please hold back.
There are also cases that they do not directly ask for phrases, but cleverly lead you to spyware URLs. Make sure you never deal with them.
5. Fake emails
Please carefully check the sender’s domain. This sender is @foundation.ac although the correct domain is @foundation.app. Obviously fake Foundation notification.
In addition to fake websites and URLs, fake emails are also commonly seen. Scammers are imitating well-known services such as MetaMask, OpenSea, Foundation, etc., and sending out fakes emails to targeted newbie creators.
The typical contents of the emails are often as follows.
Your work has been sold!
Your account has been compromised!
Our terms of Use have been changed. Actions required!
The best practice to tell the difference from a real site is to check the domain of the email senders’ addresses. For example, Opensea uses “@opensea.io” domain. Foundation uses “@foundation.app” or “@withfoundation.com” domain. Any email address using any other domain should be assumed to be fake.
6. Fake SMS.
Fake SMS is just as annoying as email, or even more so, because you can’t check the domain name of the sender.
If you suddenly receive an SMS without SMS verification by yourself, it is almost likely to be a fake.
7. Fake Offers.
Oh, he is in a navy suit and tie and kinda looks like a rich business person! And he just directly asked me to work for some deign project, wow! But do not trust him before you carefully check who he is.
If you are an artist, you’re always happy when your work is appreciated, and you’re even more excited when you’re asked to create a logo, illustration, or video work for paid projects. However, in the NFT world, you should always keep yourself calm.
I recently got a direct message on twitter from a stranger. The sender said, “Your work is great! We’d love to have you design our logo for paid partnership!” and sent me a suspicious URL as a project resource package. You might be tempted to trust them if their avatars or profile pictures look convincing, but you might notice that he does not have many past tweets or many followers or long account history enough to tell you that he is legit.
If you still think he might be legit, try asking him to give his company email address and let you contact him back. Do not open any resources by him before you make sure he is 100% legit.
8. Spyware
Unlike the cases previously discussed, this one is not very traceable. Be careful of websites where spyware is likely to be hidden, such as illegal video download websites, as well as informative sites for NFT artists.
NFT artists often get targeted by many hackers with most progressive hacking methods. At the very least, deploy anti-virus software and filters to avoid stepping on suspicious websites.
9. Connected devices compromised
Even if you pay attentionto your PC which is dedicated for NFT management, you cannot eliminate the risk of your passwords being leaked if your smartphone or sub-PC connected to the same network or social account is infected with spyware. Also, if you put seed phrases and passwords in your shared folders or online drives that are hacked through one of your devices, those private information might be already leaked.
If you want to do your best, we recommend that you completely separate your NFT PC from the rest of your devices, by completely separating networks, and that you do not share any social accounts among your devices. If this sounds too much for you, at least make sure that you don’t put your MetaMask passwords on somewhere online.
How to prevent
We have discussed a variety of scams, but no single method can prevent all of them. You should make multiple efforts to protect your wallet by combining different methods.
Do not share your seed phrases, passwords, or private keys with others.
Access only to official websites and apps.
Make sure the website URL is correct.
Make sure the domain of the email address is correct.
Do not open URLs sent from unknown senders.
Do not immediately trust someone offers you sketchy projetcs.
Do not visit suspicious sites on a regular basis.
Do not put passwords on online drives.
Separate networks.
Always stay calm and do not get excited much enough to lose your cool judgement.
Keep these ten commandments in your mind, and have a safe creator life!
artwork: Punk ist 7Ø7! #1
collection: Mechaniarchy – The 7.O.7. Postal Edition
collection description: Some folks, too green to retain residual remembrances, keep calling it anarchy. Other, too yellowed by that masticated “me” metonymy called memory, keep smirking while chalking it up to puerility. I think it’s acrimonious, hormonal and spontaneous, it’s borderline metrical in its invisible hand partiality and might turn out to be a Web 3.0 comorbidity. A “digimodernist” bestiary rooted in “repetitions”/“differentiations” – damn! already too many nauseating conceptual fixations poised to spawn negative commercial implications for the praxis of some what-you-see-is-not-what-they-said collections that I’m trying to share with like-minded Ξ bullish avatarial standardizations riding a blockchain high-rising to stomp on pixelated daytimes and inflationary ablations – this is what quite a few philatelically powered parametric potpourris are all about. They curate hardcore passe-partouts and try to snuff out crypto-doubt. They punk. Now it’s your turn to shout!
Hi, I’m Sara! 20 years experience in photography, mixed media art, drawing and painting. My focus (love) has always been cars and trucks. My grandfather had a junk yard near Phoenix and I spent many weekends working there growing up.
My art focuses on cars, trucks and vans – the older the better . I love the uniqueness of vehicles that will be gone forever!
I know my art is not for everyone but for those that have an affinity to cars and trucks I wanted to create something special. Each piece is given 3-5 manual treatments, creation is fluid and I tweak each one until it elicits a unique feeling from me.
Watercolor edition NFT of original artwork by Tanbelia. The first buyer receives original artwork and certificate of authenticity: watercolor on paper, 57 x 38 cm (NFT is a video 14,8 MB), 2021. Please note, if you are buying on the secondary market you will not receive the original.
This piece is the first in the “Selfies of mine” collection. The genesis of the project came about when I was developing an assignment for my students in art class. Seeing them work on my assignment gave me inspiration to try it out for myself. What came about was this piece which is a self portrait of myself. It marks a very meaningful and emotional turning point for me as an artist in the sense that it is the first piece that I am selling. I found in this piece a kind of depth that made me want to explore and create with an unfiltered mind. It is the first of many, and for that I am thankful.
73 1/1 photography NFTs of the world’s saddest Christmas trees! Each Christmas tree was found somewhere in Los Angeles and was photographed exactly as I found it – absolutely no staging whatsoever. An NFT from The Unbearable Sadness of Christmas Trees is the perfect way to tell someone what you are completely over the holidays and are ready for the New Year.
Who is QSTN?
QSTN is an emerging Web3 data platform looking to disrupt the advertising industry by giving individuals power and control over their data.
Launching an application on NEAR Protocol that focuses on consumer data privacy is paramount to the future of web security and internet data regulations as the world transitions to a Web3 structure.
How it works?
Each day, leading up to Christmas, we will post a tweet which contestants must like, retweet and share on their Twitter.
At the end of each week, on Saturday (12/18 & 12/25) we will choose one winner from each day to be airdropped the exclusive NFTs.
What are the prizes?
In true holiday fashion, we spruced up the logo with our best decorations to present the entire “Christmas package” NFT drop.
By participating, you are eligible to win the gift wrapped mint, nutcracker mint and/or Christmas tree star mint as the highest tier.
At the moment, there will be one winner per day but there are discussions to potentially airdrop each winner, all four NFTs.
Will these NFTs have utility?
While it might be tempting to resell, we have hidden perks, aidrops and even upgrades for those holding these cards.
Try to see it as a special membership which will grant you added benefits that other NFT holders will be fuming about 😉
For sharing this post, we will donate one QSTN NFT to NFT Art Exhibition as a thank you!
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私は子供の頃から絵を描くのが大好きで大学で本格的に絵の勉強をしました。
しかし卒業以降は仕事などを言い訳にして絵の世界から遠ざかっていました。
2年前、会社をクビになり転機だと思い再度絵の勉強を再開しました。
そして今回「挑戦」の意味も込めて初出品しました。
まだまだ未熟な私ですが今持っている全てを使って表現しました。
この出品で、こんな私でもに沢山の方々に見てもらえた、知ってもらえたと同じ状況の方々の目標になれたらなと思います。
長文失礼しました。
よろしくお願い致します。
Thank you for visiting my website.
I have loved drawing since I was a child, and studied painting in earnest at university.
However, after graduating from college, I used work as an excuse to stay away from the world of painting.
When I was fired from my job two years ago, I thought it was a turning point and resumed my painting studies.
And this time, I exhibited my work for the first time as a “challenge.
I am still inexperienced, but I used everything I have to express myself.
I hope that this exhibit will be a goal for people in the same situation, that even though I am like this, I was seen and known by many people.
I apologize for the long text.
Thank you very much for your time.
A fleeting moment of happiness engulfed in the thin adoration of friends of friends. In an aggregated scene of false smiles and familiarity by association, the depth is not existent in such as the feelings are also not genuine. The time comes for an acceptable retreat, with glanced smiles and the path of least resistance, the party is now over and they all float away.
Hi!
My name is Polina, and i am an NFT Artist.
About my project:
Mr.Muscles is a 3D character that I made in Zbrush.
He is silent and has no face because he is busy with training.
After we had a thorough review on every single submission, all the submitted artworks and messages, we finally chose the winner who will achieve an opportunity to get promoted on our platform and a Foundation invite.
