It might be challenging to distinguish between excellent and terrible projects as the huge world of NFTs continues to grow and several new ones are being launched every day. That hasn’t been the case with Invisible Friends. The collection has sparked a lot of excitement among prospective investors as well as has caught the eye of NFT collectors. This article will drive you through the details and shed the light on the mystery surrounding this peculiar crypto art collection.
T. S. Eliot went on to say, “...a good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest…”. When one sees clips of old Betty Boop in black and white, there must be throwback memories of Max Fleischer’s animated production in there, but also taken from the contemporary toys, clothes, etc. to make the Friends more updated and tangible. However, sometimes, the good poet welds his theft into a whole feeling which is unique, utterly different from that from which it was torn; the bad poet throws it into something which has no cohesion.
The founder Markus Magnussion aka Motion Markus, he excelled at making walk cycles, something that could infuse a lot of life immediately into animated GIF characters through digital art without necessarily having to add a bunch of narratives into it. Unlike most other PFP or NFT collections, they may be good at storytelling but its product doesn’t reply.
The collection has a mint price of 0.25 ETH then pumped to the floor price off 12 ETH on the first day traded. Sales of the collection were in high demand marked with ATH floor price reaching over 18 ETH. Currently the floor price is fluctuating around 2.5 - 3 ETH and ~800 ETH in 30 day sales volume.
Invisible Friends is an Ethereum-based 5000 animated NFT collection, a part of the Random Character Collective (RCC). This project was for people who are kids at heart and who are the easy-going type with a good sense for art, as shared by the founder. The animated art features invisible characters wearing everything from daily apparel and accessories to science equipment, rocket launchers and anything people can think of. The Invisible Friends is shifting the focus from avatars lovers, as well as fashion enthusiasts who love a fun piece of art.
There are many generative NFT collections out there, but still very few animated collections despite there being so many extremely talented animators in the NFT world. Prior to the Invisible Friends, RCC has launched two animated projects in collaboration with other artists on their own projects, SlimHoods and Lucas Zanott’s MoodRollers.
The Golden Friend was the centerpiece of the auction, which sold for 497 ETH (roughly $1.3 million at the time of sale), proceeds from which went to the RCC charity fund. Alongside this NFT, the owner of the Golden Friend also gets airdropped five more NFT from the original collection of 5000. These NFTs ID are numbered two through six.
InvisibleLand
According to the information from the website, there is a codename “InvisibleLand”. It is possible that the project will integrate its NFTs into a metaverse platform. Along with that, the project will allow users to convert between 2D and 3D models at the end of this summer. Thinking logically, this 3D model can be used in the metaverse as a digital avatar. It is not clear at present how to convert to the 3D model. It can be just a "Wrap" button or more complicated is to take serum to change back and forth between 2D and 3D versions similar to BAYC and MAYC, or require users to buy and use ERC20 tokens, similar to DeGods.
The Emergence of “Phygital” Clothes by Web3
The project has worked with the NY-based fashion brand Kith on an exclusive set of new NFTs collections, called Kith Friends. These new NFTs will resemble the original Invisible Friends NFTs, except they will all be wearing the latest Kith clothes. Each Kith Friend will feature clothes and fashion accessories from Kith.
This collaboration is not just about putting clothes from Kith on the characters, but offering many different utilities. For example, those who win the auction for 9 unique Kith Friends NFTs will receive the literal Kith clothing featured in their NFT. Kith Friend holders will enjoy VIP access to future IRL Kith products. The apparel on each Kith Friend will evolve to signal when an NFT holder could buy exclusive clothes and accessories.
Fashion and apparel brands like Kith have been incredibly receptive to Web3 technologies. Whether it’s hosting fashion shows in the metaverse or releasing exclusive NFTs, it’s hard to find a clothing company that hasn’t been experimenting with blockchain.
Denim is a fashion brand that has sold NFTs corresponding with its apparel. The Italian company gave holders exclusive access to upcoming product launches, and a few came with current fashion items like puffer jackets or sneakers.
France’s Dior also jumped into the metaverse with a 2022 Men’s Fashion event on Meta ZiWU. And many big brands like Tommy, Dolce & Gabbana, Adidas, etc. have already participated in metaverse fashion shows in metaverse platforms, The Sandbox and Decentraland. With these high-profile connections in clothing and apparel, Web3 is definitely making a “fashion statement” in the future.
Closing Thoughts
InvisibleFriends seems like your true friends. The server has a mental health channel to participate in each other as well as active set chat, and has a mental health channel that shares a happy vibration and is one of the many useful features of the advantage of the NFT community. Personally, atm, most NFT projects don’t have much of a utility beyond PFP or merchandise activities, so does InvisibleFriends. As an outstanding NFT collection of animated GIFs, it can be said that InvisibleFriends is a project that is still worth looking forward to and waiting for the promises from the founder as Markus is constantly launching new products to expand its InvisibleFriends-centric ecosystem.
