Founder
@PuppyUpOrg
. Papi to Pyrenees. 4k Miles for
#CanineCancer
. Host Fuzzybutts & Friends. Artist/Collector of over 600 NFTs. AI Absolutist. Writer/Producer
Today is the 22nd of June. Murphy died this day. 13 years ago and I'm quite certain I never recovered from this. Perhaps more than Malcolm, it changed the course of my life.
You see I thought I could walk across the country from Austin to Boston & do great things for One
Santa Big Dog Collector is ready to fill some artists wallets up with Tezos!
#TezosFrenzy
starts NOW! This thread will remain open until 11 am CST. 4 Hours of Acquiring Art in Real Time! 🔥
Drop your Objkt Art HERE!
Gm! I am submitting Four Horsemen to ArtTank again this week and would appreciate your support for my pinned once again! 🙏🖤
Also it's
#TezosTuesday
and I'm acquiring a few Objkt works from artist friends today so you can drop here 🔥
#TezosFrenzy4
Has officially STARTED Acquiring Art in REAL Time. PLZ Read entire post 🙏
From NOW until 10AM CST Drop your Objkt Art - Yer Big Dog is Buying 🔥
No rules but guidelines: Artists who are courteous enough to follow me get priority, plz repost this, tag
Gm! I have finished my final selections for this
#TezosFrenzy
🔥 I acquired 71 Objkt artworks this time my largest buy to date bringing my total to 652 now in my collection! 🔥
Santa Big Dog Collector did good! 😆🎅🐶🔥
And without doubt this was the biggest TF drop ever and
It’s
#TEZOSFRENZY
Thursday! 6 Hours of Art Buying by Yer Big Dog, Luke Robinson
Acquiring ART in REAL Time. Starts NOW Until 10AM CST
This is the 2nd Tezos Frenzy & last week was a great success! I bought a bunch of art, artists were buying from each other, everyone was making
#TezosFrenzy5
Has officially STARTED 🔥
A Special Fuzzybutt Edition of TezosFrenzy Thursdays: Acquiring Animal/Creature Art & Photography in REAL Time ❤️🐶🔥
From NOW until 10AM CST Drop your Objkt Art - Yer Big Dog is Buying! 🔥
RULES: No human or landscape. They can be a
Gm! It's going to be kinda crazy the next couple of weeks as I'm moving my studio to TX! I've missed you all and thanks for the DMs checking in on me! 🖤🔥
Gm! It's been a Big week! Yer Big Dog Artist Collector:
- Nearing the completion of my finest artwork!
- 7,095 friends and rapidly rising. Never crossed this threshold in the two times I tried Twitter before!
- Now on Foundation!
- Started a new Web3 Creator X Space with my
Gm! I’m starting the week with PSA to artists on Tezos. Prior to
#TezosTuesday
I highly recommend you put a link to your Objkt in your profile.
I can honestly attest to your lost sales because I’ve had to search artist’s tweets to find a link and then I get distracted and the
It’s time for
#TezosFrenzy3
Acquiring Art in REAL Time 🔥From NOW until 10AM CST, Yer Big Dog is buying art and this time, I’m making it more interesting! To incentivize other artists to buy from each other creating a greater marketplace, I am gifting this special edition to
Drop your Animal & Creature art here for tomorrow's
#CreativeMindsForge
@raizen0795
🦫🐶😱🔥
Spaces starts at 12 PM CST/6 PM GMT for artists to present their art and will run 3 hours. We'll get as many artists up as we can & I'll do another Spaces later if we have to!
I'll be
Gm! One more friend to get to 7,000! 🔥
And Yer Big Dog is making small strategic edition buys today. Not 1/1s - I'm saving that for the next
#TezosFrenzy
So Drop Yer Objkt art here & I'll put a little coinage into your creativity this weekend!
Also in the spirit of
Yer Big Dog is buying Tezos art today and thru the weekend. My shadow & ghostbans were lifted! Elon bent the knee 😆
Drop yer Objkt art here it's time to party! 🔥
Dalle-3 rendering of the RAPs - Rejected Animals of Potatoton led by Indiana Jones the DunderDog!
Gm! Update on Indiana. He's going to the vet today but he's dehydrated and debilitated. Thank you for all those who posted about him apologies haven't had the time to reply yet. Should know more soon but he's eating and doing 'better' than the past few days.
We are still
17 artworks acquired for
#CollectingTogether
🔥 I'll post more about the experience later as I learned alot but YBD is heading to TX tomorrow & I must prepare for the trip.
@CozomoMedici
@rollbitcom
@amber_vittoria
Welcome to
#ArtTank
Amber!
The Four Horsemen 2029
Bringing the AI Apocalypse to civilization with a sliver of hope for humanity's salvation.
1/1. 0.2 ETH
Gouache and watercolor on spray paint with sterling silver shavings. 42" x 42'
🚨 Round 3
#CollectingTogether
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4. REPOST/SHARE
5. BOOKMARK
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Gm! The mamasita of the Morgan Manor has returned and I am back upstairs in my loft studio! 🔥 And the naughty dogs that dont mind Gimpy Big Dog are downstairs! 😆🐶😈
Here's my thought today as I've been reflecting.
I often look at all of your works as a window inside me to
Gm! Who is hot on
@exchgART
right now? I'm hosting a
#CreativeMindsForge
Space on Solana art Thursday Jan 25th and inviting 2 artists to present their work and successes! 🔥
Gm! It's a new day and on my wall begins a new challenge in Apocalyptic Surrealism: Chaos is King🔥
It's about the human AI alignment paradox and it will be a tougher piece than 4 Horsemen😅
But like I famously say to my boys when we we're in a tough spot on the road,
He sees you when you're minting. He knows when you're awake (and don't say Gm!). He knows if you paint bad or good so make great art for goodness sakes! 😆🎄🖤🔥
Gm! I am minting Special Signed Editions of Four Horsemen on Objkt. This is the first and if it sells, I'll mint the second up to a maximum of 10 editions 🔥
The Four Horsemen 2029. No. 1. 25 Tezos
Gm! I'm always thinking about how artists can acheive the outcome they seek.
If you're a relatively new artist and making sales are a way for you to build confidence as an artist, consider selling more editions at lower prices to attract more collectors.
Also, mint your
Gm! This morning I'm creating Potato People in MJ for my children's book project - The Misadventures of Indiana Jones the DunderDog! 🐶
These guys are Big Pest Control and they're trying to get rid of skunks in Potatoton so Indy and his pals from the Rejected Animals Rescue
I'm starting to frame together my collection of 113
@objktcom
artworks in anticipation for this week's
#TezosFrenzy
Thursday - Acquiring Art in REAL Time 🔥 Here's page 1!
Gm! My mate left yesterday to travel on biz so Gimpy Big Dog is taking care of a house full of 7 dogs. With a broken foot 😆 It'll be an interesting week! 🐶♥️
Have a terrific
#TezosTuesday
🔥 And happy
#ToT
and
#TippingTuesday
Gm! It's YBD's birthday today and this is what I'd like to do to celebrate. In March of 2024 I'm having an art auction/fundraiser for my foundation
@PuppyUpOrg
and am looking for artists who want to be a part of this event!
As some of you know I've lost 3 dogs to cancer:
If you want to know what I buy, why I buy, what I want to see out of an artist, what inspires me and what occasionally irritates me, I'll tell it all! 😄
After
#TezosFrenzy
at 12PM CST, join YBD & 2 other legendary collectors
@deftony83
and
@saucebook
for Episode 3 of
This Thursday is
#TezosFrenzy5
and this one is for the Fuzzybutts! Animal/Creature Art Only!! No Humans! 🐶🐒🦜🔥
5 Hours of Objkt Art Buying Hosted by Yer Big Dog. Last week I acquired a record 55 artworks! 🔥
Gm! It's been a tough few weeks but Indy continues to improve from his infection. But it made me realize it's time to get back on the road with him for Indiana's last walk 🐶🔥
Plans are already being made for
#Walk4
tentatively scheduled for May/June. It will be my
Gm! Today is the 14th annual Puppy Up Walk Memphis and Yer Big Dog is giving a speech to all the parents who have lost their beautiful fuzzybutts to
#caninecancer
. I'll be at the event filming and documenting all day!
Puppy Up! as we say and make some great Fuzzybutt art
Gm! Thursday Dec 14th is as Big Day! First
#TezosFenzy
from 7AM - 11AM CST. Buying Objkt art in real time! 🔥
Then at 12 PM CST Episode 3 of
#CreativeMindsForge
with
@raizen0795
about Collecting Art! Joined by the astute collector
@saucebook
and YBD presenting and discussing
Now that I am in the 500+ Club of Objkt Collectors I'll start showcasing works from featured artists from time to time 🔥
Today I'll begin with Shay Shelby's 'The Machine Age' - a gracious gift from a new artist friend who seems preoccupied with themes and techniques important
Wishing everyone a successful
#TezosTuesday
🔥
I've got my artist beret on today not my collector top hat! 😆🎩 Hopefully I can complete one of my WIPs in time and join the fun! 🔥
Darkness Descends. 25 editions. 12 Tezos
The First from the ‘Dark and Darker Still’ Series created in collaboration with the darkest of artists
@maenadart
🖤
In Persian mythology Azhi Dahaka or Zahhak, an ambitious businessman by all historical accounts, employed a chef who
Yer Big Dog Collector has acquired 32 new Objkt artworks during this weekend Tezos Party and in total my collection has 379 works of art 🔥
I bet the artists who unfollowed me along my way throughtout this NFT adventure are reeling 😆😿
Acquired 28 Objkt artworks in this prelude to TezosFrenzy Dec 14th!
As always you can check receipts here and also view my entire collection of 494 artworks of which I am quite proud! 🖤🔥
Don’t mind me. You guys go out & have cocktails & sushi & Gimpy Big Dog Artist will be here for another 20 hours doing detail 😆 🐶
Wow I knew this would be a much more complex work but I’m going insane with layers of texture & intricacy🔥
Listening to Depeche Mode & loving it
Gm! This week's
#CreativeMindsForge
is all about fuzzybutts! ❤️🐶
@raizen0795
A Showcase for Animal Art is the theme for this week's Spaces! Thursday Feb 1st from 12 - 3 PM CST/ 6 - 9 PM GMT our Spaces will be open for artists to present their
#AnimalArt
and Yer Big Dog
Gm! I’m deeply grateful to all of those who wished me well yesterday – it meant alot reading your posts🙏
I do not like to dwell in the darkness of man as I have been there before and I know it well. I’m just a small guy taking on a giant corporation and the odds are decidedly
Gm. Yesterday I visited for the first time the grave of an old friend. Or tried to I couldn’t find him. His talent as an artist was renown in my hometown even in grade school.
He was the funniest most creative mate I knew growing up. Michael contributed to the artwork of many
Good morn... checks email for FND auction starting... nevermind back to bed😆
Whichever Objkt artist posts the best funniest gif about that dreadful feeling I'll buy your art up to 10 Tezos! 🔥
WIP. Apex Species
In my third Apocalyptic artwork I'm exploring the notion that with the creation of AI we have brought a new species into the world one that will apex all others and one which cannot be controlled or contained.
The composition of the work is inspired by old
Gm! The misadventures of Gimpy Big Dog and the Ingrates at Morgan Manor continues! 😆
Now Mayberry has Lolly on her side & both of them have mounted an insurrection against me. Why is it always the little dogs that cause problems? 🤏🐶
It's like Orwell's Animal Farm over here
Info on
#CollectingTogether
all artists will have an opportunity to present at some point. There may/will be a couple of Spaces. Seems like they have 100 open speaker mics at a time but the line is moving! Such great art & I'm fascinated by learning about all the artists! 🖤🔥
From my first minted NFT September 28 2023 using NightCafe and Procreate to now 😱
Perhaps I always had this in me. But the combination of both my own intrinsic creativity and the support from the community accelerated this evolution🔥
This is why I will always support
Now that I have achieved the next level with my own art it's time for another
#TezosFrenzy
don't you think?
I'm setting aside some Tezos for a Holiday art buy which I'm thinking Thursday Dec 14th!
Who's ready for the next
#TezosFrenzy
🔥
Thursday December 14th from 7AM - 11AM CST. Acquiring Objkt art in real time!
And afterwards at 12 noon we're having a special episode of
#CreativeMindsForge
with collectors presenting and discussing select Objkt acquisitions! 🔥
The Four Horsemen 2029. 1/1. 0.2 ETH Reserve
Auction begins on FND tonite at 10PM CST
In 2029 human attempt at alignment with artificial intelligence has failed and the Horsemen are bringing the AI apocalypse to civilization. But within the darkness and gathering storm of
Finally I created an Objkt page for my 15yo artist niece Sarah! And minted her Shiba Inu painting! ❤️🐶
I've transferred some of the art I purchased from my artist friends to her wallet to surprise her for XMas. Can we give her a bigger surprise by selling out her first
At the vet clinic with Indy. What happened is he developed an ulcer on his elbow which turned into a full blown infection. He’s responded well to the antibiotic I administered this weekend and feeling better but we started him on Zeniquin just to be sure. ❤️🐶
I have 0.009 ETH remaining after minting and eager to start collecting on FND! Don't know if I can acquire anything for that little amount before I reload but if you have an edition for sale please post!
#TezosFrenzy4
is now CLOSED. I'll be posting the final results later today but it's a record day! 🔥
Thanks to everyone who made it successful and if I didn't acquire your art, stick around - just today I purchased a piece that's been offered here twice before! 🙏🔥
Gm! On tomorrow's episode of
#CreativeMindsForge
- Making Movies with AI🔥
Joining us as a featured guest artist is
@maxescu
who is on a mission to create full length films with AI!
Our new X Spaces is growing every week and we hope you can join YBD and my most excellent
Apex Species. Concept Sketch
#1
.
I've got the wicked cool idea mapped out, the color scheme, the homage to a few greats, and the AI 'monster' all worked out. And it is on Fire! 🔥 This will be my masterpiece! 😆
@CozomoMedici
@rollbitcom
@letsglitchit
I am honored and proud to offer you Signore Cozomo my genesis work as an apocalyptic surrealist.
The Four Horsemen 2029. 0.3 ETH
Bringing the AI Apocalypse to civilization. But within the dark night humanity brought upon itself and the gathering storm that awaits it, a silver