Quasi Dragon Studies with Harvey Rayner | Into The Collection #15

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P had the pleasure of speaking with master generative artist Harvey Rayner about his upcoming project Quasi Dragon Studies releasing on Verse on Aug 22nd. Each artwork will cost $100 and the minting will remain open for 500 hours, or ~21 days. Each individual artwork can be combined with other "tiles" or blank spaces to create composites, and certain composites will transform into one of 50 "Black Dragons" or one of 5 "White Dragons" - we detail how to get them.

In this interview we cover the concept behind QDS, the innovative intention and mechanics behind the project, and more. You'll definitely want to collect this one and tune in!

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Thanks to the Quasi Dragon Studies team for sponsoring this episode.

Episode artwork - Black Dragon Quasi Dragon Studies by Harvey Rayner

Timestamps
0:23 | A quick aside and the details of the QDS exhibition and release
05:01 | How Harvey started making art as a child, went to art school, and started infusing geometry into his art
12:25 | What attracted Harvey to the idea of creating art with generative systems
17:17 | The basics of how QDS works with composites
23:29 | The variety of individual base tiles and if any are special, and aspect ratios of the tiles
29:59 | P provides more details on the project and some updates from the initial recording
39:35 | A bit of alpha for those paying attention...
43:12 | What Harvey hopes will come of the concept of a generative composite
48:12 | The challenges of creating this project with potentially 10k+ outputs
55:32 | How Harvey has leaned into community co-creation with QDS
58:03 | Parting words

Show Notes
Harvey Rayner | https://twitter.com/harvey_rayner
Harvey's Discord Community | discord.gg/dvds3wRZVn
QDS advanced breakdown on Collector's Corner Premium | https://youtu.be/wLuEPq7KCkE
Quasi Dragon Studies explainer | https://medium.com/@harvey.rayner/quasi-dragon-studies-a-composite-generative-art-series-and-experimental-model-for-web3-community-1eea74a9deeb
Quasi Dragon Studies release page | https://verse.works/exhibitions/quasi-dragon-studies
Quasi Dragon Studies interview at the Verse exhibition | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AgD4v1Mofg
Collector's Corner deep dive into Fontana with Harvey where we cover his background | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hSTENQr1kM
Harvey's approach to generative color | https://medium.com/@harvey.rayner/the-fontana-approach-to-fully-generative-color-e5f7f5a0443a
Waiting To Be Signed interview with Harvey on QDS and his background | https://open.spotify.com/episode/3YkxturnF9B0dWuIyJcGf8