Name of Project
DeArt Gallery
Application type
Product Launch
Proposal overview
DeArt Gallery is an NFT Studio aiming to enhance Harmony’s Blockchain NFT space. Utilizing technology and software applications to create curated NFT collections, creative game-like mechanisms and free to use community platforms; Harmony users will be able to experience Augmented Reality, 3D Printing, Mental Canva, and many others that we have yet to see in the NFT space.
DeArt aims to be the home of a variety of art-styles, that is why our artists are third parties incorporated into each collection based on their style and how it fits the current NFTs in production.
Gamification is a very important part in each one of our collections. However, we have a clear understanding of our potential users, and we know that sometimes the community simply don’t have the time to participate in huge and complicated games, nor the will to learn time consuming mechanisms or attend community events.
That’s why what we plan to offer is the right balance between dynamic collectibles, game-like features and actual in-game experience.
We wish to establish ourselves as the leading NFT Studio in the Harmony Blockchain, a place to house original and cool collections that are like nothing else in the space.
In the long term, we see DeArt having also it’s own NFT Launchpad for freelance artists or teams that wishes to get DeArt’s help to curate their collections and design unique mechanics, in order to get their products and ideas to the next level.
The Team
DeArt’s team is mostly based in South America and it’s formed by a group of people with a very diverse set of skills. All of us are true artists in our own way. Some of our team members possess plenty of experience working with Augmented Reality(AR), 3D printing and 3D modeling softwares, which are some of the technologies that we intend to add to our NFT collection features.
We have prepared a Medium article that dives into every team member, their role in DeArt, backgrounds, previous experience and links to both, Linkedin profiles and Portfolios:
https://medium.com/@DeArtGallery/dearts-team-backgrounds-and-porfolios-35bd017fe7d4
DeArt’s Gallery - Website.
DeArt’s website is the central hub for all our upcoming products. Here you will be able to find links to all our upcoming collections websites, and access to all the Community Platforms we plan to launch as well.
The first of these platforms is a NFT Dashboard called My Album, in which owners of our collections can see every DeArt’s NFTs they currently own, as well as claim and activate benefits granted for being True Collectors, thus entitled to DeArt’s Loyalty Program perks and rewards.
1st Collection - Mint O’Taurs
Mint O’Taurs is DeArt’s first collection. The set consists of 5050 NFTs completely made in 3D, with cool looking skins, clothes and accessories, market themed and Harmony supporters.
Here is a link to the Mint O’Taurs backstory:
https://medium.com/@MintOTaurs/mint-otaurs-backstory-155c381b1911
Dual Rarity System
The rarity of a Mint O’Taur NFT is not only determined by the parts of the piece, but also by the kind of logo each NFT gets assigned at minting.
We call these: NFTiers ( Common, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond ).
Each NFTier is capped to a fixed amount of mints. We refer to the NFTiers system as the Gaming Rarity. The higher the tier, the higher the value of the NFT, and the wider the field of vision will be within the Labyrinth Game.
The Mint O’Taurs collection will always be a dynamic one, meaning that the pieces won’t be static. As we develop more collections and build our community platforms using the technologies mentioned before, the Mint O’Taurs will be enhanced with more features and perks like: unlocking music, 3D printing file, idle animation, etc.
These are all the features and mechanics that we intend to launch during 2022 for the Mint O’Taurs collection:
· Training System (at least 50% chance to upgrade the NFT’s rarity).
· Access to an exclusive Play to Earn Labyrinth Game for Mint O’Taurs holders.
· The Mint O’Taurs NFTs work as an entry-pass to DeArt’s Loyalty Program, granting the owners several benefits for all our future collections and features.
· A chance to obtain a very rare NFT (The Taur Statue) from a set of only 30 pieces during The Taurs Awards event in late 2022, plus a new Skin for their Mint O’Taur NFT.
There is a dedicated article for each of these utilities in Mint O’ Taurs Medium page:
https://medium.com/@MintOTaurs
Mint O’Taurs - Website:
While DeArt’s website works as a hub for all the collections, each of these collections will have its own website, Roadmap and Whitepaper, with its own features and tabs depending on the mechanics intended for each of them.
The Mint O’Taurs website will be launch with the following features on the Harmony Testnet during the last week of May, and onto Mainnet on June 1st:
- On-site minting page
- Viewer page (to be able to browse and filter through the whole collection).
- My Taurs Dashboard
As we develop the systems for the utilities mentioned in the previous section, we will add the features to the website according to the Mint O’Taurs Roadmap for 2022:
DeArt’s Roadmap & Future Collections
As we work on the Mint O’Taurs features, we are developing in parallel the samples for the next 2 collections.
Here is DeArt’s Roadmap for 2022 and the intended Launch Calendar for all the collections that we plan to launch on Harmony over the next 15 months.
Some of these collections are currently at different design stages; 3D art design, concepts art, naming and branding, game-like mechanisms, and even music production.
All the collections will be intertwined one way or another, thus reinforcing the value and utility of the previous ones, and becoming a foundation block for DeArt as a whole.
Community Platforms
While designing our collections, DeArt’s team keeps the following principle at all times:
“Every collection must become alive, and add value to the previous ones”.
We truly think that our NFT’s should reach out to the real world too, and that’s why we are aiming to be the nexus between the physical world and NFTs on Harmony.
We want to bring NFTs to life through the use of technologies that haven’t been seen much in this space yet, like: AR(Augmented Reality, 3D Printing and even the use of selfies as an interactive mechanic for a NFT based charity initiative.
In order to achieve this goal, we will be bringing to the Harmony Blockchain several Community Platforms that we will launch for both: collectors and non-collectors.
These are the first two platforms we intend to launch and in which we are currently working in:
-D-AR(Augmented Reality) Mobile App
D-Ar Mobile App will allow the owners of our NFTs to display their pieces at their homes.
Imagine owning a 3D NFT that comes with music (like we intend to do in the near future), then with the use of Augmented Reality people could get together for dinner, and each of them would display their NFTs in the D-AR app. Simply by synchronizing the music tracks they want to play they would basically become a music band formed by NFTs, or perhaps something more simple, like displaying an animated Mint O’taur on a decorative frame in your living room, or just a little creature sitting on your shoulder, etc.
The possibilities with AR are endless and the room for designing new ideas is huge. We will use our team experience with this technology to design innovative concepts and mechanics in the NFT space.
-ONE for ALL Movement
The ONE for ALL Movement is a charity initiative inspired by Goku’s famous technique — Spirit Bomb.
Much like Goku asked the people of the planet to lend him their energy to help him save the Earth, the ONE for ALL movement will do the same across all Harmony users, by implementing an ENERGY LENDING game mechanic to raise funds in the form of ONE tokens and donate them to different causes.
Simply by minting a selfie of themselves, raising their hands up in the air, and selecting how much Energy they want to lend, people will officially be part of the ONE for ALL Movement. The minted selfie, which is their new NFT, is now a certificate that proves that they have officially contributed to that specific cause.
These NFTs certificates will have different levels based on the amount of Energy(total of ONE tokens) the user has donated. The higher the level, the higher the voting power to choose the next cause the movement should raise funds for.
The funds raised through this platform will be distributed as follows:
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80% of the SPIRIT BOMB will be donated to the selected cause.
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20% will be sent to DeArt’s Treasury to cover the costs of development and marketing.
Front-End Example
DeArt’s Team will pre-select a few options to donate to, but it will be the community who decides which one we will raise funds for.
Goku saved the Earth many times with the Spirit Bomb, the Harmony community can do the same
Grant Distribution
We are not launching our own token in the near future, and it’s not something we consider necessary for now. We are not closing the door to this, but definitely not a variable in the present. All our mechanics will work using ONE or add use cases for our partners tokens, since our main goal is to enhance the Harmony Community as a whole.
Because of this, most of our expenses are Development Costs, and we intend to allocate most of the grant to cover for not only the current Team’s expenses, but also the cost it would require to expand it in the following way:
- Incorporate a Chief Marketing Officer (Full time)
- Incorporate 1 more Solidity Back-End Developer with experience on NFTs and gaming. (Part-Time)
- Hire 1 more 3D Artist (Full time).
The rest of the Grant funds would be designated as follows:
-10% will be used as our Community Fund, which will return to the community in the form of Community Contests Prizes and Giveaway Rewards.
-10% of the funds will be allocated as our Ecosystem Fund. This will be used to establish strategic partnerships and cover the cost of Marketing Campaigns.
-10% of the funds will be part of our Security Fund. This will give us the chance to perform audits on all our upcoming features contracts and guarantee a Safe & Sound user experience with our products.
-The final 10% of the Grant funds would be designated to DeArt’s Treasury Wallet and be kept there as an Emergency Fund.
In summary:
- 60% of the funds will reward our team for all the past and future work.
- 10% will be coming back to the community through contests and giveaways
- 10% will be used to establish strong connections in the Harmony Ecosystem.
- 10% will reinforce the contracts of all our upcoming features.
- 10% will work as Back Up funds and be kept in DeArt’s Treasury Wallet.
Proposal ask
We are applying for a 50K grant and help with fundraising, product development and talent recruitment.
Metrics for success
10K after launching Mint O’Taurs website as a feature-complete product (Minting page + Viewer page + My Taurs Dashboard) on testnet.
10K after forming a DAO with 5-out-of-9 multisig with our DAOs
10K after launching Mint O’Taurs website as a feature-complete product (Minting page + Viewer page + My Taurs Dashboard) on Mainnet
10K after launching DeArt’s NFT Dashboard (My Album) on Mainnet.
10K after launching D-AR mobile app.
External links
DeArt Gallery:
-Website: https://deart.gallery
-Whitepaper: https://deart.gallery/DeArt_Whitepaper.pdf
Mint O’Taurs Collection:
-Website: https://taurs.deart.gallery
-Whitepaper: https://taurs.deart.gallery/Mint_OTaurs_Whitepaper.pdf
Official Community Channels:
-Discord: Discord
-Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeArtGalleryH
-Medium: Medium
-Mint O’Taurs Twitter: https://twitter.com/mintotaurs
-Mint O’Taurs Medium: Medium