Michael Kutsche
@michaelkutsche
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Painter/ Digital Artist /// Sotheby's | PROOF Grails | SuperRare 💎| Feature film Character Designer | @PhantomzeroNFT
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1/9 New release: 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘺 ⌛️🫀💊(Sound on)
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🤖 'Clunker Carnival' is now live on
@SuperRare
💎
"Luddite minions mobilize a column of rusty propaganda machines in a last ditch effort to conquer the metaverse and thwart the decentralization."
[Sound On]
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GM and Happy New Year!
Let's seek for our greatest selves in 2023 ⚡
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🔥In 2015 I secretly started working on a passion project, a world filled with unique characters and animation, and today marks the day where I finally open the portal to this imaginary universe. Meet some of my otherworldly companions, who go by the name of PHANTOM ZERO. ✖️✖️
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2021 blew my mind. I wanted to take a moment to thank my collectors who supported my work and helped my artistic journey in a major way.✨
Thank you
@artoninternet
for collecting my genesis piece 'SΞΞKER', you kickstarted my career in this space!
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Here's a little sneak of the Phantom Punk👾
He's entered the stage to give away 5 Phantom List (WL) for 5 lucky👻!
⚪️Follow
@michaelkutsche
&
@PhantomzeroNFT
⚪️ RT & Like & Turn on 🔔
⚪️ Tag all your Phantom friends!
Each additional tag gives you an extra entry
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🚀I'm proud that my newest 1/1 frag·men·tal has been selected for the upcoming Contemporary Discoveries auction at
@Sothebys
, starting Feb 22nd at 10am HKT.
Excited to be featured alongside legends such as
@terrelldom
,
@brokedidonato
and
@sleeprNFT
🔥
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My first drop on
@SuperRare
is open for bidding :)
#NFTcollectors
#NFTcommunity
#NFTart
#CryptoArt
#Cryptoartist
#digitalpainting
#SURREALISM
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1. A deeper look at 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨·𝘮𝘦𝘯·𝘵𝘢𝘭, which is currently part of the
@Sothebys
Contemporary Discoveries | Down the Rabbit Hole auction.
A 🧵👇
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Advertise your account with one animation
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I'm a character designer and painter, working for the film industry since 2008.
#OriginalContentArtist
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1/2 I’m incredibly proud that SΞΞKER is now my second piece in the magnificent collection of
@ely_trader
.
I couldn’t be happier to know it is with a passionate collector with impeccable taste and a long history of collecting both traditional and digital art.🔥💎
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1 year ago (actually, April 17th last year) my genesis drop found it's home with collector
@ArtOnInternet
It kickstarted my adventure in this space, and had a huge impact on my artist's journey.
Thanks
@ArtOnInternet
🖤
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Thank you
@ChengLemuel
for adding 'Clunker Carnival' to your collection!
I'm very fond of our connection, and I'm proud that this piece is with a collector with whom I share a passion for this movement and who has a deep appreciation for my work. ✨
💎 Clunker Carnival 💎
✨ Artwork by
@michaelkutsche
💰 Sold to lemqq for 13.2 ETH ($45,323.92)
$RARE
#CryptoArt
#NFT
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📢Big news announcement and new 1/1 reveal tomorrow! 👀
Meanwhile here's a character I created for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
All hand-painted, no use of 3d tools.
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QT with your animated art
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💎NEW DROP💎
'New Renaissance' is now live on
@SuperRare
!
Collectors: Feel free to DM for inquiries.
Thanks for sharing! 🙏
#nft
#superrare
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I'm a German painter, character designer and animator based in Los Angeles. This is some of my personal work.
#PortfolioDay
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Gm 🐰
Another character I created for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland some time ago.
All digitally painted using traditional oil painting techniques, no use of 3d 🖌️
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Proud to share that I've been the principal character designer on the new
@Disney
movie THE LITTLE MERMAID, directed by Rob Marshall.
I'll be sharing some of the designs I did in collaboration with 2 time academy award winning production designer John Myhre soon.
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1/5 The Twitter algorithm, which mostly rewards content that caters to short attention span behavior, is creating a skewed perspective on which art is significant in this digital art revolution we are currently witnessing.
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SOLD
frag·men·tal has officially been sold by
@Sothebys
at 139,700 HKD
Welcome onboard
@ely_trader
to my very special circle of collectors! 🥂🤝
A big thank you to collectors
@_LemQQ
,
@anchor_drops
,
@iki_jima
,
@shannersdos
and
@baggins_fomo
for their support, I love you all.🖤
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💎NEW DROP💎
'Pleasure Island' is now live on
@SuperRare
!
Collectors: Feel free to DM for inquiries.
Thanks for sharing! 🙏
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2022 we showed the world that nothing, not even this extended bear will stop the growth of our art and this movement. 2023 will be the year we will enter the biggest galleries and museums and wipe out all doubt that this movement is here to stay. LFG! 🚀
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1/7 Artists have been releasing open editions, in order to 'widen their collector base'. But when the value of these editions goes towards zero it doesn't matter how wide a collector base is, if it's ultimately crumbling.
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I'm Michael from Germany, and this is my digital art.
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Gm 🤖⚡️
'Clunker Carnival', collected one year ago today by
@_LemQQ
I'm proud to have this very special piece in his collection and to call him a friend 🖤🖤🖤
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🤯Still processing that 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨·𝘮𝘦𝘯·𝘵𝘢𝘭 is currently on view on a giant billboard at
@TimesSquareNYC
, as part of the
@artcrushgallery
World Tour Season 1 🔥
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While I'm feverishly creating new work, here's a character I designed for one of Tim Burton's movies some time ago. All painted, no use of 3d.
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Proud to announce that 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨·𝘮𝘦𝘯·𝘵𝘢𝘭 will be shown on the biggest billboard in
@TimesSquareNYC
from April 10-16, as part of the
@artcrushgallery
World Tour 🔥
Big shoutout to collector
@ely_trader
, I couldn't be happier to have this piece in his collection. 🙂🙏
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Hello
#PortfolioDay
I'm a digital artist painting visual stories about a place I call digital Limbo ⚡👁️🎨
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𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴
part of
@proof_xyz
@grails
IV
It's a personal breakthrough moment and honor to be part of a legendary artist lineup.
Huge thanks to curator
@eli_schein
and his team for creating such a memorable experience (and thanks to
@Coldie
for the kind words)
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Character design I created for a Disney movie directed by Sam Raimi.
All hand painted, no use of 3d.
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3 days to go on my
@Sothebys
auction, current bid is at 55,000 HKD 🥳🚀
Link to the auction page below 👇
See the full detail of the painting before I worked on the animation:
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👻A little look behind the scenes of
@PhantomZeroNFT
⏳
I'm putting a lot of attention to detail to make sure I breathe life into my companions from the other realm ✖️✖️
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1/3 "Many old Italian masters had studios, where their pupils assisted them in creating works.
Perhaps studios of the future will just be the artist and AI, working together." -
@CozomoMedici
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New Renaissance on display at the
#SuperRareMonolith
in Downtown Miami.
A huge thanks to
@SuperRareDavid
,
@nico_future
and the whole
@SuperRare
team as well as
@ArtRepublicGlb
for making it possible and also my collector
@Vince_Van_Dough
for the tremendous support!
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I want to build myself a visual sandbox big enough so that my inner artistic child never gets bored ✨
#ArtistOnTwitter
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💎Woke up to this generous bid of 4.25 ETH on "New Renaissance" on
@SuperRare
from mysterious collector king0x! Huge thanks for supporting my artistic journey!
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Working on a new piece, meanwhile here's a Sakaar warrior I designed for
@MarvelStudios
Thor: Ragnarok, directed by the brilliant
@TaikaWaititi
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Gm🕶️
Night version of 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, as seen on the backside of the
@SuperRare
monolith when the original piece was exhibited during Art Basel in Miami 2021.
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1. On the benefits of blockchain transparency: When I entered NFT's, one particular feature of blockchain technology was often praised: it's transparency and recorded provenance. Here's some thought on the implications of this, from an artist's perspective:
(Art:
@Ness_Graphics
)
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My visit of
@beeple
Studios left me deeply impressed. Meeting the great visual chronicler of our time and talk some art was an absolute highlight. 🔥
Gm ⚡
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1/4 Gm ⚡️
𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 is now in the
@Sothebys
Grails 2 wallet, alongside an insane list of works by
@XCOPYART
,
@dmitricherniak
,
@tylerxhobbs
,
@ArtOnBlockchain
,
@Matt_Furie
,
@MattKaneArtist
,
@otherworld_xx
,
@seerlight
...👀
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1. I'm beyond proud to be part of the current exhibition at CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, titled "Crypto Art: A New Possibility"
CAFA is a prestigious contemporary art museum, which has exhibited world renowned artists such as Anish Kapoor, Marc Quinn, Bjorn Norgaard and
@vhils1
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1. 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘊𝘳𝘺 will be exhibited during Art Basel in Miami and also in in Milan and Hong Kong and a prestigious museum in Beijing next year.
Here's some close ups of the piece and a little 🧵👇
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Less Twitter time for me because I'm doing a deep dive with my upcoming piece. 👀
Meanwhile here's a character I created for Tim Burton in 2008
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💎New release today!💎
One month of blood and sweat poured into one singular piece.
@SuperRare
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Just saw the mesmerizing show by
@refikanadol
at the prestigious Jeffrey Deitch Gallery. People were standing in line to see his work.
Great to see the walls between digital and traditional art crumbling.
Congratulations Refik!👏
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🔥Who's going to be in NYC next week?
Can't wait to see many of you at
@crypt_gallery
!
But be prepared,
@Kingofmidtown1
and
@vasiamakris
are black belt vibe-conductors. 🪄
Stoked to be showing alongside these legends 👇
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Still amazed that 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨·𝘮𝘦𝘯·𝘵𝘢𝘭 is on a giant billboard at
@TimesSquareNYC
, right next to the
@CozomoMedici
collection! 🔥🔥🔥
Huge thanks to
@MathieuFrance
,
@Arthemort
and their
@artcrushgallery
gallery team! 🙏
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1/2🖼️Before
@museframe
was on my radar, I went the extra mile of designing and sourcing my own digital art display prototype (see below video). Small bezel, 4k matte screen, bespoke wooden frame 👌
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🎉🥳 I'm beyond proud and honored that New Renaissance is now part of the legendary
@StarryNight_Cap
collection! A huge thanks to the amazing
@Vince_Van_Dough
for getting in touch and supporting my artistic journey (and being super kind along the way)!
💎 New Renaissance 💎
✨ Artwork by
@michaelkutsche
💰 Sold to
@StarryNight_Cap
for 10.0 ETH ($39,538.80)
$RARE
#cryptoart
#NFT
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🔥I’ve been hiding in my lab for the last couple of months, working tirelessly on a secret sauce I’m super excited to share with you guys in the coming days. Stay tuned! ⌛️
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Advertise your account with one image.
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📢Excited to announce my first ever limited edition, dropping tomorrow via
@manifoldxyz
Title:'Hotel Melancholia'
Edition of 20, 0.15 eth, 7pm GMT
Here's a little sneak peek with closeups:
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Stoked that 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 will be part of the "Digital Enlightenment" show in Tribeca NYC on Saturday, organized by
@30CamposEliseos
and
@lowkey_ventures
.
The piece was originally picked up by
@Vince_Van_Dough
when he curated the
@StarryNight_Cap
collection.
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White apes design I created for "John Carter", directed by Andrew Stanton.
All painted in
@Adobe
@Photoshop
with no use of 3d tools.
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Gm to everyone who's life goal is art ✨🎨
"Liar", 2020
Digital painting
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German character designer and painter, working for the film industry since 2008.
#OriginalContentArtist
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"Zazu" character design I created for
@DisneyStudios
The Lion King in 2016
All done in
@Photoshop
with no use of 3d
Gm 🦤
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💎New artwork out now!💎
My latest piece "The Connoisseur
#1
" is now available on
@SuperRare
View it here 👉👈
Thanks for sharing! 🙏
#cryptoart
#nft
#nftart
#cryptoartist
#superrare
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🔥Things are heating up on my auction with
@Sothebys
, another bid came in at 70,000 HKD.
A little less than 4 hours to go!
Thank you to all the bidders!
Link to the auction below 👇
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Spent a wonderful night with new and old friends at the
@crypt_gallery
, thanks to
@Kingofmidtown1
and
@vasiamakris
for being such awesome hosts and also conductors of truly memorable moments! ✨
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1/2 On frequency of releases: While I see lots of artists releasing piece after piece, I'm steadily working on my next 1/1. I'm a bit stubborn that way and I might miss out on some ETH and new collectors, but my stance is this:
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QT something surreal
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1/6⚡️𝘔𝘪 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘌𝘴 𝘛𝘶 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘢🩸
The auction for my portrait of Caroline Ellison for the
@CoinDesk
#MostInfluential2023
drop is now live 👇
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Throwback to when I created the character design for Tim Burton's "Dumbo" (
@Disney
)
This was one of the rare cases when I also created the 3d character model (usually I create these highly detailed designs by means of digital painting)
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Love this series by
@amirzandartist
and
@MadMaraca
, a beautiful example of two artists with unique skillsets complementing each other in a collab ✨
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🔥Super excited to be a guest at the
@LonelyPopNFT
LonelyTogether Spaces tomorrow! 🍭
🗣️ We will be discussing
@michaelkutsche
's journey as an artist, the core vision & mission of Phantom Zero, their amazing art, any updates or info they would like to share, and wrapping up by taking a few questions from the audience!
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Big new art release and announcement coming up soon, meanwhile here is a character I designed for a Tim Burton movie for Disney a while back.
All hand painted, no use of 3d
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QT your favorite piece(s) of art you created this year
QT your favorite piece(s) of art you created this year
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1/6
🔥Sold out!🔥
I’m grateful for the love my first super-limited edition release on
@manifoldxyz
received ❤️🔥 👇🧵
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2/5 Artists are turned into engagement farmers and rush their art production out of fear of being forgotten. This fighting for attention at all cost, instead of focusing on the creation of art is a zero sum game.
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Happy to announce that I'm SOLD OUT on
@SuperRare
!!!
Big thanks to my collectors
@xsullo
,
@amirzandartist
and
@artoninternet
for the tremendous support 🙏
I'm already working on my next pieces, so stay tuned!
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