A symbolic portrait created for Rene S., the first collector of ParadigmStories, moving from physical drawing into digital composition and animation.
MetaInverse was conceived as more than a conventional portrait. It combines a hand-drawn foundation with Photoshop and After Effects to represent a particular moment in Rene’s journey through Web3 and the metaverse.
Three principal elements structure the work: a CryptoPunk, Rene’s avatar and a chameleon. Together they address identity, adaptability and the shifting relationship between physical and digital selves.
The work is an early example of a process that later became central to ParadigmStories: a physical drawing continuing into a moving digital state without abandoning the original object. This relationship between material drawing and digital transformation would later expand through animation, phygital works and augmented reality.
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