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Babbles is 2611 drawings, each one made live by a child who exists only once. Onchain on Ethereum.
Later, every hand draws itself. Whoever holds a Babble receives that child's self-portrait, a Babbler, free, as a gift.
The mint is on 26.11: free for the waitlist, then public for 0.002611 ETH. One per wallet.
Babbles is 2611 drawings, each one made live by a child who exists only once. Onchain on Ethereum.
Later, every hand draws itself. Whoever holds a Babble receives that child's self-portrait, a Babbler, free, as a gift.
The mint is on 26.11: free for the waitlist, then public for 0.002611 ETH. One per wallet.
Every Babble is drawn live, stroke by stroke, the way a child between three and seven draws. A three-year-old scribbles. A four-year-old draws tadpole people. By seven there is a ground line, a family, a sky.
Mood changes the hand: an angry one presses hard and reaches for dark crayons, a shy one pulls the drawing into a corner. Toward the end, the hand gets tired and the line loosens.
Every Babble is drawn live, stroke by stroke, the way a child between three and seven draws. A three-year-old scribbles. A four-year-old draws tadpole people. By seven there is a ground line, a family, a sky.
Mood changes the hand: an angry one presses hard and reaches for dark crayons, a shy one pulls the drawing into a corner. Toward the end, the hand gets tired and the line loosens.
The Babblers are a second collection: the ones who made the Babbles. Whoever holds Babble #n at the snapshot receives Babbler #n, free, as a gift, straight to their wallet. There is nothing to claim.
The snapshot is not announced in advance. What each Babbler wears, and what is behind them, is decided only on that day, by a second value written onchain.
Holders may use their Babble, its alphabet and its Babbler for anything, including commercially.
The Babblers are a second collection: the ones who made the Babbles. Whoever holds Babble #n at the snapshot receives Babbler #n, free, as a gift, straight to their wallet. There is nothing to claim.
The snapshot is not announced in advance. What each Babbler wears, and what is behind them, is decided only on that day, by a second value written onchain.
Holders may use their Babble, its alphabet and its Babbler for anything, including commercially.
After drawing, the same hand writes its alphabet: A to Z, then 0 to 9. A seven-year-old knows nearly every letter. A three-year-old writes a few and leaves the other boxes empty. Some letters come out backwards, the way they do at that age.
If you hold a Babble, its alphabet is yours as a font: thin, regular and bold.
After drawing, the same hand writes its alphabet: A to Z, then 0 to 9. A seven-year-old knows nearly every letter. A three-year-old writes a few and leaves the other boxes empty. Some letters come out backwards, the way they do at that age.
If you hold a Babble, its alphabet is yours as a font: thin, regular and bold.
At mint, everyone receives a blank paper. On 28.11 at 21:00 UTC, one value from a block nobody can know in advance is written onchain, and all 2611 drawings appear at once. Nobody knows them in advance, not even the artist.
The engine that draws them goes onchain when the mint closes and is locked. Its fingerprint is posted before the mint, so anyone can check it.
26.11: free for the waitlist from 13:00 UTC, public from 21:00 UTC for 0.002611 ETH. 2611 is not a random number: 26.11 is the artist's little sister's birthday.
At mint, everyone receives a blank paper. On 28.11 at 21:00 UTC, one value from a block nobody can know in advance is written onchain, and all 2611 drawings appear at once. Nobody knows them in advance, not even the artist.
The engine that draws them goes onchain when the mint closes and is locked. Its fingerprint is posted before the mint, so anyone can check it.
26.11: free for the waitlist from 13:00 UTC, public from 21:00 UTC for 0.002611 ETH. 2611 is not a random number: 26.11 is the artist's little sister's birthday.
I am a visual artist. Since 2022 my work has circled one question: when something becomes visible, what stays hidden? It began with this is visibility (2022), nine rooms and nine points of view, then small worlds without logic in 2023, and where seeing ends in 2024.
Babbles began this year, doing homework with my little sister in her first year of school: an eye not yet framed by what it has been taught.
beltek.xyz · @thebeltek
I am a visual artist. Since 2022 my work has circled one question: when something becomes visible, what stays hidden? It began with this is visibility (2022), nine rooms and nine points of view, then small worlds without logic in 2023, and where seeing ends in 2024.
Babbles began this year, doing homework with my little sister in her first year of school: an eye not yet framed by what it has been taught.
beltek.xyz · @thebeltek
this is visibility (2022): nine rooms, nine points of view.
is this alive: never sold, made only as a gift for the collectors of this is visibility.
2023: almost one small world a day. 2024: where seeing ends, made for Onchain Summer. 2025: portrait studies, each face once visible, once only as form.
this is visibility (2022): nine rooms, nine points of view.
is this alive: never sold, made only as a gift for the collectors of this is visibility.
2023: almost one small world a day. 2024: where seeing ends, made for Onchain Summer. 2025: portrait studies, each face once visible, once only as form.
Age 7, joyful, felt-tip pen.
Age 7, joyful, felt-tip pen.
Age 7, shy, pastel.
Age 7, shy, pastel.
Age 7, joyful, pastel.
Age 7, joyful, pastel.
Age 7, calm, felt-tip pen.
Age 7, calm, felt-tip pen.
Age 7, calm, pastel.
Age 7, calm, pastel.
Age 7, angry, pastel.
Age 7, angry, pastel.
Drawn by a seven-year-old, shy.
Drawn by a seven-year-old, shy.
Drawn by a four-year-old, angry.
Drawn by a four-year-old, angry.
Drawn by a six-year-old, joyful.
Drawn by a six-year-old, joyful.
Drawn by a five-year-old, calm.
Drawn by a five-year-old, calm.
Drawn by a four-year-old, calm.
Drawn by a four-year-old, calm.
Drawn by a six-year-old, calm.
Drawn by a six-year-old, calm.
On 26.11. The waitlist mints free from 13:00 to 21:00 UTC; you only pay gas. The public mint opens at 21:00 UTC for 24 hours, at 0.002611 ETH. One Babble per wallet in all: a wallet that mints on the waitlist does not mint again in the public mint.
On X. Follow @thebeltek and @babblesxyz and reply with your wallet under the waitlist post. 2000 spots in two phases, first come, first served. A wallet or X account already in phase 1 cannot join phase 2. Turn on notifications for @babblesxyz so you see each phase first.
A blank paper. On 28.11 at 21:00 UTC one value, from a block nobody can know in advance, is written onchain, and all 2611 drawings appear at the same moment. Nobody knows them in advance, not even the artist.
No. They are examples from the engine and will not appear in the collection. Every Babble gets its own seed at the reveal.
Hold a Babble at the snapshot. Its day and hour are not announced in advance; watch @babblesxyz. The Babbler with the same number is sent to your wallet for free, as a separate collection. There is nothing to claim: any link asking you to claim or mint a Babbler is fake.
Yes. While you hold it, you may use your Babble, its alphabet (also as a font) and its Babbler for anything, including commercially. Everyone else may share the images with the credit "Babbles by beltek", but not sell them or make collections from them.
Yes. The engine that draws every Babble is written onchain on Ethereum when the mint closes, and then locked. Any Babble can be drawn again from the chain alone, at any size. The engine's fingerprint is posted before the mint, so anyone can check that it is the same one.
Only from beltek.xyz/babbles, @thebeltek and @babblesxyz. The official contract is 0x8bCF53fF0c709Aa63c93E7bCF1A8f4Df9F3D173B.
