There are some NFT projects whose artworks jump out at you. Mfers is one of them. It is an NFT with a relatively simple artwork that took the world by storm when it launched last year. The primary reason behind this NFT’s growth was its all hand-drawn – paving the way for more conceptual artists to try their luck in the NFT space.
mfers is a collection of 10.000 NFTs, each algorithmically generated from the hand-drawn traits by artist Sartoshi. These traits range from beard, background, 4:20 watch, chain, eyes, hat over headphones, headphones, hat under headphones, and more. This collection also includes 21 1 of 1 NFTs hand-drawn by the artist.
One of the biggest factors about the Mfers is that it is a CCO project. That is, there are no copyrights reserved for it. Any person or entity can use it in any way that they want.
Mfers NFT is founded by one artist – Sartoshi.
The backstory of this NFT is as quirky as the creator himself. In March of 2021, Sartoshi started looking for digital arts on Superrare. It was there that he chose his artist name – Sartoshi.
The process started to unfold rapidly, or as Sartoshi puts it, “It all hit hyperspace.” He came across punks and was fascinated that Larva Labs created it without any blueprint. That inspired him to buy his first Cryptopunks.
At the same time, he drew cartoons on the side and started tweeting some of them on Twitter. Then, it happened, he drew a kid with a cigarette in his mouth and headphones over his head, slouching backward on his chair while looking at the computer. Sartoshi quickly made this artwork as his PFP. The picture gave him the feeling of a “smoking mother f**** that didn’t care about anything around him”. The idea was to launch an NFT collection that could capture that feeling.
