Inspired by Pepe meme culture, Opepen took its cue from the geometric works of digital artist batz, whose series of artworks made using only squares and circles caught Jack Butcher’s attention this spring.

Butcher decided to create his own version of batz’s style, using only rectangles and ellipses. He called the project Opepen, a portmanteau of the “open” in open edition NFTs, and “Pepe,” the controversial frog meme ubiquitous to Web3.