Pencil, pen, and paint, pixels, print, and prompts.
With roots in traditional mediums and a foundation built on digital experimentation, my DNA is rendered in raster and vector, my artistic evolution driven by emerging tech. My art, in all forms, is a byproduct of my personal mythology. A spectral etching of the soul.
I've always been drawn to novel creative frontiers, approaching new tools with both curiosity and caution. Across different eras of my creative journey, that curiosity has led me from pencil and paper, to files and photoshop, to tablets and typescript, and beyond. Some of the technologies I've explored include generative AI, blockchain and crypto-native ecosystems, and programmatic geometry and parametric design. These explorations have always been guided by a focus on responsible experimentation.
Over the years, the online spaces where I create and share my art have shifted and evolved with the creative tides. From early art forums and social channels to decentralized networks and independent collectives. DeviantArt, MySpace, Twitter, Discord. Digital locales come and go, but regardless of the technology or medium, the art always remains. Platforms and toolsets naturally shift, but my core priority remains unchanged: hands-on creation, ethical process, and original technique. My work is driven by hand, heart, and foundational artisanship, remaining the anchor of everything I make. The human craft always comes first.
Line before logic, pencils before prompts.
A whimsical look at the beauty of the moon, exploring different colors, shapes, textures, and art styles. A series of crypto-art pieces with the first 40 released on the Tezos blockchain and another 100+ still unreleased. Created digitally in Photoshop and Procreate with no AI enhancement.
A collection of surreal collages inspired by cosmic imagery and vintage anatomical diagrams. A series of crypto-art pieces released on the Tezos blockchain. Created with stock photo manipulation and digital effects in Photoshop with no AI enhancement.
A collection of surreal collages inspired by wolves and the phases of the moon. Another series of crypo-art pieces released on the Ethereum blockchain through the Rarible marketplace. Created with stock photo manipulation and digital effects in Photoshop with no AI enhancement.
A collection of surreal collages inspired by cubes, cosmic imagery, and space-themed geometry. A crypto-art series released on the Ethereum blockchain through the Rarible marketplace. Created with stock photo manipulation and digital effects in Photoshop with no AI enhancement.
NETRUNNERS is a subreddit community where I share real-world news, events, and technological advancements that bear striking parallels to the themes, concepts, and aesthetics of the cyberpunk genre with the purpose of sparking thought-provoking conversation and awareness.
A science fiction web novel based on the interconnected lore of Quantum projects DOJI CREW (a collaboration with street artist James Ame), NFT Figs, and Dr. Apes, and partner project Dizzy Dragons. Partially based on lore conversations with James and DD creator Rob Levy.
Starting in 2021, served as Creative Director and Art Team Lead for Quantum, an end-to-end product design firm building Web3-forward products with a focus on NFT and crypto-art innovation. Co-founder and board member. Company on hiatus since 2025.
Awardable (AWRD) was a platform for easily creating, collecting, and sharing digital content, badges, points systems, and conversations with friends and audiences. Built By Quantum. Served as Creative Director and Art Lead. 2022-2026. Now defunct.
Community co-leader and moderator for the qNFT Hub Discord server. Responsible for posting major announcments and updates on art-related projects or qNFT Customs releases, as well as new chapters in The Space Beyond The Stars series. Community now on hiatus.
Created promotional art and animations for featuring weekly creators on the Awardable platform with custom art and animations, with promo and interviews with Nate Bear, Mumbot, Creatress, mrbriandesign, Arts Abide, Symbiotech, Phenmas, and more.
A digital collectible marketplace built on the native $ZINGOT token within the DOJI CREW ecosystem in collaboration with street artist James Ame and other community artists. No longer active. Featured as a core featured artist along with James.
Lead artist and community lead for qNFT Customizer and dynamic NFT overlays for Quantum-created NFT collections and partner projects, including Blazed Cats, Island Boys, 0xHeads, Dizzy Dragons, and Space Poggers. Customs created with Procreate and Photoshop with no AI enhancement.
A gamified sci-fi narrative built on the AWRD platform to create an immersive role-playing experience. Buy cyberware and take gigs from fixers in this high-tech low-life landscape. Uses AI-generated imagery.
DR. APES, a Quantum project featuring lore-rich extraterrestrial Space Apes in the form of digital art and webcomics, created in collaboration with fellow artist Slowhed.
A collection of 10k cartoon cats, and one of the most charitable NFT projects of all time. I joined the project post-launch to contribute additional art, updates, and customizations.
A meme project spoofing viral influencer culture, available as a free companion collectible to owners of any Quantum project. Created 100% of the art for the collection.
James Ame (Ame72) • Nate Bear • Dizzy Dragons & Demons • Space Poggers • Budweiser x FIFA • Vayner3 • Earth Labs Nomads • Koodos • Project Pharos • The Surreals Surrivatives
AT&T • Brandt • Cornerstone • Disney • ESPN • General Motors • Genesys • Hyundai • KIA • Snap Inc. • SPECS • Volkswagen
Anticrash is a convergence of fantasy and cyberpunk aesthetics, blending visual storytelling with a 1990s-era cybercultural ethos. Rooted in traditional fine arts and sketchwork, my process has evolved alongside technology, expanding into digital illustration, surreal collage, programmatic art, and generative AI.
Originally adopted during the dawn of the 1990s web, the Anticrash persona serves as an idealized self-image and digital talisman. Taken literally, it can be semantically defined as a protection against system failure--a crash override, if you will. Philosophically, it is an existential bridge between the duality of the raw reality I experience and the virtual surrealism I perceive. It is an homage to early digital exploration: harnessing the mysticism, technical acuity, and rebellious spirit of early cyberculture. Digital arcane anarchy.
Long before the shift to digital platforms, my creative life began in physical sketchbooks. As technology accelerated, so did my toolkit, moving through digital art hobbies, formal graphic design, front-end engineering, and user experience, with ancillary forays into generative AI and web3 crypto collectives.
Through every iteration of my career, the Anticrash handle remained constant. It was forged in the early days of the internet and resurrected as an anonymous persona to navigate the volatile landscape of crypto art and AI.
Working behind the visor of a digital identity allows complete artistic freedom. Free from corporate constraints and personal identity, the artwork becomes a pure manifestation of digital rebellion, resilience, and world-building. Today, I continue to build within this universe, creating works that honor the wild, unpolished nostalgia of 90s cyberculture while pushing into the edge of modern digital techniques.
