On The Billboard shines the spotlight on a community based project or member who is making an incredible contribution to our Solana Art Community. The inaugural project to be ON THE BILLBOARD is One Dope Kids ODK. ODK was founded by Andrew Lyko an artist who loves nostalgia, and creates art where memories are stirred and fun is restored. Best known on Solana for his series The Discombobulated, Andrew straddles both the world of NFTs and physical art. https://twitter.com/lykostudio
American Icon by Andrew Lyko He has had solo exhibitions of his work in Beverly Hills and San Francisco. Prior to his art career taking off Lyko designed boutique jackets for well known musicians. All of this has enabled Lyko to launch OneDopeKids. Bring together a bunch of creative minds from diverse backgrounds, foster the artistic talent within, create opportunities to grow, think outside of the box , push the boundaries to innovate and lead, all this and more is ODK. https://twitter.com/onedopekids
Dope Kritterz ODK's aim is to facilitate the journey of the artist, through support and guidance. In their own words to provide "...the tools, information, and connections that will help them explore, navigate, and better execute so as to enhance and bring even more value to their craft..." They are also working on a number of innovative tools to assist bringing a better experience to the collector, artist and advisors in the space. Tools that you won't realize you need until they are in front of you. They aim to disrupt convention through their lateral thinking.
One Dope Kings was launched 10 months ago, to kick start the community. To give supporters a tangible asset. Ever since, these 'Kings and Queens' of the community have been valued by Lyko and his team, receiving occasional airdrops and early access to Lyko's private collection. A second collection 'Honorary Critters' was released over a ten week period on Exchange Art. These were a collaboration with various artists from within the community.
Honorary Critters- Gladiator Critter by Tripp.Art, A Critter in the Pond of Dream by Tainaker, Laundry Day by Basket OneDopeKids is one of the most exciting projects on Solana. The passion, drive and real life connections of it's founder Lyko, surrounded by a team of incredibly talented individuals who share his vision, one can only anticipate that their contribution to the space will be epic. The project is launched it's Dope Kritterz PFP collection 31th March. The collection of Andrew Lyko's artwork available on Exchange Art https://exchange.art/andrew-lyko/series The collection of OneDopeKids DopeKritterz https://magiceden.io/marketplace/dope_kritterz