Do you remember the first NFT series “People In The Place They Love” launched by the famous Japanese artist Yusuke Hanai and FWENCLUB on February 14th?
Art and creative brand AllRightsReserved (ARR), the creator of FWENCLUB, has just announced that the first phase of “People In The Place They Love” with 1,000 NFTs was completely sold out on February 14th Hong Kong time at 1 ETH each. Some pieces were resold on OpenSea for as high as 15 ETH (approximately $366,606 HKD), making it the top-selling project on the secondary trading platform.
“People In The Place They Love” has been capturing the attention of the contemporary art world and NFT community since its release on January 22. FWENCLUB’s Discord has attracted over 250,000 visitors in just one week, reaching the maximum number of members for a newly created Discord server and becoming the largest Discord art community in Asia. The first phase of the series limited to 1,000 NFTs saw over 100,000 participants in the whitelist competition and public draw. After invalid applications were removed from the whitelist, there were still over 10,000 eligible individuals competing for 200 spots; the competition for the public draw was even more intense, with an average of about 300 people vying for one winning spot.
If you own this NFT, you may also be invited to join Yuusuke Hanai’s exclusive collection community by FWENCLUB, enjoying a continuous stream of benefits and discounts, including a free limited edition FWENCLUB community T-Shirt created by Yuusuke Hanai, priority purchasing rights for artist works, priority purchasing rights for FWENCLUB metaverse 3D avatars, a wealth of exclusive experiences such as the 3D avatar tattoo project led by tattoo artist Dr. Woo, achieving a cross-border artistic fusion between the real and virtual worlds.
Yusuke Hanai shared in real-time: “This is my first attempt at NFT creation, and I am delighted to receive unexpected feedback, which made me realize the infinite possibilities of NFT. We should never be afraid of new things brought by new technologies. Instead, we can combine technology and hand-drawn creations, find a balance between the two to create new things.” He also revealed that the NFT series will soon release the second and third stage versions, scheduled to be launched in mid-2022, and recently unveiled the second stage creation sketch through the FWENCLUB social platform.
Many artists and celebrities have also joined the release this time, including KAWS, Jay Chou, JJ Lin, Taeyang, Yusaku Maezawa, Chen Bolin, Verbal, Hirofumi Kiyonaga, Poggy, Dr. Woo, Edison Chen, and more. What’s even more interesting is that these celebrities couldn’t wait to share their NFT avatars on social media immediately on the “reveal day” at 9 am on February 16, causing a “Hua Jing Avatar” online craze. Let’s enjoy it in the gallery!
