Creating Illustration Systems
summary
Argues for treating illustrations like components using atomic design applied to art, showing concrete libraries (Open Doodles, Open Peeps, Humans) that mix-and-match heads, bodies, clothes and backgrounds. Describes Blush — a web editor plus Figma and Sketch plugins and a Chrome extension — that lets users edit every element of an illustration. Explains building a generative tool and metadata exporter to mint 9,999–10,000 Roboto NFTs and planned Robopets as token utility, and reports that the Robotos launch and trading proves the approach works.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:52About the speaker
- 8:15Comics and art background
- 11:26From art to illustration systems
- 13:11Creating illustration libraries
- 17:04Introducing Blush
- 18:30Why use illustration systems
- 20:16Entering the NFT space
- 23:50Robotos NFT project
- 26:46Expanding Roboto Land
- 29:55Future of NFTs and design
- 31:25Q&A begins
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