VEELAND
VeeFriends special collab

This is without a doubt one of the most ambitious pieces I created thus far!
You can mint it here!!!!!

Where strangers become acquaintances, acquaintances become friends and friends become family 💚

This piece revolves around the "Clouds & Dirt" concept that GaryVee talks about often. Balancing between being in the CLOUDS, having the right mindset, having the vision, ideating, strategizing; and in the DIRT, putting in the hours, the hard work, going the extra mile and executing.

The DIRT is the starting point of every journey, where you’ll find characters with traits like patience, self awareness, practicality, fearfulness and resilience.

Midway you’ll go through the underwater kingdom and the dense jungle, where you’ll have to be determined, creative, grateful, compassionate and focused to overcome the challenges you’ll encounter.

And finally, you’ll reach the CLOUDS and a new galaxy, where you’ll be able to chill once in a while, but still keep an ambitious mindset, and, most importantly, be the bigger person in every setback you find along the way.
 And remember… Once you’re up there, you better be ready to come down and do it all over again :)

Shifting between these two head spaces is something we need to learn over time. Without execution, ideas are worth zero, and without ideas, you can work as hard as you can and not make any progress.

My goal with this piece was also to show that, if you embrace the DIRT as being part of the process, it can be as beautiful and as amazing as being in the CLOUDS. 

 This said… VEELAND is waiting to be explored! There are over 150 friends there, can you find them all? 💜

Project developed in collab with VeeFriends, alongside "Clouds & Dirt" VF Series 2 scene swap from Burn Island Eruption 17.

Technique: digital painting
Software: Adobe Photoshop
Animation and Sound Design: Catarina Silva
Music: Purrple Cat - Lost Paradise & Frolic