This is the 16th portrait out of 24. They are meant to represent a different stream of thoughts or feelings. This portrait has a playful and magical look; it is a weird and eerie character that we can almost link to art history and Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s painting Vertumnus (1591), a depiction of multiple fruits, vegetables, and flowers that come together to create a portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II.
Johana Kroft (Czech Republic) is based in Brooklyn, New York. She started her career as a designer and fell in love with 3D. She combines different shapes and surreal spaces into one frame where she tells a story. She recently started to work with AI software as a part of her process for inspiration.


You are excited by everything. Forever.

16/26 Creative Minds

Creative Minds live inside the head of every creative person. All of them are unique and represents a different stream of thoughts or feelings. They were personalized and minted on the blockchain to remind us of our unique personas and connect our minds together.

Collaboration with @maximkroft @ideaandmaker



Excited Mind

#004 CALLED ME HAPPINESS

Lockdown

Pandemic

COLORFUL SILENCE

Shoulder angel

Divorce

The Mystery v4-dv1

Blood & Damp

In this selection we look at the concept of kawaii to horror, which features as an inspiration in many NFTs. 
 
Kawaii in Japanese culture refers to what is lovely, cute, adorable and derives from the saying kao hayhushi, which means one’s face is blushing as well as (from other morphemes) dazzling, glaring, and awkward/embarrassing. It is embodied by humans and non-humans, anthropomorphic creatures that are charming, vulnerable, shy, and childlike.
 
It is seen as a rebellious style against adulthood but originally, in the 1970s, it characterized a new style of writing at school where pupils would use thin pencil and stylized their texts with lines, hearts, stars, and Latin characters. It was adopted as a trend against the rigidity of the post-WWII Japanese government. The style was recuperated by brands and advertising such as the stationery company Sanrio launching a series of products with Hello Kitty characters. This genre is present but also mixed with another side of kawaii, pleasing and pastel-soft but leaning toward the anxiogenic, horror side of storytelling, also known as gurokawa or creepy cute.
These works will take you on a journey from the cute to the uncanny dread of horror.


From Kawaii to Horror

When cuteness turns into the uncanny, the weird,& the eerie.

Excited Mind

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