For the last 18 months, world famous French street artist Fafi has been working on a generative art project to compliment her comic book "The Carmine Vault". The project comprises of one of the largest number of hand-drawn trait ever attempted. Over 1000 individual assets needed to work together seamlessly. My job has been to organise these assets, editing, amending, adding and preparing them to work in the multitude of 'sub collections' that will make up the full collection.

The main challenge to be faced with the artwork is the position of the body, with hair that sometimes falls over shoulders, and sometimes behind shoulders and how this works with other assets, like earring and head accessories, that sit within the hair. Also having one arm held behind the body and one on top has created its own set of challenges, when getting the layering of assets to work. This has highlighted how important it is to have a firm understanding of how generative art works during the initial stages of the illustration process.

Working closely with a Web3 developer I have used every trick that is possible to make the assets work as intended, including asset classes made of multiple layers, and sub asset classes, which will be shown under the same metadata tags.

From an illustration point of view I have had to learn to mimic Fafi's amazing style, so that I can change her original artwork where needed.

As a woman in Web3 I also feel proud to be part of this project which is run by a female team and highlights the strength of femininity, in a typically male dominated space.