Sup Ducks

Sup Ducks is a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collection of avatar-style designs of duck heads, each with its unique combination of characteristics. Each SupDuck is individually hand-drawn by artists from MegaVoltCorp^[1]^[2].

Sup Ducks was founded by Latin-American artist and Non-Fungible Token (NFT) entrepreneur, Franky Aguilar, AKA FrankyNines^[3]^[4]^[5].

Overview

Sup Ducks is an avatar-style collection of NFTs featuring hand-drawn ducks. It is a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collection where each collection is painstakingly handcrafted from locally sourced, divinely inspired items that were carefully harvested from a free-range, organic plot of ether^[5].

Franky Aguilar, commonly known on social media as frankienines created SupDucks. His idea was to create an avatar-type NFT collection where all elements comprising the different characters are hand-drawn. He teamed up with MegaVaultCorp to bring SupDucks to life^[6].

Because of Aguilar’s successful career as an artist, SupDucks benefit from increased attention from the NFT community. Social media channels are bursting with activity surrounding the drop of duck NFTs, and subsequently, the moment all ducks sold out.

Ducks are hatched from eggs. In essence, collectors who bought an NFT before all ducks sold out, chose what type of egg they wanted to buy, which then determined the rarity of their duck. The determining characteristics for each duck are selected from an on-chain set of traits and random numbers.

Dashboard

The Sup Ducks dashboard introduces its users or visitors to the website. The avatar-style sup duck head welcomes visitors and first-time users with the message.

Ever wanted 10,000 friends? Well you're about to cop your one-way ticket to the sickest clubhouse on the block...chain. The generous overlords at MegaVoltCorp have painstakingly hand drawn some of the dopest and I mean dopest MFin’ artwork so you can have an avatar you’re not ashamed of. Go ahead, click that mint button and get yourselves a slick new nft but only 10 at a time, you greedy quackers

Rarity

According to the collection’s official website, there are a total of 10,000 duck Non-Fungible Token (NFT), and they have all sold out during the primary sale.

The rarity of each duck is determined by the combination of background and different skins, clothes, mouths, and eyes. In terms of variety, there are:

16 backgrounds
18 skins
38 clothes
38 hats
27 mouths
27 eyes

The collection also features 10 Super Ducks.

Tech

The Sup Ducks collection is painstakingly handcrafted from locally sourced, divinely inspired items that were carefully harvested from a free-range, organic plot of ether. Brainchild celebrated artist Franky Aguilar spoke about how each duck was procedurally generated from a collection of hand-drawn items.

Each SupDuck egg is genetically constructed the moment a transaction is sent. They use an on-chain set of traits and random numbers and they give it a couple of minutes to hatch.

A group of ducks swimming in the water is called a raft. That trivia is on the house!

Each Duck will enrich your life but most importantly, make your friends and colleagues jealous. So snatch them up and proudly claim your seat at the cool kids table.

Sup Ducks NFT Art Collection Sales

10,000 individually unique Sup Duck NFTs went on sale on Friday, July 16th to the general public and sold out within 48 hours. Each unique Sup Duck NFT featured a variety of wacky, punk, and wavy pop-culture-themed cartoon ducks featuring 90's artistic references. Each Sup Duck NFT was sold on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, ranging from 0.1 to 0.7 ETH per NFT^[7].

Franky Aguilar the developer and producer spoke about Sup Ducks he said that

"I'm the Creative Director and co-founder of nameless™, a new NFT minting platform for brands and celebrities, but being creative with my own NFT projects is something that I love to do as well. While I'm quite busy with my new NFT startup ventures, it's important that I continue to create and share art with the metaverse, and hopefully bring a little happiness to people"

The inspiration behind the 2021 Sup Ducks NFT project came from Aguilar's fans on Twitter.

"Some of my Twitter followers are actually the ones that inspired this art project reboot-- I did my first original Sup Duck NFT mint in 2019 on an iOS app called Editional and the project attracted a significant following. With this 2021 NFT art drop, each Sup Duck NFT offers up a funky and dope personality that will hopefully brighten up someone's day. It's time the art world lets loose and gets a little silly-- That's what this project is all about" - Aguilar said.

Aguilar worked with four other talented artists to create the 10,000 Sup Duck NFTs that are a part of this NFT art project. Aguiler spoke about inspiration when creating Sup Ducks. With the explosion of Profile Picture Projects after the boom of Bored Ape Yacht Club, he was inspired to join in on the fun and get a team of artists together to create 10,000 unique Sup Ducks. The artists who helped create this Sup Ducks NFT project include Jonpedigo, Stronkdonk, Xiggalo, and 100xLuis. They are really excited about this duck NFT project.

Franky and his team used Procreate on iPads to draw each element that composes the Sup Ducks. He is always traveling for work and play, so some of these Sup Ducks were drawn in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, California, and Costa Rica during his travels. There are a variety of themes that inspired his drawing from hip hop, rock N' roll, flowers, surf, etc.

Founder

Franky Aguilar, AKA FrankyNines, is a Latin-American artist, blockchain designer, and product developer based in Los Angeles, California. He's built several apps that have garnered millions of downloads over the course of his tech career. He also co-founded Nameless, a venture capital-backed company built around providing tools and open source code to developers and brands who want to create their own NFT projects. Since 2017, Franky has been focused on art and innovation in the blockchain industry.