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❶ Choose your style

• Think about what sort of style you want your collection to have - 2D, 3D, anime, cartoon, pixel art, etc.
• This will determine which art program to use like Photoshop, Krita, Aseprite, Blender, Maya, etc!

<aside> 🚨 Different process for 3D art to be covered in later tutorial

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❷ Create your artwork

• Start creating art in your program of choice!
  • alternatively, find an artist on Fiverr or Upwork who can help you execute your vision
• be mindful of the order of your layers and how different traits combine with each other
  • ⚠️ we recommend starting with base (i.e. a blank head) then adding different trait categories as you go!
    • i.e (eyes, nose, accessories, etc.)

❸ Export your art

• once your art is done, go ahead and export your layers as individual files - preferably PNG if working with 2D art

• name and organize them appropriately in a new folder called Layers

  • i.e (head, eyes, hair)

  

❹ Install software

• You’ll need a bit of software before we get started

  • install MetaMask

  <aside> 💡 refer to how to How to Mint a DetroitPunk to see how to properly install and setup password for hot-wallet

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  • install Node.js 14.18.2
  • install HashLips 1.1.2
  • install Visual Studio Code

• Open Visual Studio Code

  • open the hashlips_art_engine-1.1.1_update folder in Visual Studio Code

• Install NPM in Visual Studio Code

  • open a new terminal and type npm -v to confirm nodejs has installed properly
  • then type npm install to install the necessary dependencies

❺ Generating art