A blockchain conversation w/ @mada!

I’m ending a long, productive and rewarding day. As I mentioned in previous blogs, I began a art shaming commitment with @bryan-imhoff and @artistchristian. The three of us are all working on our respective comic book/graphic novel projects. Similarly, the three of us art victims of our own schedules and procrastination. This initiative places the three of us fully accountable for presenting one another with character design, world building or entire pages on Wednesday nights by midnight. If one of us misses the deadline, we pay the others 25.000 STEEM.

The entire day, the exchange deadline was hanging over my head. I felt I had plenty of time, but truth be told, I hadn’t even started my drawing. I got to @caffetto and @mada was caught up in his booth, sending emails. @tarotbyfergus arrived shortly there after, and I pitched the idea of shooting blockchain interviews with both of them, back to back. They agreed, I ran to my car to get my tripod and within 20 minutes, we’d shot two more interviews for this yet to be named and branded “Humans of Steemit” style project.

@tarotbyfergus and I engaged in some of the best Magic: The Gathering games I’ve had in recent memory. He played his dreaded Nicol Bolas Commander deck, and I played by game breaker, Padeem Commander deck. Both, so evenly matched. The first two games were hard fought, intense strategy stand offs. The kind where one wrong move or card played out of turn means certain death. I won one, and he won one. Then, I was crushed in a sweeping, embarrassing defeat. We went one more, and I answer with receipt ass-kicking. We ended that night at a draw, two for two.

Once I got home, I started my drawing. I relaxed in to a looser sketching style, working out my character’s body shaped with perspectives outside of my usual “head on” pinup style. It was rewarding, and I admit, had it not been for this exchange, I never would have found the time to draw. It’s amazing how the potential loss of 25.000 STEEM can motivate you for the better. I sent along my sketch, as did @bryan-imhoff and @artistchristian.

I decided I couldn’t go to sleep without making a Steemit post of some kind. I’m excited to share these new interviews, so I cut up the @mada interview. @mada is the reason I’m on Steemit. He was the one who introduced me to this whole, unbelievable blockchain revolution. I’m happy I can share this with you, in our favorite coffee shop. This is a quintessential slice of the uptown Minneapolis @caffetto family. Enjoy.

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