{"signature": "0xd46def2a7ba03991a81637b3880aee69da6cddb4a034123c74398ca3b33212730785b754b70cc180a6471eddc7c87c31e526f6e86ed3e0fc583c5b44627365381b", "application": {"round": "0xf40f950d16388aeae12a77c7e29153612f087913", "answers": [{"type": "short-answer", "answer": "@joff_ff", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram Handle We Can Use To Contact You", "questionId": 0}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://discord.gg/korpdogs", "hidden": true, "question": "Link to your Public Group Chat (e.g., Discord or Telegram)", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://gap.karmahq.xyz/project/korpdogs/", "hidden": true, "question": "Please link your Karma GAP profile, which will be used for milestone tracking and progress updates.", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["IRL Video Content", "Podcast Hosting", "Storytelling"], "hidden": true, "question": "Which of the Sei ecosystem themes does your project focus on? Please select all that apply and explain how your project contributes to each chosen theme.", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our project will bring in more artists and collectors to Sei and establish interactive experiences for the community to engage and participate in.  By championing art on Sei we want to make the network attractive to those looking for more than DeFi utility.\n\nWe will do this through a combination of traditional podcasts/vlog content, live-streamed video sessions and Discord Stage events and also a new art battle concept.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your project create value for the Sei community and platform users? Please provide specific examples.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We are already active within the Sei community on social media and through relevant channels and community Discord servers (including S3 and Crossover).  \n\nWe also participate in daily X Spaces and will continue to host our own weekly Discord Stage event.\n\nMuch of the content we create is broadcast online through our profiles, which encourages community participation.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your project's approach to community engagement and self-marketing. How do you plan to participate in community events, create educational content, and engage with the Sei community on social media?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "1 - Develop exclusive Sei-focused art content, delivered on X and YouTube.  This will be in the form of art tutorials and will include guest artists, allowing for multiple art styles to be experienced.\n(To begin creation within a month of successful funding)\n\n2 - Digital art showdowns - establish art battle events between artists, where the community can engage by voting (with Sei) on their preferred artwork.  This format can be scaled to connect with artists of all types, all underpinned by Sei technology.\n\nTo achieve this we would require sufficient funding to compensate the artists, the team, hardware costs and marketing.  To begin creation within two months of successful funding (e.g. Q4 2024)\nThe intention is for this to become self-sufficient however it will require sufficient creator funding initially to gain traction.\n\n**Stretch-goal (funding permitting)**\n3 - Art-centric content series - we want to leverage expertise of other artists from within the KorpDogs extended community in a regular podcast and vlog, linking as many guests as possible to a Sei art release of their own. Each episode will follow the same format for audience familiarity, leaning into actionable insights, with the longer-format full interview either filmed or animated to audio, and accompanying content in the form of bite-sized content to suit many different platforms, all fuelled by a marketing budget to reach a much wider audience.\n(To commence in Q4 2024)", "hidden": true, "question": "Provide a roadmap of your project, including key milestones and deliverables. How will you use the grant proceeds to achieve these milestones within the proposed timeline if approved?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Korp - founded the online Korp Academy to teach people how easy it is to doodle. This creative experiment immediately took off and is now a thriving group of students of all ages and abilities.  He also has 5-years experience bringing live street art events and murals into the public realm.\n\nWeekly Korp currently produces five pieces of online content (video drawing tutorials) some of which are distributed behind a paywall to Korp Academy members, snippets of the content are then promoted on social channels:\n\n* Facebook (140k) - https://www.facebook.com/doodlewithkorp\n* Instagram (46k) - https://www.instagram.com/thekorpacademy\n* TikTok (21k) - https://www.tiktok.com/@doodlewithkorp\n* Twitter (2.3k) - https://x.com/korporate\n\n\nJoff - has a development background and has been engaged in web3 communities since 2020.  He currently maintains the KorpDogs web presence and Discord and is active in multiple prominent Sei communities.\n\nBen - From a decade of international consumer journalism before helping to produce over 160 B2B podcast episodes with entrepreneurs around the world, Ben's creative content and copywriting experience brings an understanding of messaging and clarity that will drive the next wave of digital art understanding and adoption.", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your team's expertise contribute to the successful execution of the project? Please provide relevant background information.", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Yes, this is a new initiative from an existing project team (KorpDogs).\n\nOur MVP is to produce monthly events and utilise our substantial existing networks and community to maximise visibility and project success.\n\nWe have an established track record of developing a media brand and we will build alongside our existing KorpDogs project.", "hidden": true, "question": "Is this a new content series or media initiative? If so, please provide details of your consistency and brand establishment plans.", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Crossover (Nev)", "hidden": true, "question": "If you were referred to this program, please provide the referrer's information (optional).", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Please confirm that you have read and agree to comply with the ethical standards outlined in the eligibility criteria, including Gitcoin's Quid Pro Quo policy (https://support.gitcoin.co/gitcoin-knowledge-base/gitcoin-grants/general-questions/what-is-our-quid-pro-quo-policy) ", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "Is there anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other affiliations? Is there anything else you'd like to add that may help determine project eligibility?", "questionId": 11}], "project": {"id": "0x99cc71148b275d14ab7fedbb227b371bc7385468f76c875458e9711251f6eb78", "title": "KorpDogs", "logoImg": "bafkreig5snzeuus6rlgkciwdugswieajq6ihbtodml2obifi6mopxydbre", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreigdjsjrl5667jfgqlxwg4jq6cxbz4c5qkltfiz4cwucdwa4ex2hry", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://korpdogs.xyz", "bannerImg": "bafkreia3pal6gcjsvioqaihyvncmbgng7wdklpogj7jbv6c4qr2w3vexcm", "createdAt": 1718066658603, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..BA-3_zlUJwZ0esHUM7rn3OhyQXjTcKck-fjHvQ9dO11xcmGuHJNcbwjAZLjzaYSKdEaF3hlU7IiCVq4mnTMRAQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-06-11T00:37:35.692Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-06-11T00:37:35.692Z", "expirationDate": "2024-09-09T00:37:35.692Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x73187eb270D3D4CD444DcA2888975Ed082f37B6d", "hash": "v0.0.0:m9TcdzQ68kRWyMK8Ehxra16tcp/JRGUkuk+EP8QfavI=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#korpdogsnft"}}}, "description": "# Top-level Summary\nWe have plans to integrate new artists and collectors into the burgeoning digital art scene on Sei, enhancing both cultural enrichment and economic opportunity for artists and collectors alike.\n\n# Introducing KorpDogs\nFounded on Sei at the start of 2024, KorpDogs aims to bridge the gap between in-real-life (IRL) experiences and web3. We've kicked off with our community-driven project **\"[Hands of Korp](https://pallet.exchange/collection/hands-of-korp),\"** which we launched as a free mint and we're currently gearing up to unveil our principal collection, the KorpDogs.\n\n# The Plan\n* If successfully funded, we will host in-real-life (IRL) events across the UK inspired by the model of [KorpFest](https://www.instagram.com/korpfest/). These events will feature spray artists who are also experienced in digital formats from around the world.\n* We will host digital art exhibitions with a focus on artwork minted on Sei.\n* Attract traditional artists by demonstrating the positive impact that NFTs can have on their careers. We aim to highlight the Sei ecosystem through workshops designed for artists of all ages. These workshops will cover career pathways in creating and marketing tokenized art.\n* Investigate the feasibility of developing course content that can be delivered to artist communities worldwide.\n\n# The How\n* We will utilise our existing relationships within the art world, educational institutions and digital communities to create workshops from day one.  \n* It is important that we aim to become as self-sufficient as possible, so we will use the funding to invest in equipment and materials that can be used time and time again.\n* Art created during events can be digitised and minted, with a percentage of sales going back to the project.\n\nOver the past four years Korp and Joff have already onboarded new artists into utilising NFT technology and are committed to continue this going forwards.  Funding through the Sei Creator Fund will enable us to implement our plans at an accelerated rate.\n\n# The Team\nThe core KorpDogs team comprises of:\n\n## Korp ([@korporate](https://www.x.com/korporate))\nA full-time UK artist known for his distinctive style across both digital and physical work, Korp employs multi-layered stencil techniques and marker pens to create utterly contemporary and frequently iconographic images.  Lately Korp is better recognised for his marker work which consists of an army of mutated worms.\n\nKorp was an early member of the global art movement known as Free Art Friday and in 2012 he featured on the BBC Culture Show alongside Fin DAC and My Dog Sighs. More recently you will find him painting at some of the many live street art festivals throughout Europe.\n\nIn March 2020, sparked by the global Coronavirus pandemic Korp founded the online [Korp Academy](https://www.korporate.co.uk/howtodraw.html) to teach people how easy it is to doodle. This creative experiment immediately took off and is now a thriving group of students of all ages and abilities.\n\nIn keeping with his street art background, Korp also brings live street art, graffiti and murals into the public realm, showcasing the work of not only Korp but also other artists from across the UK.\n\n\n## Joff ([@joffnft](https://www.x.com/joffnft))\nJoff has over a decade of experience organising meetups, workshops, and award-winning festivals in the UK. He's a strong advocate for digital communities and events.He discovered digital art in 2020 and has been rooted into the NFT community ever since, working as a moderator for multiple projects including Nifty Gateway and NFTUK.\n\nMore recently Joff has collaborated with the artist Metageist to organise “[Upon This Block](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saN24fzvyCk)”, a digital arts exhibition in the UK which in February 2024 showcased the first ever [NFT exhibition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXai_vSvBtM) in the city of Peterborough’s 900-year-old cathedral.\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "korpdogsnft"}, "recipient": "0x73187eb270D3D4CD444DcA2888975Ed082f37B6d"}}