Flesh emoji NFTs: When four trends collide
Ugh. Somebody stop this. We’re mixing and matching trends, and it isn’t pretty. Behold: Flesh emojis for sale. This horrible turn of events on Twitter is the result of four trends combined:
Emojis
Artificial intelligence that gives cartoonish emojis human-like skin
NFTs
AI that animates still photos
In a heroic act of procrastination, I've spent the last hour putting emojis through a neural network to make them human. Enjoy your nightmares 😬
This seems to be part of a trend where people force themselves to make “art every day.”
#FleshEmoji #artEveryDay #day3
A series of emoji fed through a neural network designed to turn sketches of people into photorealistic images. I had no idea this would work. I think I hate them.
So then of course these are available for sale as NFTs, for some reason:
Due to popular demand, the first batch of #FleshEmoji #NFT are now available. 35 unique emoji in total will be released.
And of course, somebody has to animate one: