Pat morrissey-Lewis has given this oil painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Worth the Wait that will ever be made.

As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.

You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.

Artist Statement:

This was a painting I did for a book where I was able to explore the idea of zero g and the fun one would have. All kinds of images came to mind, of people floating around. But I thought it can’t be all work, and maybe in this futuristic scenario there would be families who could not only work, but live and play as well, with zero g zones being sectioned off for entertainment.

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Pat morrissey-LewisPat morrissey-Lewis has given this oil painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Cypherglyph Valley that will ever be made.

As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.

You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.

Artist Statement:

One day I was thinking of Quarks and subatomic particles. I wondered what it would be like to be inside a particle accelerator. I thought of what it would be like to be inside something so small, like in the movie “Fantastic Voyage”, where humans were shrunk so small they could enter the body’s bloodstream. Many times my paintings will become an amalgam of different thoughts that coalesce into visual harmony.

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Pat morrissey-Lewis has given this acrylic painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of At the Forge that will ever be made.

As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.

You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.

Artist Statement:

This was an acrylic and oil piece done for a magazine. Here is a warrior woman forging her own sword. My thoughts were of the legends of ancient Celtic lore where Brigid, the goddess of the sacred fire would infuse magic with her creativity.

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Stephan Martiniere has given this digital illustration to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Prodigal Son that will ever be made.

As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.

You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.

Artist Statement:

Prodigal Son was conceived as a book cover. It was done digitally using Photoshop and Painter. These types of pieces are usually done at 300 DPI at 12x17.5 inches in size.

Book covers are without a doubt the truest expression of who I am as an artist. The process of creating them is quite different from the process of doing concept painting for a film which are conceived in relationship with certain technical aspects, cost or functionality and are less about your artistic style. A book cover allows a great deal of artistic freedom and IS about your style as an artist. It is about creating one compelling image that captures a story with all its mood, drama and scope. To put it in a film context, it would be about creating the first image a producer or director would want to have to sell their film idea to the studio. It needs to be the wow!

I always try to surprise myself when doing book covers. My sketches are very loose to allow me to explore while painting. It gives me an opportunity to be more adventurous than in any of the other entertainment fields. I love layering with light and color in a painting to create dynamic emotional pieces. Over the years book covers have allowed me to grow and explore different techniques and ultimately find a unique artistic voice.

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Jeff Laubenstein has given this acrylic painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of This is Fine that will ever be made.

As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.

You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.

Artist Statement:

The subject was a Battlemech called The Firestarter. I imagined that it had inferno capabilities. Working at FASA Corporation at the time which published BattleTech, I was often working on books set in that world. There are hundreds of Battlemechs, huge mechanical humanoid weapons which roam about the universe waging war and settling scores. I was chosen to paint a cover for Challenge Magazine, as they happened to be doing an article on BattleTech. As a lifelong scout and camper, there’s something about fire. It’s quiet, ominous, and can be quite terrible. I tried to convey a bit of that in this fiery image. The huge ‘Mechs are terrifying in battle. Their ominous size and power convey destruction or salvation depending on which side of the cannons you are on. Is this fellow contemplating rescue or destruction? Only the next moment would tell.

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The Initiative was conceived as a book cover. It was done digitally using Photoshop and Painter. These types of pieces are usually done at 300 DPI at 12x17.5 inches in size.

Book covers are without a doubt the truest expression of who I am as an artist. The process of creating them is quite different from the process of doing concept painting for a film which are conceived in relationship with certain technical aspects, cost or functionality and are less about your artistic style. A book cover allows a great deal of artistic freedom and IS about your style as an artist. It is about creating one compelling image that captures a story with all its mood, drama and scope. To put it in a film context, it would be about creating the first image a producer or director would want to have to sell their film idea to the studio. It needs to be the wow!

I always try to surprise myself when doing book covers. My sketches are very loose to allow me to explore while painting. It gives me an opportunity to be more adventurous than in any of the other entertainment fields. I love layering with light and color in a painting to create dynamic emotional pieces. Over the years book covers have allowed me to grow and explore different techniques and ultimately find a unique artistic voice.

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Drew Tucker has given this painting exclusively to the Verses team to mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of 'Timtim and the Trike King' that will ever be made.

As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.

You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.

Artist Statement:

One of my students gifted me a welded metallic dinosaur when I was a professor at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois. I had a picture of a kid on a trike and I thought I could create a composition of the two that would be nice. The poem that goes with the image is as follows:

Summer morning

Cotton candy feelings

Peddling dreams

A boy and his dog.

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Brian Snoddy has given this painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of DANGER!!! that will ever be made.

As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.

You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.

Artist Statement:

This painting was done as part of a set that was going to be a card game about cryptids. It is my take on the famous monster seen in Flatwoods, West Virginia in the fall of 1952.

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Anson Maddocks has given this acrylic painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Arc Angel that will ever be made.

As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.

You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.

Artist Statement:

The original artwork has a very personal story attached to it. It is the story of my brother, Jerry Howell, aka Smiley, who was a welder. On October 7th, 2014, Anson flew from Seattle to Las Vegas to meet my parents for the first time. That same evening, we were awoken by a local sheriff who came to notify us that my brother had been murdered in our hometown of Port Angeles, Washington.

Anson began creating this artwork while we were in Port Angeles awaiting the sentencing of the individual responsible for my brother’s death. Anson never got to meet my brother but he was all too aware of how our family suffered in the wake of my brother’s death. Anson gave the original artwork to my parents as a gift, which they have proudly displayed on their living room walls ever since.

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