YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ejworks corporation has announced that digital artwork of Kow Yokoyama, a well-known mechanical designer, is going to be put up on the OpenSea marketplace as a non-fungible token (NFT) on August 6, 2021, for the first time in the world. Yokoyama, one of active Japanese leaders in the mechanical design world, is well known for his masterpiece, “Maschinen Krieger,” and also for mechanical design for Japanese games and movies.
Image1: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PI1fl_gwUkB1UD.jpg
On the occasion of releasing the NFT art, he answered his thoughts on his past and future works in an interview with ejworks corporation.
https://s.ejworks.com/interviewKowYokoyama
In this collection, Yokoyama will release four works of his most famous illustrations of science fiction weapons, including his latest work “SCHWARZER HUND 2021,” from “Maschinen Krieger.”
Event website
https://www.ejworks.com/nft/kowyokoyama/en.html
NFTs and auction details
https://s.ejworks.com/openseaKowYokoyama
Start time: 12:30 (UTC), August 6, 2021
End time: 23:00 (UTC), August 9, 2021
Image2: “snowmanpaint 2018”
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PI2fl_DF30xbIt.jpg
– Price: $500 & upward
– NFTs produced: 1 unit
Image3: “Big Nut SAFS”
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PI3fl_jOI1g7Vh.jpg
– Price: $500 & upward
– NFTs produced: 1 unit
Image4: “Operation Super Hammer”
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PI4fl_1EFF98Zp.jpg
– Price: $500 & upward
– NFTs produced: 1 unit
Image5: “SCHWARZER HUND 2021”
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PI5fl_5m49z3ip.jpg
– Price: $500 & upward
– NFTs produced: 1 unit
Kow Yokoyama
The most famous Japanese illustrator and modeler, Yokoyama graduated from Musashino Art University’s Department of Japanese Painting in 1980. His representative work is “Maschinen Krieger ZbV3000 (S.F.3.D ORIGINAL).”
Maschinen Krieger ZbV3000
“Maschinen Krieger” is a science fiction mechanical work created in 1980. The series had originally been published in the regular feature series of “SF3D” in a monthly magazine at the time, and it is still in almost the same world as then. Their plastic models that appear in the series have been very popular with fans. It is often abbreviated to “Ma.K.”
About ejworks corporation
ejworks corporation develops, provides, and supports the operation of NFT platforms for artists. The company promotes sales of NFT galleries in its VR space and supports related DX using NFTs for the industry of gaming or publishing, and for leisure or commercial facilities.
Company details: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PA1fl_3qy4gEn4.pdf
SOURCE ejworks corporation
