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Hey guys, we’re running a series of interviews with artists participating in the "Satoshi Reveal" drop (May 29). Today we’re interviewing our friend Pots ( u/Potstar1)!

Pots, to start: around 6 months have passed since the Phoenix Drop. How do you see Mash-it today vs when we first started discussing it among us and the others?

Hey Ator lol, honestly at this point I think of you as my boss.

When Reddit rugged the avatar program I was genuinely pretty crushed creatively because I’d invested so much emotionally into that space and community. Mash-it honestly reignited things for me and gave a lot of us somewhere to experiment again.

1.Tell us more about who you are, your background, and anything it would be cool to know about you.

Art for me has always sat somewhere between physical and digital. Since the early Reddit days I’ve been trying to properly merge those worlds together instead of treating them separately, and animation finally made that click. Animation changed everything for me creatively because suddenly pieces could hold transitions, atmosphere, passages of time and little fragments of narrative instead of being locked into one still frame.

My last three releases have all included an IRL painting that was informed by the digital work, and then the physical painting itself got turned back into printable comics or digital pieces that were airdropped to holders. Honestly feels like I’ve finally arrived at the workflow I was trying to build for years.

2) Tell us about your creative process. In particular, what are the main similarities and differences between hand painting and digital painting.

Process moves back and forward between physical and digital constantly now.

Usually start traditionally with pen and ink, oil pastels, watercolours or oils. Physical textures and accidental marks become the emotional starting point of the piece. Then digital lets me expand the atmosphere, movement, glitches and storytelling possibilities. After that, digital often feeds back into physical work again.

Really simplified my practice mentally because physical work stopped feeling overly precious, and digital work stopped feeling too clean or detached.

Biggest similarity is still instinct. Composition, rhythm, emotion and mood matter in both mediums way more than software or tools.

Biggest difference is probably time and movement. Traditional painting captures presence and texture in a way digital never fully can, whereas digital and animation let me show transitions, emotional shifts and world-building much faster.

3) What physical materials, software and hardware do you use to create your art?

Traditional work usually involves pen and ink, oil pastels, watercolours and oil paints. Really drawn toward layered textures and imperfect surfaces.

Digitally I mainly work in Photoshop for painting, compositing, glitch work and animation prep.

Workspace honestly looks somewhere between an art studio and system failure most of the time.

4) Do you work in art full-time? If not, what do you do for a living?

I’m the primary parent for my two children, so most of my work happens between school hours while balancing family life and art together.

In a strange way parenting and artmaking overlap quite a lot. Both involve adapting constantly, building things from chaos and continuing even when you’re exhausted.

5) What are interesting things you learned during your artistic journey that could be useful to people starting their Journeys?

Biggest lesson is probably not to separate physical and digital creativity too rigidly. Let them feed each other.

Traditional work brings humanity and unpredictability into digital art, while digital removes fear from experimentation because you can keep pushing ideas further without ruining the original piece.

Also learned that creative communities matter massively. When Reddit avatars collapsed it felt devastating at the time, but spaces like Mash-it emerged from that disruption. Sometimes setbacks end up pushing you toward the work you were actually supposed to make.

6) You are already an active Mash-it artist, and recently your animated Mashis have been very successful with collectors. Tell us if you want to keep exploring animation. Also, do you plan to explore other possibilities in the Mash-it platform, such as Comics and Games?

Definitely want to keep exploring animation. Animation gave me a way to build mood shifts, transitions and emotional depth that static work can’t always carry.

Comics feel like a really natural extension too, especially because some releases already move between paintings, animation and printable comic formats.

Really interested in building connected micro worlds and recurring mythology rather than isolated drops. Games and interactive storytelling feel like a very exciting direction for Mash-it longer term too.

7) How was your experience creating a Mashi for the Satoshi Reveal project? Tell us about your inspirations.

Satoshi Reveal felt almost mythological creatively.

A lot of inspiration came from internet folklore, decentralisation, hidden identity and the strange energy crypto communities build around anonymous figures.

Wanted the piece to feel symbolic rather than literal. Something ancient, technological and slightly corrupted all at the same time.

8) There are rumors that a very rare “Blockchain God” will materialize for the top mashers close to The Satoshi Reveal drop. Tell us what you can about this.

Rumours are rumours lol.

What I can say is Blockchain God slowly became less of a character and more like some strange entity emerging from the network itself.

9) What do you like the most about Mash-it.io and the community?

Mash-it still feels experimental in the best possible way.

Community actually supports ideas and creative risk instead of pushing everything toward the same polished format. Animation opening up on the platform completely shifted what feels possible creatively.

10) Give one idea to improve Mash-it.

Would love deeper world-building systems for artists.

Connected lore systems, evolving story paths, comic integration and interactive universe-building could make Mash-it feel more like a living ecosystem instead of just a marketplace.

11) If you wish, please share your social medial links so people can follow you

Instagram: @jamesecrowther @_fearsmile Website: www.fearsmile.com

Something shifted in the desert.

The Geist Gelb Eggs are reacting.

Players started reporting movement inside the shells last night.

Very faint at first.
Almost like breathing beneath the fractures.

At the same time, multiple Sands of Shen began forming identical spiral currents despite being scattered across entirely separate vaults.

Ilyra believes the eggs have entered an active Geist Geflüster phase.

Which would explain why Schai Maw stole them from the reliquary and vanished into the deep sands before anyone understood what they actually were.

The old scripts never called the Sands of Shen “artifacts.”

They called them …

Living sediment.
Whispering spiral matter.
A field capable of breaking the seal of dormant vessels.

We still do not fully understand what answers the call once the alignment completes.

But we now know this:

The eggs can awaken.

To begin the Geist Geflüster, you must possess:
1x Geist Gelb Egg
7x Sands of Shen

All seven Sands must exist inside the same vault.

Once the spiral stabilizes, the Sands are consumed by the awakening.

The egg disappears with them.

Something else returns.

The spiral has already started responding.

If your vault is ready, now is the time.

Enter the Geist Geflüster:

https://mash-it.io/xxx

Hey guys, we’re running a series of interviews with artists participating in the "Satoshi Reveal" drop (May 29). Today we’re interviewing our friend Majon (u/artofmajon)!

1. Tell us more about who you are, your background, and anything it would be cool to know about you.

Hi, I’m Majon (artofmajon), based in a tropical country where the sun and storms both seem personally offended by our existence. I’m not super active on social media or chats, but I am always lurking somewhere in the shadows.

2. Tell us about your creative process.

Most of my designs are heavily based on my current mood and whatever music has taken over my brain that week. Once I get a concept, I immediately open Pinterest and start collecting pegs and inspirations. I sketch really fast because if I stay too long on one part, I’ll overthink it. After that, I move into color blocking and palette building, then refine everything before animating my avatars in Live2D. Backgrounds, however… are my mortal enemy. I hate doing them so much that I always save them for last.

I also tend to hyperfocus and finish an entire avatar in one day, then rot for the rest of the week.

3) What software and hardware do you use to create your art?

I use PureRef to organize all my inspirations and references, Clip Studio Paint for sketching and coloring, and Live2D for animation. I’m also using Huion Kamvas 22 drawing tablet/screen

4) Do you work in art full-time? If not, what do you do for a living?

I used to work full-time as a Game Artist and Web Designer, but I’m currently on a looooooong health break. Right now I mostly focus on personal art, commissions, and trying not to get burnout.

5) What are interesting things you learned during your artistic journey that could be useful to people starting their journeys?

If you’re creating for your own brand or for Mashit, make designs that you genuinely love instead of chasing trends, sales, or mass appeal. You’re not working for some giant corporation, so let your art actually feel like you.

Be weird. Be dramatic. Be cringe even. Make art that feels honest and personal because people can actually feel that energy when they see your work.

6) You are already an active Mash-it artist, and recently your animated Mashis have been very successful with collectors. Tell us if you want to keep exploring animation. Also, do you plan to explore other possibilities in the Mash-it platform, such as Comics and Games?

OHH yea, games sounds fun, I might explore and improve my animation too.

7) How was your experience creating a Mashi for the "Satoshi Reveal" drop? Tell us about your inspirations.

Hollyshi Tomoto is kind of like my online-game alter ego. It’s basically the manic energy I get whenever I’m winning in games.

Originally, I wanted to create a darker character, but I’ve been listening to Katseye a lot lately and somehow my brain just kept drifting toward bright colors and chaotic fun palettes. Colorful artworks are honestly my happy place. I feel the most at home when I’m working with vibrant color designs.

So whenever I release colorful works, just know that I was genuinely happy and enjoyed every second of making them. I hope everyone ends up loving Hollyshi as much as I loved creating her.

8) What do you like the most about Mash-it.io and the community?

I love the community, even if I’m mostly just lurking quietly in threads and conversations. Everyone is so passionate about creating, mashing, and improving Mashit, and it’s really inspiring to watch people support each other and make cool stuff together.

Creating Mashis has been really fun for me because it gives me an excuse to design characters that are very different from my usual style. I love that I can experiment more freely here, especially while dealing with anhedonia and trying to reconnect with the joy of creating again.

9) Give one idea to improve Mash-it.

Mashit team is already doing an amazing job, and honestly some of these ideas are probably already being worked on but I’d really love to see better visibility for avatars in the marketplace. Things like trending collections, Top collectors, fast-selling avatars, newly dropped Mashis, or even avatars that are about to expire would make browsing feel more alive and exciting.

10) If you wish, please share your social media links so people can follow you
IG: u/artofmajon

Guys, this is the last Mashup Tournament before the Special Satoshi Drop Mashup Tournament next week (when we have special prizes TBA)! To cellebrate, we have this week very unique Mashis: the final available mints of "The Naked King Hollow Cure" and The Reptilian Mashi "Kurohana".

• Share your mashups on r/mashit from Friday to Sunday (May/22-24) - Snapshot will be taken on Monday May/25 at 4:30 AM EST (5:30 AM Brazil time)
• The Mashup with the most upvotes wins The Naked King - Hollow-Cure #1! 
• Every masher has a chance to win a prize: A random winner among anyone who shares at least 1 Mashup will receive  Kurohana #3. This is the final available mint of the rare Kurohana Reptilian Mashi!

 

After the Satoshi drop Tournament, the The Naked King returns with a new crown .

Hey guys, we’re starting a series of interviews with artists participating in the "Satoshi Reveal" drop (May 29). To start, we’re interviewing our friend Chrono (u/WorstTwitchEver)!

1) Tell us more about who you are, your background, and anything it would be cool to know about you.

Hi there, my name is Chrono and my real name is Daljit. I’m a 24-year-old graphic designer and illustrator based in NYC, and I'm passionate about working with brands to create scroll-stopping and thought-provoking visuals. My projects have ended up in places ranging from Times Square to the front page of the Reddit store to even your local Babies R Us retail store. I graduated from CUNY Queens College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design, and I apply these fundamentals in my day-to-day projects. During my free time, you’ll find me working out in the gym, playing online games with my friends on Discord, and devouring a chicken and rice meal.

2) Tell us about your creative process.

When I have a project to work on or work on an idea I have in mind, I want to do as much research as possible so I can get a solid understanding of what I’m diving into. I tend to sift through Pinterest and Behance to find relevant images to build up a moodboard that I can reference throughout the entire project timeline. Once I have everything compiled, I begin to sketch out concepts and eventually land on something I like. I like to spend a lot of time on the sketch as I want to make sure the client can understand it (I also want to be able to understand it haha). Then I go in with refining and adding details and coloring, just giving it that Chrono touch. I would usually show it to the client and other people to get feedback on whether I have to change anything. Once it’s good to go, I send it over to whoever requested it and post it on my socials (when I remember to).

3) What software and hardware do you use to create your art?

I’m an Adobe slave so I do all of my drawing in Photoshop. If I need to make logos or any other kind of vector work, then I hop on Illustrator. If I need to do video editing or create motion graphics, then I would use Premiere Pro and After Effects. When it comes to drawing, I always use a drawing tablet because I’m not insane enough to draw with a mouse and I also don’t want carpal tunnel. My current drawing tablet is the XPPen Deco Pro Gen 2.

4) Do you work in art full-time? If not, what do you do for a living?

Since I’ve pursued a degree in graphic design, I’ve made my art career, which is something I’ve always wanted to pursue. Joining the Reddit Collectible Avatar (RCA) program when it first started, while still going to college, was an amazing opportunity and I feel super lucky to have been picked for that.

5) What are interesting things you learned during your artistic journey that could be useful to people starting their journeys?

It’s ok to copy other artists, as long as you’re not claiming their work as yours. Even tracing is ok, as long as you’re, of course, not claiming that work as yours and you’re actually learning something from it. Some inspirations I copied to develop my personal art style include Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, One Piece, and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. I believe an art style is developed from consuming multiple sources and combining them into something unique to you.

6) How was your experience creating a Mashi for the "Satoshi Reveal" drop? Tell us about your inspirations.

To be honest, Auratoshi Maxxamoto was originally going to be released as an avatar during the RCA days (original name was going to be Aura or Aura Farmer), but it was rejected for unknown reasons. That was my 1st ever rejected avatar and it really stung as I spent a good amount of time working on it and was really looking forward to releasing it. That being said, when Mash-it became a thing, I figured I could release this guy in here eventually. When I was asked to participate in this event, I wasn’t sure if I could create something from scratch before the due date and that’s when I remembered this avatar I’ve had sitting in the drafts. To talk more about Auratoshi, I wanted to create a star-shaped character adopting the streetwear aesthetic I’ve implemented into a handful of my past creations in the past.

7) What do you like the most about Mash-it.io and the community?

I really like that this community is super loyal and strong and that everyone is passionate about this project. This level of optimism is inspiring and the good vibes that radiate from the community make me happy to see it.

8) If you wish, please share your social media links so people can follow you

Instagram: u/Chrono.23
Twitter: u/Chrono01
Portfolio: www.daljitliyal.com

Ilyra uncovered a hidden layer inside one of the old binding scripts:

“The Geist Gelb only opens when surrounded by seven living spirals.”

That line explains everything.

It explains why Schai Maw took the eggs into the desert immediately after they were discovered.
The Reliquary was a dead zone.

Everyone thought the Sands of Shen were just decorative until players started comparing them side by side.

Same pull.
Same movement.
Same spiral sequence.

The egg reacts directly to the field around it.

Bring seven spirals together correctly...

and something answers.

Most players thought they were just silent artifacts.

They weren’t.

They were waiting.

Not for a timer.
Not for a floor price shift.
Definitely not for heat.

Seven spirals.
Placed in the exact correct alignment.

Schai Maw knew exactly what would happen, which is why she stole the eggs from Ilyra’s reliquary the moment they were uncovered and vanished into the deep sands.

Now people are starting to notice the same spiral pattern appearing across the artifacts too.

Are you seeing this?

first relics already taken
first theories already spreading through the sands
first sketches of the four pointed star already appearing beside older dragon notes

Sora still refuses to explain why the flower fairy eggs are kept separate from everything else

or why she covered the unfinished solar stick the moment the star started glowing

but recently somebody noticed a new sentence written beside the resonance diagrams on the flower room wall

“two paths were never meant to cross this early”

then nothing else

the room stays open a little longer

way to the reliquary:
mash-it.io/xxx/reliquary

before this
everything inside the room felt connected

salt beside obsidian
dragon eggs near the unfinished solar stick
sunlight carefully measured across the carpets

now there’s distance between everything

Sora moved the flower fairy eggs to the far side of the room entirely

away from the resonance sketches

away from the lens

away from the dragon relics

that’s what unsettled people most

because for the first time since entering the desert

Sora looked unsure about something

last night somebody asked her what the four pointed star means

she answered immediately this time

“it wasn’t supposed to appear here”

— [ULTRA] FLOWER FAIRY EGG · 3x
small dormant eggs marked with a four pointed star
Sora refuses to place them near the dragon relics

— [HYPER] OBSCURE OBSIDIAN · 7x
dark volcanic fragments reacting strangely near focused sunlight
usually stored beside unfinished resonance sketches

— [SUPER] SALTY SALT SACK · 51x
compressed solar salt sealed inside small cloth pouches
certain grains feel warm during sunset hours

the strange part is this

Sora keeps separating the flower fairy eggs from the other materials entirely

almost like they belong to something else

way to the reliquary:
mash-it.io/xxx/reliquary

most people barely noticed it at first

small
flower covered
quietly resting between the notebooks on the flower carpets

a completely different egg

this one carried a small four pointed star across the shell

Sora treated it differently immediately

no salt nearby
no obsidian fragments
no resonance sketches beside it

she even moved the unfinished solar stick farther away afterward

that’s what made the room feel strange

because until now every experiment inside the flower room revolved around the dragon relics

not this egg

later that night someone noticed the four pointed star glowing faintly on its own near the edge of the carpet petals

Sora covered it immediately

then stayed awake the entire night writing notes beside the whale purse

whatever this egg is

she clearly was not expecting it

keeper of the unfinished solar stick
listener of dormant shells
the only person who stays inside the flower room during resonance hours

Sora believes certain materials “remember” each other

she refuses to explain what that means

but lately she keeps arranging seven salt sacks around a single obscure obsidian fragment before sunset

always seven

always one

and always facing the dragon eggs toward the lens afterward

recently somebody asked her if she was trying to hatch them

she looked genuinely confused

then answered:

“not yet”

comment
“the sun passed through”
to receive the exact launch time

Sora barely sleeps lately

small black top
grey skirt
red SALT cap
sunlight crossing the room in carefully measured angles

sometimes she spends hours adjusting a single obsidian fragment by a few centimeters

sometimes she leaves the room completely silent afterward

the strange part is this

every time the light passes through the lens correctly

something inside the dragon eggs responds

not enough to see it

just enough to feel it if you’re paying attention

last night one of the shells developed a second spiral across the surface

Sora crossed it out immediately inside her notebook

nobody understood why Sora kept bringing the same things back from the reliquary

salt sacks

obsidian fragments

small fairy eggs wrapped carefully inside the whale purse

every night she arranged them differently across the flower carpets

then waited for sunset

recently one dragon egg started glowing faintly afterward

Sora covered it immediately

she hasn’t let anyone see it since

snapshot taken ✅

and yeah…
it worked

1 × AIR DEV 333
+
4 × SUGAR SHOCK 131313

=

1 × MOTHERLOAD 151515 🐄🥛

the first sightings already started appearing across the pasture

nobody really knows what MOTHERLOAD produces
only that once it arrives…
everything around it becomes strangely fertile

congrats to everyone who loaded correctly
the airdrop process has begun

MOTHERLOAD distribution now complete 🥛

honestly…
we didn’t expect the pasture to mobilize this fast

some of you assembled the combo immediately
some started panic trading for missing sugar
some are probably still explaining to their friends why digital milk suddenly matters

respect to everyone who loaded correctly

AIR DEV 333
SUGAR SHOCK 131313
and now MOTHERLOAD 151515

the economy may never fully recover
and that’s beautiful

Meka Booster B4B4B4 insight
Metaverse’s Mashaverse Winner announcement on the horizon

but first

something big is coming

and it will change everything

Hey Guys,

We are deploying our largest marketing and business development investment to date: Mash-it is launching an exclusive drop directly linked to TOKEN NATION 2026!

Mark your calendars for May 29: The Satoshi Reveal Drop. Artists and collectors worldwide will submit their interpretations of Satoshi Nakamoto’s true identity and we will be exhibiting Mashis and collector's Mashups at our dedicated stand during TOKEN NATION (June 1–2)!

The event takes place at the iconic Bienal Pavilion - Latin America’s premier venue for contemporary art, the historic building designed by Oscar Niemeyer, the visionary architect behind Brazil’s capital. Swipe through the carousel to see the space where high-profile artists from Brazil and across the globe have exhibited, and check out last year’s TOKEN NATION recap video here: https://youtu.be/ZqYojCKQPPo?si=xvKyBLSlVk0OZHXy.

Artists are already cooking up their Satoshi Mashis! If you know dormant artists collectors, now is the time to activate them.

This drop will be historic!

most players thought SUGAR SHOCK was just sugar and chaos

but AIR DEV noticed something strange
every time four shocks gathered near one dev…
the numbers stopped making sense

suddenly people weren’t trading
they were hoarding milk derivatives 🥛

Schai Maw tried to warn everyone
“do NOT let the combo fully load”

nobody listened

now entire fields are overrun
the dairy market is unstable
and one fully formed MOTHERLOAD 151515 has already been spotted

official snapshot:
15.05.2026
15:15 UTC

some of you are already overexposed to lactose risk