Show Notes
Justin Mezzell (Cofounder, PROOF) chats with French artist mcbess (Matthieu Bessudo) about storytelling, creating art through various mediums, and his projects The Dudes and Cel Mates.
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0:00:00 Intro
0:01:27 Background and Inspiration
0:04:00 Storytelling
Panos Casmatos | https://twitter.com/panoscosmatos
Mandy | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6998518/
0:14:07 | Creating Art Through Various Mediums
0:22:35 | The Dudes
Dudes Factory | https://twitter.com/dudesfactory
0:36:00 Mcbess’ Voice
0:48:15 Cel Mates
Cel Mates | https://twitter.com/cel_mates
0:55:10 Web2 vs. Web3 Communities
1:02:25 How Web3 Empowers Creatives
1:10:23 Art Styles and Training
1:20:34 Outro
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