DeepBlack

DeepBlack Blockchain Ethereum Creation Date September 26, 2019 Fungibility Non-Fungible Artist(s) DeepBlack Explorer(s) Etherscan Marketplace(s) OpenSea, LooksRare X2Y2 Blur Social Account(s) Twitter Chat(s) Discord Website(s) Official Site

DeepBlack is a large artificial intelligence (AI) collection on the Ethereum blockchain. DeepBlack was conceptualised in 2018 and subsequently minted on the Ethereum blockchain in September 2019. DeepBlack endured rigorous and extensive training on various artistic styles to create a limited collection of 3,073 original artworks.

Early history

DeepBlack was conceptualised in 2018 and subsequently minted on the Ethereum blockchain in September 2019.

Development

GAN

DeepBlack employed a two-step process to create the collection. The artificial intelligence engine is a modified Generative Adversarial Network (GAN). The first step is called the 'Generator', and the second is called the 'Discriminator'. The process was fed with a uniformized dataset of fifty thousand famous artworks created by humans. The 'Generator' attempted to create new artworks based on that initial input.

The role of the 'Discriminator' was to seek to identify which pieces of art are computer-generated. If this step failed to identify a work created by the 'Generator', that piece was considered successful in the process.

Once the art was created a further AI process was used to assign each piece metadata 'Boosts' from the MET Museum database.

Each of the pieces is generated using custom-trained GAN specific to the collection. This is not available publically.

AI Artist

TYPICAL GAN V DEEPBLACK GAN

Recent events

This section is for walking through the modern events chronologically starting roughly around 2021/2022 with the modern NFT era and the phenomena associated with it. This would include a rediscovery for example.

Contract Renounced

Ownership of the DeepBlack smart contract has been renounced. The zero address is the only one able to withdraw funds or mint new artworks. Therefore, you can collect DeepBlack with the confidence that no more DeepBlack artworks will ever be created. (reference to contract owner on Etherscan)

Supply and frequency

This section is particularly relevant for collectors because of how important it is to understand the scarcity/rarity of a collection. The goal here is to provide collectors with the information they need to understand the dynamics associated with the supply of the collection. This should be a trusted source where collectors can go to get the lowdown on a collection to ensure they are making informed decisions. What is the current supply? Is the supply locked or could the developer create more? If so how many more? Are there important rare attributes that collectors care about such as mint year and if so what is the supply of each one? It may be helpful to create tables in this area to give a more clear representation of supply/rarity. For example with CryptoPunks you could create tables for types and traits like was done here.

Each piece displays its top three Boosts.

Frequency

DeepBlack Frequency Breakdown

	Boost	Total	Percentage of Collection	Item with 100%	2019 Mints
1	Abstract Art				X
2	Abstract Expressionism	X	X
3	Art Informel	X		X
4	Art Nouveau	X		X
5	Baroque		X
6	Color Field Painting			X
7	Cubism	X	X	X
8	Early Renaissance	X
9	Expressionsim
10	High Renaissance
11	Impressionism		X	X
12	Magic Realism
13	Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
14	Naive Art
15	Neoclassicism
16	Northern Renaissance
17	Pop Art
18	Post Impressionism
19	Realism
20	Rococo
21	Romanticism
22	Surrealism
23	Symbolism
24	Ukiyo-e

Things to know

Creative / Ownership Rights for Token Holders

DeepBlack owners have full commercial and intellectual property rights for their artwork. Upon transfer or sale of the NFT to a new owner, the previous owner gives up all claims to the copyright.

Notable Holders

An incomplete list of noteworthy DeepBlack holders includes: Seedphrase, MR703, Zeneca, VonMises, Ross Dallbricht, Mark Cuban, Daryl Morey, Surf Finance