Jumbo Floating Restaurant, the tram, neon signage—these are just some of the iconic Hong Kong sights illustrated by artist Felix Ip. We take a look at his work, which he is minting as NFTs
You may not know the name Felix Ip, but chances are that you’ve seen the popular animations that this Hong Kong artist has worked on: he was the creative director of Imagi Animation Studios, which worked on DreamWorks’ 2004 sitcom Father of the Pride; he co-produced Mirage Studios’ 2007 Ninja Turtles movie TMNT; and was the creative director of Astro Boy in 2009. He also adapted Hong Kong novelist Jozev Lau’s Blood and Steel into a comic book, which won China’s comic festival Golden Dragon Award’s Original Animation and Comic Competition in 2011.
Now, as the artist turns his attention to NFTs, his comic book art is sought after by both galleries and malls. In K11 Musea’s spring exhibition Metavision earlier this year, 19 of his digital art pieces, in which elaborately illustrated Hong Kong elements such as trams and the Jumbo Floating Restaurant are turned into cyborgs, were placed alongside some of the most expensive and well-known NFT collectibles, including pieces from Bored Ape Yacht Club, Mutant Ape Yacht Club, CyberKongz, World of Women and Rocket Factory.
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