Alsara2k Creative Workgroup

Assembling a creative talent pool for ai16z and metaverse makers projects.

Artists inside of M3 have unique insights and perspectives on web and metaverse technologies. The games industry has not yet fully realized the potential of web based interoperable metaverses, all the while major stakeholders inside of M3 and ai16z are busy acclimating to lifechanging opportunities and newfound responsibilities, mangaging a large community, documenting work, managing developers and artists, juggling multiple projects, developing software, and running core functions inside ai16z dao. The goal of this proposal is to create conditions to allow for Shaw, Jin and critical stakeholders to focus on core buisness and organization tasks, without being distracted by minor work in the trenches.

Scaling out the metaverse

The primary goal of this working group and studio is to be able to make sure that any pressing and promising opportunities are tackled quickly and urgently. Concepts, ideas and experiments involving artwork should be conducted without being bottlenecked by individual artists. Artists such as 7oroy, toxsam and alsara2k who are intimately familiar with the interoperable workflows and pipelines developed by M3 should be able to transfer their skills and set up systems to educate and onboard new artists into our ecosystem. I'm seeking funding to build a team that can be directed towards tackling whatever creative ambitions and opportunities M3 and ai16z may find, and I'm also hoping to encourage a culture of scaling out teams inside of M3 and ai16z and to build the systems to accomodate them. This will also be an opportunity to establish and experiment with new work systems that might not have been present or necessary in M3. Systems to do with Accountability, payroll, HR protocols, employee health and job security, will be allowed to find root and be developed and curated overtime in these teams. This is also an opportunity to document and observe the process of building teams and funding them, knowledge which should be observed, shared and institutionalized into our organizations, informing what team cultures and rules should be fostered in the future.

This working group and studio also hopes to be able to take on work related to ai16z and M3 partner projects such as erth.ai, scatter.art, memecoin projects and NFT projects, communities such as tubby cats, and to expand M3 and ai16z's reach throughout the web3 ecosystem through collaborations with partners.

This proposal also hopes to encourage experienced project managers, and people who have run and built remarkable platforms such as vipe, in the case of ToxSam, to pursue opportunities to establish their own work groups and studios to serve the interests of M3, ai16z, and other significant stakeholders. The more hands available on deck to pursue and execute on the creative visions of M3, and to assist devs with critically necessary content creation and curation, the more potential reach our platforms will find, more credibility earned, and more objectives achieved.

Studio and team structure:

The studio and team will be run in a typical 3D modeling / VFX studio / graphic design agency fashion. Work protocols, incentive structures, accountability protocols, will be established with documentation in the first few weeks of operation as stakeholders settle in, and as strategy and direction is established between all stakeholders. Alsara2k will answer directly to Jin and Shaw and other relevent stakeholders.

A culture of documentation will be cultivated and a studio docs site will be built. Information is to flow freely throughout the org in a transparent manner. No NDAs will be enforced unless a stakeholder explicitly requires one on sensitive work.

The following artists are available immediately on a full time work basis, all artists have been offered and have agreed to accept a weekly salary of $400 USD. Alsara2k and Sadcats2007 have a working relationship with the following artists who regularly post on the /3/ - 3D Modeling discord. Artists have been vetted beforehand, and a trial period will be established for all artists to allow them to acclimate to work demands. Interview protocols will also be established in this period. Additional candidates may be considered after the publishing of this document.

Artists available immediately on a full time basis:

• Belicure: Top Candidate
  Has experience creating AR/VR experiences in Unreal Engine. (Based in the US)
  https://www.artstation.com/robertday6
  

  

• Lyighyt: Top Candidate
  Professional character designer. Expert at ZBrush. Has primarily built for the Roblox platform. (Based in Turkey)
  https://www.artstation.com/yosu
  

  

• Matii - Top Candidate
  Has done work for Alsara2k (Based in Bolivia)
  Weekly Rate of 300 USD
  

  

• Sadcats2007: Top Candidate
  Scatter.art, Oekaki Connect senior artist (Based in France)
  https://x.com/FumoStory
  https://x.com/GemmyNutz
  https://x.com/wagiecity
  

  

For consideration:

• Chanoc: Owner of main /3/ community discord(Based in the US)
  

  

• Completeboomer: Currently looking for work in the Industry (Based in Poland)
  

  

The above artists reprisent people who are available to start work for ai16z and M3 immediately, however, initial consideration is encouraged towards the first four "Top candidate" artists listed. Chanoc is the owner of the /3/ - Modeling discord and Chanoc, completeboomer and sadcats2007 may prefer to work on a dework based commission basis. I personally would urge that, some artists would be kept on a salary contractual agreement so that this organization can build up institutional knowledge and so that artists accumulate skills relevant to our orgs and stakeholders, eliminating the need for vetting and training periods.

The minimum operating costs of this organization, of 4 salaried artists, and Alsara2k as general manager, will be 3'600 per week ($1'600 going towards the 4 main staff artists, $2'000 going towards alsara2k as manager, head technical artist, animator, media and content creator, and attention and work focused split between Shaws initiatives, and Jins initiatives.).

This minimum operating cost amounts to:

Per Week: $3'600
Per Month: $14'400
Per 3 Months: $43'200
Per Year: $172'800

Additional operating expenses, to do with aquiring software, handling bounties, bonuses, commissions, salary increases, unforseen expenses will and should be expected, raising the desired total to be guaranteed for operation.

A drive to raise funds and to promote this organization, through a daos.fun token, a grant, a transfer of assets into a multisig, and by any other means, should be discussed in order to raise funds for the organization.

Alsara2k's role will be organizing all of the documentation, handling of tasks and work meetings, handling of payroll and HR duties, alongside being involved in any and all existing technical work demands and skillsets that are required of him from M3 and ai16z including in the creation of marketing content, creating 3D characters, models and worlds, assisting Jin and Shaw and other stakeholders with important organizational duties and managing the afformentioned artists. Alsara2k will meet with Jin on a weekly basis to discuss matters critical to all stakeholders.

• Alsara2k: Metaverse Maker
  Technical 3D Artist, Animator, driven to listen to and onboard various web communities into the metaverse. (Based in France and Ireland)