Noundry contest update
Here are the final picks from our jury composed of Amiyoko-san, Facu, Goldy, Krel, Tummlin, and Index:

Announcement tweet:
https://x.com/coralorca/status/1737455219511034240
Winning traits:
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/650acbcd56350851e5b51623
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/656e60d0644c0d352c2cf460
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/65766ddbf03be1cad82d2009
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/650e7c7156350851e5b51681
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/6574a54834ad4a8fba8a2bb9
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/65731cfcfc21fbfe8db2e1c9
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/657135391b9ad1e976796b10
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/6567c9817388775afeb3628b
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/657561d5748fcb6080b9f395
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/650e7bbe56350851e5b5167d
The contest was quite successfull with the site approaching a total of 1000 traits and 68 contributing artists!


The participation and the engagement helps us validate this as an effective way to seed the site with nounish traits.
In the coming months, we plan on doing another competition but with a different jury. A little alpha for you propdates readers: We have SloppyPencil, TheBoneys, Supriyo, CarlosGreta, and Joshua Fisher confirmed as our new jury!
We are keen to experiment with more decentralized competition models but have yet to find the perfect one; that's why we prefer to focus on a proven model for now. If you have any suggestions, get in touch!
We also want to do more to reach new artists, and we see Basepaint as a great place to connect with crypto-savvy pixel artists.
Noundry contest update
Here are the final picks from our jury composed of Amiyoko-san, Facu, Goldy, Krel, Tummlin, and Index:

Announcement tweet:
https://x.com/coralorca/status/1737455219511034240
Winning traits:
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/650acbcd56350851e5b51623
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/656e60d0644c0d352c2cf460
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/65766ddbf03be1cad82d2009
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/650e7c7156350851e5b51681
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/6574a54834ad4a8fba8a2bb9
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/65731cfcfc21fbfe8db2e1c9
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/657135391b9ad1e976796b10
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/6567c9817388775afeb3628b
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/657561d5748fcb6080b9f395
https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/650e7bbe56350851e5b5167d
The contest was quite successfull with the site approaching a total of 1000 traits and 68 contributing artists!


The participation and the engagement helps us validate this as an effective way to seed the site with nounish traits.
In the coming months, we plan on doing another competition but with a different jury. A little alpha for you propdates readers: We have SloppyPencil, TheBoneys, Supriyo, CarlosGreta, and Joshua Fisher confirmed as our new jury!
We are keen to experiment with more decentralized competition models but have yet to find the perfect one; that's why we prefer to focus on a proven model for now. If you have any suggestions, get in touch!
We also want to do more to reach new artists, and we see Basepaint as a great place to connect with crypto-savvy pixel artists.
Sup. [Volky](https://warpcast.com/volky) here!
If you've only been following the prop onchain you might be asking yourself what I am doing here. Turns out me and CoralOrca joined forces to deliver on this prop 🤝
Short intro for those that didn't know me: I've been building in the Nouns space for some time now, including, among others, [Nomo Nouns](https://www.nomo.wtf/), [Nouns 101](https://www.nouns101.wtf/), and, that which lead me to this project: [Noundry Studio](https://studio.noundry.wtf/)
To foster a more integrated Noundry experience I decided to work on Noundry Gallery with Coral to build the next piece of the Noundry puzzle.
So, enough small talk, let's get to the meat of the update. Here's what me and Orca have been cooking up:
I present to you, Noundry Gallery v2! It has now joined https://studio.noundry.wtf on the memorable domain https://gallery.noundry.wtf
Here's the list of updates:
- Introduced SIWE to make it all the more secure.

- Infinite scrolling when browsing the gallery and when trying out specific traits.


- Streamlined trait submission flow, for all trait types (except backgrounds, which are just plain colors)

- Trait peeking. Hover/touch the trait type icon to highlight the trait artwork against a checkerboard background

- ENS name and avatar integration
- Open Graph metadata and thumbnails for prettier links shared on other platforms

- Made it weirder

We've come a long way since the original proposal went to a vote, and some things have changed:
- We got some feedback regarding the curation committee and concerns raised around having a closed process for submitting traits for inclusion in the DAO. We've since pivoted to an open and community-centered approach with no gatekeeping whatsoever.
- Funds that were allocated to the curation committee have been repurposed to contests. Using the available funds (20 ETH), we want to organize 4 contests with different structures and learn from each of them to see what yields the best results and generates the most participation.
- You can submit Noggles and Bodies to the gallery! The experience wouldn't be complete without them
- Trait submissions to the DAO as candidate proposals will be open to all
## Celebrating Noundry
There's a lot of amazing traits lost in old discord servers, or that never got to the spotlight. This is the moment to bring them back into everyone's attention (including the contest judges! 👀)
To celebrate the next step in Noundry, and to give you some incentives to go through the spider webs and scavenging for your old Noundry artwork we're holding a art contest.
The judges will be no other than the [latest Nouniversary trait contributors](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/348):
- [@amiyoko_eth](https://twitter.com/amiyoko_eth)
- [@facuserif](https://twitter.com/facuserif)
- [@Goldypix](https://twitter.com/Goldypix)
- [@krel404](https://twitter.com/krel404)
- [@modrovsky](https://twitter.com/modrovsky)
- [@tummlin](https://twitter.com/tummlin)
Those Noundry Veterans will check every single trait submitted to the gallery up until the deadline on December 10th (midnight PST) to award 10 notable contributions (judged accordingly to the [guidelines](https://gallery.noundry.wtf/guidelines) with 0.5ETH each. We want to incentivize you to keep up with the awesome pixel art, and also to shine the spotlight on the best of the best traits, which might help with the voting if they eventually are proposed as additions to the DAO's artwork!
Speaking of which, we did not forget about the roadmap on this prop! Now that we've laid a solid foundation to the gallery, we can move on to some exciting new features.
## Upcoming
We still have some boxes to tick, and we did not forget about:
- Submitting traits to the DAO.
- Discord, Twitter and Farcaster bots to showcase the latest submissions
- Comments and discussion on trait pages
- Streamlined integration with Noundry Studio
With these features we'll have the most accessible Noundry experience ever, and it won't be restricted to the Nouniversary alone! So let's gather up in the official channels and enjoy Noundry all year round!
Discord: https://discord.gg/XbYPDSKVaV
Farcaster:[@noundry](https://warpcast.com/noundry)
Twitter/𝕏: [@noundry](https://twitter.com/noundry)
Sup. [Volky](https://warpcast.com/volky) here!
If you've only been following the prop onchain you might be asking yourself what I am doing here. Turns out me and CoralOrca joined forces to deliver on this prop 🤝
Short intro for those that didn't know me: I've been building in the Nouns space for some time now, including, among others, [Nomo Nouns](https://www.nomo.wtf/), [Nouns 101](https://www.nouns101.wtf/), and, that which lead me to this project: [Noundry Studio](https://studio.noundry.wtf/)
To foster a more integrated Noundry experience I decided to work on Noundry Gallery with Coral to build the next piece of the Noundry puzzle.
So, enough small talk, let's get to the meat of the update. Here's what me and Orca have been cooking up:
I present to you, Noundry Gallery v2! It has now joined https://studio.noundry.wtf on the memorable domain https://gallery.noundry.wtf
Here's the list of updates:
- Introduced SIWE to make it all the more secure.

- Infinite scrolling when browsing the gallery and when trying out specific traits.


- Streamlined trait submission flow, for all trait types (except backgrounds, which are just plain colors)

- Trait peeking. Hover/touch the trait type icon to highlight the trait artwork against a checkerboard background

- ENS name and avatar integration
- Open Graph metadata and thumbnails for prettier links shared on other platforms

- Made it weirder

We've come a long way since the original proposal went to a vote, and some things have changed:
- We got some feedback regarding the curation committee and concerns raised around having a closed process for submitting traits for inclusion in the DAO. We've since pivoted to an open and community-centered approach with no gatekeeping whatsoever.
- Funds that were allocated to the curation committee have been repurposed to contests. Using the available funds (20 ETH), we want to organize 4 contests with different structures and learn from each of them to see what yields the best results and generates the most participation.
- You can submit Noggles and Bodies to the gallery! The experience wouldn't be complete without them
- Trait submissions to the DAO as candidate proposals will be open to all
## Celebrating Noundry
There's a lot of amazing traits lost in old discord servers, or that never got to the spotlight. This is the moment to bring them back into everyone's attention (including the contest judges! 👀)
To celebrate the next step in Noundry, and to give you some incentives to go through the spider webs and scavenging for your old Noundry artwork we're holding a art contest.
The judges will be no other than the [latest Nouniversary trait contributors](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/348):
- [@amiyoko_eth](https://twitter.com/amiyoko_eth)
- [@facuserif](https://twitter.com/facuserif)
- [@Goldypix](https://twitter.com/Goldypix)
- [@krel404](https://twitter.com/krel404)
- [@modrovsky](https://twitter.com/modrovsky)
- [@tummlin](https://twitter.com/tummlin)
Those Noundry Veterans will check every single trait submitted to the gallery up until the deadline on December 10th (midnight PST) to award 10 notable contributions (judged accordingly to the [guidelines](https://gallery.noundry.wtf/guidelines) with 0.5ETH each. We want to incentivize you to keep up with the awesome pixel art, and also to shine the spotlight on the best of the best traits, which might help with the voting if they eventually are proposed as additions to the DAO's artwork!
Speaking of which, we did not forget about the roadmap on this prop! Now that we've laid a solid foundation to the gallery, we can move on to some exciting new features.
## Upcoming
We still have some boxes to tick, and we did not forget about:
- Submitting traits to the DAO.
- Discord, Twitter and Farcaster bots to showcase the latest submissions
- Comments and discussion on trait pages
- Streamlined integration with Noundry Studio
With these features we'll have the most accessible Noundry experience ever, and it won't be restricted to the Nouniversary alone! So let's gather up in the official channels and enjoy Noundry all year round!
Discord: https://discord.gg/XbYPDSKVaV
Farcaster:[@noundry](https://warpcast.com/noundry)
Twitter/𝕏: [@noundry](https://twitter.com/noundry)
Sup. [Volky](https://warpcast.com/volky) here!
If you've only been following the prop onchain you might be asking yourself what I am doing here. Turns out me and CoralOrca joined forces to deliver on this prop 🤝
Short intro for those that didn't know me: I've been building in the Nouns space for some time now, including, among others, [Nomo Nouns](https://www.nomo.wtf/), [Nouns 101](https://www.nouns101.wtf/), and, that which lead me to this project: [Noundry Studio](https://studio.noundry.wtf/)
To foster a more integrated Noundry experience I decided to work on Noundry Gallery with Coral to build the next piece of the Noundry puzzle.
So, enough small talk, let's get to the meat of the update. Here's what me and Orca have been cooking up:
I present to you, Noundry Gallery v2! It has now joined https://studio.noundry.wtf on the memorable domain https://gallery.noundry.wtf
Here's the list of updates:
- Introduced SIWE to make it all the more secure.

- Infinite scrolling when browsing the gallery and when trying out specific traits.


- Streamlined trait submission flow, for all trait types (except backgrounds, which are just plain colors)

- Trait peeking. Hover/touch the trait type icon to highlight the trait artwork against a checkerboard background

- ENS name and avatar integration
- Open Graph metadata and thumbnails for prettier links shared on other platforms

- Made it weirder

We've come a long way since the original proposal went to a vote, and some things have changed:
- We got some feedback regarding the curation committee and concerns raised around having a closed process for submitting traits for inclusion in the DAO. We've since pivoted to an open and community-centered approach with no gatekeeping whatsoever.
- Funds that were allocated to the curation committee have been repurposed to contests. Using the available funds (20 ETH), we want to organize 4 contests with different structures and learn from each of them to see what yields the best results and generates the most participation.
- You can submit Noggles and Bodies to the gallery! The experience wouldn't be complete without them
- Trait submissions to the DAO as candidate proposals will be open to all
## Celebrating Noundry
There's a lot of amazing traits lost in old discord servers, or that never got to the spotlight. This is the moment to bring them back into everyone's attention (including the contest judges! 👀)
To celebrate the next step in Noundry, and to give you some incentives to go through the spider webs and scavenging for your old Noundry artwork we're holding a art contest.
The judges will be no other than the [latest Nouniversary trait contributors](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/348):
- [@amiyoko_eth](https://twitter.com/amiyoko_eth)
- [@facuserif](https://twitter.com/facuserif)
- [@Goldypix](https://twitter.com/Goldypix)
- [@krel404](https://twitter.com/krel404)
- [@modrovsky](https://twitter.com/modrovsky)
- [@tummlin](https://twitter.com/tummlin)
Those Noundry Veterans will check every single trait submitted to the gallery up until the deadline on December 10th (midnight PST) to award 10 notable contributions (judged accordingly to the [guidelines](https://gallery.noundry.wtf/guidelines) with 0.5ETH each. We want to incentivize you to keep up with the awesome pixel art, and also to shine the spotlight on the best of the best traits, which might help with the voting if they eventually are proposed as additions to the DAO's artwork!
Speaking of which, we did not forget about the roadmap on this prop! Now that we've laid a solid foundation to the gallery, we can move on to some exciting new features.
## Upcoming
We still have some boxes to tick, and we did not forget about:
- Submitting traits to the DAO.
- Discord, Twitter and Farcaster bots to showcase the latest submissions
- Comments and discussion on trait pages
- Streamlined integration with Noundry Studio
With these features we'll have the most accessible Noundry experience ever, and it won't be restricted to the Nouniversary alone! So let's gather up in the official channels and enjoy Noundry all year round!
Discord: https://discord.gg/XbYPDSKVaV
Farcaster:[@noundry](https://warpcast.com/noundry)
Twitter/𝕏: [@noundry](https://twitter.com/noundry)