Thank you @ruskin1819 for collecting! POTENTIAL from "How to Make a Blade Whisper" About the work: "From youth my heart has been inclined toward the Way of Strategy." -Musashi Miyamoto Potential: capability, possibility, promise, capacity, aptitude, power. Here the student is shown what making a blade whisper looks like, inspiring them to embark on a deeper journey. The Way emerges from the void, quiet yet profound. AI tools used: ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion, Eleven Labs. Music Created by Puff Yachty using Suno AI

📌 Fellowship Past Projects: The @niceaunties AI video grant winner (Released in 2024) How to Make a Blade Whisper by @PuffYachty A year ago, @PuffYachty launched How to Make a Blade Whisper, a collection of eight AI videos. The project came from the Niceaunties × Fellowship AI Video Grant, which gave artists time, support, and resources to explore ideas freely. For this series, Puff took inspiration from The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, a guide written in the seventeenth century about mastering the way of the sword. Musashi believed real skill starts in the mind — that fighting isn't just about strength, but about awareness, adaptability, and instinct. Puff brings these ideas to life by following a lone student as they move through training, dreams, and deep sleep. As the journey unfolds, the student starts to see the world itself as something flexible, almost like a simulation written in code. Visually, the videos stick to cool shades of steel blue and charcoal, with sudden flashes of red when the sword cuts through the air or the image glitches. These glitches aren’t mistakes — they’re part of the story. Instead of hiding the imperfections of AI video, Puff shows them, reminding us that we’re both inside the dream and watching how it’s made. Artists in the past also explored similar ideas using paint or film — Zen paintings of monks, Surrealist films that blur dreams and reality. Puff’s work follows that tradition, but uses new tools like prompts, diffusion models, and AI voice cloning to create a new kind of storytelling.

Where We Started / Where We Are Now It feels like just yesterday we were sketching out the Daily Program on texts in Discord and late-night calls. Back then, we had this bold idea: to document the growth of AI art every single day, capturing the excitement, the uncertainty, and the constant evolution of the tools we were all so curious about. It started off with a simple premise—share the creative process as it unfolded, in real time, through the perspective of diverse artists experimenting with these new tools. We believed in the power of consistent, daily exposure to innovation, hoping it would spark conversations, collaborations, and above all, the possibility of new creative pathways. and kinda, we did it. 🤞 Looking back, it’s funny how we thought we’d have all the time in the world—but the Daily Program flew by. From impromptu community hangouts where we’d geek out over fresh prompts, to late-night submission reviews, it was a whirlwind of ideas. We witnessed artists from different backgrounds lean into new AI tools with fearless abandon, forging vibrant works that, to this day, feel like artifacts of a rare moment in time. When the Daily Program officially ended in October 2024, it felt bittersweet. We had gathered thousands of pieces and a tapestry of friendships. Yet, in that ending, we also saw the seeds of something new. We realized our journey was only just beginning. Today, in the second phase—our Daily Highlights Program—we want to revisit those pivotal moments, curating them with fresh eyes, and elevating the pieces that opened our minds and hearts. Now, as we reflect on where we’ve been, we can’t help but feel a mix of nostalgia and gratitude. The Daily Program served as both a live experiment and a living archive, capturing the early days of AI-driven art at its most raw and unfiltered. We’re eager to see how a new generation of artists and innovators will respond to the work we’ve spotlighted and carry those sparks forward. Here’s to the next chapter—rooted in the spirit of what we built together, and fired by the promise of what’s yet to come. 🥂 Shout out to the very first artist who has been with us since the beginning: → @rainisto → @loved_orleer → @niceaunties → @MiloPoelman → @olgafedorova112 → @benmillarcole → @Visu_AI_Poetry → @iamneubert → @originverse → @bagdelete → @mind_wank → @belowlucid → @katiemorrisart → @PuffYachty → @VikkiBardot → @BengtTibert → @dancevatar → @EvergreenDazed → @BengtTibert → @nugmanovartst → @doopiidoop → @jessmacai → @domingoypablo → @psymulate → @Papertowelgrvyd → @LeMoonSynth → @pancakepie360

Happy Saturday!

✨The Harmony of Tessellated Pixels and Synchronized Colors by @belowlucid ✨Everything in Unison by @katiemorrisart ✨Overthinking Machines by @Zuka_Kipiani ✨How to Make a Blade Whisper by @PuffYachty

↓ @Zuka_Kipiani, @PuffYachty, @EmiTrevisani, @Historic_Crypto

2024-2025 At @fellowshiptrust, we’re asking ourselves how to build a 2025 program that not only continues but evolves the ideas of the artists we worked with in 2024. What new questions and concepts about art can we explore? Which projects are missing from our curatorial timeline that would help solidify all that we released this year? These are some of the questions on our minds. In 2024, we released 43 projects and collaborated with more than 150 artists (intense!!!) from around the world. Moving into 2025, we want to continue fostering a curatorial space where artists feel heard, mentored, and supported. Thank you to all the artists, and thank you to the collectors for standing with us during one of the hardest years for NFTs. We delivered to the community the best ideas and art we believed needed to be seen and supported, and we will continue to do the same in the coming year. ➜Latent Ink by @Eko3316 in collaboration with @artxcode_io ➜Evolved Hallucinations by @trevorpaglen ➜Once Upon A Garden: The Complete Series by @LindaDouniaR in collaboration with @artxcode_io ➜The End of History by @MowglyLee ➜Along the River in Auntieverse by @niceaunties ➜Infinite Images ∞ by @hollyherndon and @matdryhurst ➜Auntiedote by @niceaunties in collab with @ExpandedArt ➜Auntlantis by @niceaunties ➜The Vault of Wonders: Chapter 1 - The Abyssal Unseen by @edbyus ➜DUCK by @Maclean_Rachel ➜ 몽상가 “Mongsangga” by @sheldrick_ai ➜Into The Warm Darkness by @solyaev ➜Color Fields by @weirdnikita ➜The Harmony of Tessellated Pixels and Synchronized Colors by @belowlucid ➜Everything in Unison by @katiemorrisart ➜Overthinking Machines by @Zuka_Kipiani ➜How to Make a Blade Whisper by @PuffYachty ➜Portals by Group Show with @MiloPoelman @domingoypablo Christopher Royal King ➜About the Weather by @EmiTrevisani ➜Texture Moppers by @loved_orleer ➜Tales from the Cryptids by Daily Artist in collaboration with @StrangeHistoryX ➜Dr. Tellington's Textbook of Terrific Tales and Timeless Truths by @Ethereal_Gwirl @LeMoonSynth ➜Primal Inheritance by @HarryHardawn ➜It’s All About Love by @prostov_gordey ➜Dysfunctional Cortex by @ai_art_of_chaos ➜Echoes of the future by @panaviscope ➜BAD JPEGS by @mind_wank ➜Mystéres Amers by @Ethereal_Gwirl @LeMoonSynth ➜One Thing is One Thing (and Not Another) by @Rabbunnitt ➜BIOSgraphy by @dontbuy_ ➜Misunderstandings by @charlieengman ➜On These Streets by @andrea_ciulu ➜TILT by @nikitadiakur ➜(loop (format t "~%")) by @nouseskou ➜STATIC DISPERSALS & RECONSTRUCTED FABLES by @LEGIO_X_ ➜Auntieverse by @niceaunties ➜naturalorder by @bagdelete ➜Changing Places by @SimonRaion THE DAILY PROGRAM YEAR 1 ➜137 artists with 3173 PPP3 TAMING THE MACHINE: ➜10 artist exploring post-photography including @dtpisanty (@lumenprize winner) COLLABORATIONS WITH THE ARTIFICIAL SELF IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTEMETA IN BASEL: ➜17 artists tracing the evolution of AI art, including the work made with AARON by Harold Cohen. NEW BEGINNINGS IN COLLABORATION WITH HOFA GALLERY IN LONDON: ➜7 Artists exploring AI as a creative tool. PARIS PHOTO FAIR: ➜ xhairymutantx by Holly Herdon and Mat Dryhurst ➜Evolved Hallucinations by Trevor Paglen

Visions in Variance - Crow ⎯ Collected by @PuffYachty

o1 pro is agi 🤯

Wild how this already feels a little "dated" vs. the current frontier of AI video work. Our space moves fast. These Dailys are timestamps.

🙏🙏🙏 Puff -- thanks again for giving me some insightful feedback and super positive NRG when I was first starting to create AI video -- your work deeply inspired me then and continues to do so now... congrats!!

it was an honor to create these works and have them included in the daily program amongst some amazing ai artists . fellowship has an amazing team and i expect they will continue to do big things

ONE YEAR OF THE DAILY PROGRAM ⎯ Artist recap: @PuffYachty Over the past year, Fellowship's Daily Program has showcased the evolution of AI art, becoming a central platform for artists redefining what's possible with AI and NFTs. With contributions from 137 artists and over 3,142 works, the program continues to highlight groundbreaking creators exploring new frontiers of generative art. Among these artists is @PuffYachty, whose work dives into the surreal and philosophical. Since joining the program, Puff Yachty has crafted a distinctive body of work that blurs the lines between reality, perception, and the unknown. His series, Experiments in Motion, uses AI to create immersive audiovisual symphonies, translating human emotions and dreams into abstract journeys through time, space, and the elements. Recurring themes in his work include questioning the nature of reality, exploring the interconnectedness of the universe, and embracing the ephemeral beauty of existence. His ability to pair custom AI-generated visuals with music underscores a deep commitment to making each piece a fully sensory experience. Works like Pink Saturn and Teal Eye challenge the viewer to consider whether life is a simulation, while How to Make a Blade Whisper transforms the philosophy of Musashi Miyamoto into a poetic exploration of mastery and enlightenment. With 34 works on the platform, Puff Yachty’s contributions feel less like traditional digital art and more like stepping into a meditative, ever-shifting dreamscape. Each piece is a question, an invitation to explore the nature of self, and a reminder that in art—much like in life—the journey is as important as the destination. Here are some of his standout pieces: Levitation

it was fun creating this piece for @6079ai

Just realized this was VMA nominated I am a MTV VMA nominated artist lol! (and 3x UKMVA nominations) Wild!

100. @PuffYachty

The Daily Program curated artists like: @PuffYachty @olgafedorova112 @juliewdesign_ and many many more artists. Thank you for trusting your art with us 🤍

It doesn’t matter how good you are. In the eyes of others, the shine will wear off. It happens to artists. It happens to everyone. Your job isn’t to fight human nature. It’s to choose: adapt with culture or make art for you—regardless of it. Just don’t quit & prove them right.

love this series by @PuffYachty