Case Studies  /  DRP.io · SHDW
Kannon by Shintaro Kago
art first, hype second.
DRP.io · SHDW · 2021

Curated digital art platform.

ArtMarketplace
SHDW

a home for avant-garde digital art.

Major NFT platforms favoured celebrities and hype. DRP.io gave serious, experimental artists a curated home, and a real income.

$15M+
primary sales
20K+
community members
$200K+
earned by Shintaro Kago's first series
What we built

the system.

  • Artist profiles and collection management
  • Smart-contract minting and sales (ERC-721, ERC-1155)
  • Dynamic metadata: artworks that evolve
  • Wallet connect and marketplace
  • Community tools: Discord integrations and notifications
Stack
Ethereum (ERC-721, ERC-1155)Smart contractsDynamic metadataMarketplace
Outcome
artists, paid.

Over three years, DRP.io supported dozens of artists, including Vhils, Shohei Otomo and Shintaro Kago, before evolving into SHDW.

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