Original Pudgy Penguins Artist Finds ‘Freedom’ With New Berachain NFT Collection – BitRss

Antoine Mingo left his role of concept artist for popular Ethereum NFT ($0.00) collection Pudgy Penguins in early 2023, due to creative differences with leadership. Now, he’s leading the art for a new NFT project called Burrrs on buzzy layer-1 network Berachain, giving him the creative freedom he’s craved since entering the industry.

The Washington-based artist picked up the Pudgy Penguins job in 2021 via gig-work platform Upwork, back when founder Cole Thereum was at the helm of the collection. After a brief consulting gig, Mingo went on to create 8,888