#16

Kobe's Dunk by King James

Style:
Mixed
Color icon
Colors:
Gold
Theme:
King
Issue Number:
Stylized
Music:
No
SoundFX:
No

Cover Story

A Year in Review

That is a very rare issue. Not only because it was the 53rd week of the year that occurs once in circa 5 years but also because of "The King'' cover theme as BTC was at an ATH again. Only 23 issues exist! How fitting it is, right? The dunk was selected as a tribute to Kobe by LeBron James. 

Redlion vision was a shiny gold cover for this special occasion so I tried to fulfill that wish. Some minor detail is a Basquiat crown appearing over LBJs head as another king motive layer. 

You can notice the big numbers behind LBJ swap to 53 as the opportunity was therewith turning upside down the 2 into 5. The lightning brings the BTC symbol on the ball which is then masterfully dunked as the chart is growing on the background.

The whole artwork has been done in After Effects as a collage from various sources. Firstly the  Lebron's body was rotoscoped, cartoonized, and overpainted almost frame by frame – that took quite a lot of time to accomplish.  Secondly, there have been added all the elements and effects with rewind animation to suit the issue topic even more.

Cover Traits

Style

Mixed

Covers that were created by mixing two or more styles. Most often it is combination of illustration and vector art or some Photoshop technique.

Rarity

11.56%

covers have this trait

Epic

Colors

Color icon

Gold

Covers that are created using only gold and its shades, usually to potray grandeur in all it’s glory.

Rarity

1.73%

covers have this trait

Legendary

Theme

King

King trait is assigned to artworks that have elements associated with “King” by the masses, e.g Elvis Presley, Bitcoin, Lebron James etc.

Rarity

2.31%

covers have this trait

Legendary

Issue

Stylized

These are issue numbers that are inserted in different font styles that compliment the artwork well.

Rarity

21.97%

covers have this trait

Epic

Music

No

Covers that do not feature music, and stand on the shoulders of a powerful artwork alone, or have been peppered with sound FX.

Rarity

34.10%

covers have this trait

Rare

Sound FX

No

Covers that do not feature any sound FX, mostly because the music is over powering and sufficient.

Rarity

48.55%

covers have this trait

Rare

Bitcoin

No

Covers that do not feature the BTC logo anywhere in the artwork.

Rarity

89.02%

covers have this trait

Common

Ethereum

No

Covers that do not feature the Ethereum logo anywhere in the artwork.

Rarity

64.16%

covers have this trait

Uncommon

Artist

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