Larry Alcala enters Metaverse with Scarletbox.io

THE first Blue-chip Fine Arts NFT (Non-fungible Token) Launchpad in Asia, Scarletbox.io pays tribute to beloved cartoonist and National Artist Larry Alcala with a witty and fun PFP (Profile Picture) collection.

True to its vision of bridging the generations through arts and culture, this accolade celebrates the Larry Alcala collection with inspiring NFT projects of today: Bored Punks of Society, Planktoons, Distort Monsters, Black Eyed Freaks, Mustachioverse by Ownly, and Bjorn Calleja. The images of these projects will be embedded in select Larry Alcala PFPS to create Rares. Get to know some of these amazing partner projects that have made a difference in this space.

n Bored Punks of society (@Boredpunksoc): Bored Punks of Society is a community-driven social movement x social club that is focused on educating, connecting, thriving and spreading the beauty of cryptocurrencies, investing, and web 3.0 to the public space through onboarding and NFTS.

■ Planktoons (@Planktoonsnft): Planktoons is a collection of 4444 planktons-in-onesies. A chooseyour-own-adventure story is built from the ground up by their artists, lore writers, and content writers. It’s up to the community to decide what happens in each part of the story over the course of the season.

■ distort Monsters (@distortmonsters): Distort Monsters’ art is influenced by skateboarding and punk rock, and his characters are more than just bold outlines and multilinear textures—they’re colorful representations of a counterculture spirit.

■ Bjorn calleja (@Bjorncalleja): Bjorn Calleja is a Filipino painter and interdisciplinary artist, whose works play with the idea of the micro- and macro-cosms of humans within and against their environments, in an ecological, social and internal sense.

This is a wonderful welcome for Larry Alcala fans who grew up with his characters that epitomized the quintessential Pinoy life. Larry Alcala is best known for his weekly Sunday series “Slice of Life,” which became an anticipated issue every Sunday for all Filipino families where it’s a game to find his hidden profile. He is a true symbol of Pinoy pop culture and was also awarded the Grand Collar of the Order of National Artists. Scarletbox has a full-service concierge, guiding those who choose to venture into digital art ownership in the metaverse. More information is available at www. scarletbox.io or concierge@scarletbox.io.