GENUINE UNDEAD

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Overview
A 10k pixelated ART collection containing 5995 CLASSIC, 3996 CYBERPUNK, and 8 legendary tokens. All of this with over 200 hand drawn traits. All of the art is confined by a 24 x 24 grid.

RISE AND SHINE. Undead will never die.

GU was released on August 13th, 2022 as a silent free mint.  What is remarkable is that prior to mint, GU did not have a wide following on twitter or other social media outlets. According to Doctorboom, who wrote an in-depth medium article about the project, GU twitter only had about 200 followers the day of the mint. The project went viral after that and built a strong community of passionate fans. Doctorboom closes the medium article with this:

 After the art, the most significant thing that GU offers is its community. Our motto is “The community is the Utility,” and we show it every day. This community will support the project through all obstacles, through the highs and the lows. Resultantly, by having a captivated, heard and involved community who has been given purpose, the project cannot die. We cannot die because we are undead. Genuine Undead.
The ART and Lore
GU was created by an anonymous artist and legend has it that it was gifted to the people.  GU was born in the bear and raised by the community. Communicating through the now-famous Green Papers, the anonymous founder shared a deep and complex meaning behind his masterful pixel art. The artist’s statements added fuel and conviction to an organic collective of Web3 builders, artists, developers and collectors, inspiring a genuine movement. 

 Over 200 hand drawn traits ranging from classic to cyber with a diverse set of base traits. Trait combinations that have been curated to compliment one another providing context and a deep narrative within the collection. Nomenclature that invokes a sense of imagination and spontaneous storytelling. A magically inspiring collection. Art not limited to the pixels but rather, art above art. 
ETHOS
 WE BELIEVE IN A BETTER WEB3. A MORE GENUINE WEB3. THESE ARE VALUES AT OUR CORE AND PRINCIPLES BY WHICH WE ADHERE TO.

GU really shines in terms of having a clearly laid out mission statement, something many web3 projects do not have explicitly stated. 

MISSION STATEMENT
GENUINE UNDEAD AIMS TO SPEARHEAD A WEB3 RENAISSANCE BYCULTIVATING CREATIVE POTENTIAL, SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY AND INCLUSIVENESS. IGNITING THE COLLECTIVE THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND EMBRACING A DECENTRALISED FUTURE.

CORE VALUES
01 BE GENUINE
02 PROMOTE INCLUSIVITY
03 SAFEGUARDING DECENTRALISATION
04 PUSH FOR INNOVATION
05 ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY
06 SAFETY
07 BENEFICENT 
The Green Papers

Staying on brand, the anonymous founder of GU released the Green Papers where the vision for GU is shared.