#PickYourPoison 2022 - Halloween art and Photography on Tezos

Pick Your Poison 2022

#PickYourPoison2022 was a community-wide Tezos community event that ran through the month of October of 2022. 

Various Tezos communities ran different themed minting events for the Halloween season. Each group created their own rules for the medium artists could use, the theme artists were supposed to create art about, how many editions the artist was supposed to mint, and suggestions for how the artist should price their work. 

Each group ran Twitter Spaces to provide artists the opportunity to discuss their pieces and share them with a wider audience. 

As one of the founders of the Tez Tunas, I worked with the different groups to organize all the disparate events under the banner of #PickYourPoison. 

My goal was to mint at least one Tezos NFT for each group's event. This post contains my pieces from the event. 

The Twitter Flyer for #PickYourPoison 2022

Disclosure

Links lead to my NFT artwork on Objkt.com. I will earn royalties if you purchase one of my NFTs from the Tezos platform. 

#PickYourPoison 2022 by Lauren McDonagh-Pereira

Don't Be Afraid to Shine

A photograph of jackolanterns. One of them has fireworks coming out of the end.

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  • Don’t Be Afraid to Shine

  • Collection: #PickYourPoison 2022

  • Artist: Lauren McDonagh-Pereira

  • Minted: October 19, 2022

  • Taken: October 9, 2016

  • Location: Vermont, USA

  • Camera: Nikon D7200

  • Settings: ƒ/3.5 1/2 34mm ISO640

  • Editions: 31 for #SpookyTuna 

Pumpkin carving with friends in Vermont became an annual tradition in the years before I had children. In this particular year, one of my friends decided to increase the wow factor.

Uh-Oh

A photograph of a small sad jackolantern with a flame coming out of its head.

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  • Uh-Oh

  • Collection: #PickYourPoison 2022

  • Artist: Lauren McDonagh-Pereira

  • Minted: October 18, 2022

  • Taken: October 24, 2015

  • Location: Vermont, USA

  • Camera: Nikon D5100

  • Settings: ƒ/5.6 1/20 200mm ISO500

  • Editions: 13 for #SpookyKute

On a perfect fall day, I carved jack-o-lanterns with friends in the mountains of Vermont. This little buddy bit off more than he could chew.

The End is Near!

A black and white photograph of a decaying jack-o-lantern that has begun to collapse.

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  • The End is Near!

  • Collection: #PickYourPoison 2022

  • Artist: Lauren McDonagh-Pereira

  • Minted: October 24, 2022

  • Taken: November 8, 2015

  • Location: Massachusetts, USA

  • Camera: Nikon D5100

  • Settings: ƒ/5.6 1/500 56mm ISO200

  • Editions: 130 editions for #photez #darktez

Nothing lasts forever.

If You Insist... I'll Be Your Witch

A self-portrait of photographer, Lauren McDonagh-Pereira dressed as a witch in the woods.

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  • If You Insist… I Will Be Your Witch

  • Collection: #PickYourPoison 2022

  • Artist: Lauren McDonagh-Pereira

  • Minted: October 24, 2022

  • Taken: October 16, 2022

  • Location: Massachusetts, USA

  • Camera: Nikon Z50

  • Settings: ƒ/2.8 1/40 50mm ISO400

  • Editions: 111 editions for #tezosandtalismans

Throughout history, women with talent have been accused of witchcraft. Accusing a woman of being a witch was a way to destroy her and strip her of her power. Today, women with ambition are still accused of being witches, or bitches, or control-freaks, or any number of derogatory names meant to strip them of their power.

Run!

A black and white photograph of a zombie in a hooded sweatshirt.

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  • Run Collection: #PickYourPoison 2022

  • Artist: Lauren McDonagh-Pereira

  • Minted: October 17, 2022

  • Taken: October 31, 2008

  • Location: Massachusetts, USA

  • Camera: Nikon D40

  • Settings: ƒ/3.5 1/8 18mm ISO1000

  • Editions: 31 for #darktez

Salem, MA on Halloween night is a spooky place. If you see any zombies, you better run.

We'll Find the Magic Together

An AI image of children dressed as wizards walking through the woods.

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  • We’ll Find the Magic Together

  • Collection: #PickYourPoison 2022

  • Artist: Lauren McDonagh-Pereira

  • Minted: October 16, 2022

  • Created: October 16, 2022

  • Medium: Midjourney AI Art Enhanced with Adobe Photoshop

  • Editions: 111 for #TezWizards

I created an AI piece for the #TezWizards event of the #PickYourPoison Tezos community collaboration. The prompt was “AI Wizards”. I thought of my children, and imagined them as wizards exploring the magic of autumn together.

We'll Find the Real Magic Together

A photograph of two small children dressed as a witch and wizard walking through the woods.

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  • We’ll Find the Real Magic Together

  • Collection: #PickYourPoison 2022

  • Artist: Lauren McDonagh-Pereira

  • Minted: October 29, 2022

  • Taken: October 27, 2022

  • Location: Massachusetts, USA

  • Camera: Nikon Z50

  • Settings: ƒ/5.6 1/800 61mm ISO640

  • Editions: 31 for #SpookyTuna

Inspired by the #PickYourPoison event, #TezWizards, I created and minted my first AI piece. I was then inspired by that piece to create my AI art as a photograph using my children as my models.

Petite Pumpkin Painting

A digital painting of a pumpkin created in Procreate with an IPAD Mini and an Apple Pencil.

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  • Petite Pumpkin Painting

  • Collection: #PickYourPoison 2022

  • Artist: Lauren McDonagh-Pereira

  • Minted: October 25, 2022

  • Created: October 25, 2022

  • Medium: Digital Painting on Procreate

  • Editions: 31 for #TEZGNGHalloween

I used procreate to digitally paint a small pumpkin.

Into the Diabloverse

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  • Into the Diabloverse

  • Collection: #PickYourPoison 2022

  • Artist: Lauren McDonagh-Pereira

  • Minted: October 21, 2022

  • Created: October 21, 2022

  • Medium: Digital Collage

  • Editions: 50 for #HalloweenintheDiabloverse

@TheDiabloverse created a Halloween art event. Participants were invited to download a line drawing of their character, Deevee and dress him up for Halloween. I used Procreate to digitally collage my original photographs. The background is twilight at Horn Pond in Woburn, Massachusetts. The horns are a Halloween bonfire in Burlington, MA. The face is a supermoon shot in Boston, MA. The facial features are Northern Lights shot in Reykjavik, Iceland. The torso is a night sky in Vermont. The broom handle is an old covered bridge in Maine. The broom bristles are a broom shot in Wilmington, MA.

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