
Akylles
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Akylles
@akylles
Financial Lawyer, Partner Orora Capital LP, Partner @Lexfeeld, Alum @500globalvc / Stocks and Options Trader
New York Katılım Ağustos 2015
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Home is found in the good times.
Home is shaped in the hard ones.
The UAE carries both with grace.
A place where people lift each other,
where the land tells stories of ambition,
where vision turns into reality every single day.
There’s something special about this country,
you feel it in the energy,
you see it in the progress,
you live it through the people.
I felt it, saw it, and lived it
Grateful to be here 🇦🇪
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People always asked who my favorite Overwatch hero was. I'd say "I love playing Pharah" or "I like drawing Genji." The truth is, it's always been Tracer - one of the earliest characters I designed, and the foundation for everything that followed.
I see Shao the same way.
Tracer embodies the spirit of Overwatch: bright, hopeful, heroic. She became the visual DNA of the world: electric orange, sleek white, futuristic grey. Shao embodies the spirit of Azuki: bold, sharp, elegant. She defines its visual identity: punchy red, striking black and white.
But Shao is more than just aesthetics - there's a whole story we haven't explored yet. One I've been working hard on and am eager to share soon.
I still remember designing Shao in our PFP editor over 4 years ago and bringing her to life in our first announcement trailer. It felt right for her to be the first Portrait Rare in the Azuki TCG.
When @_Tomugi first came to me about creating the most sought-after card in Azuki TCG, it felt daunting. We wanted something unmistakably ours - the kind of card where, like the manga rare in One Piece TCG, you instantly know what it is.
We set out to hit 3 things:
Stand out among the best TCG rares
Feel unmistakably Azuki
Look awesome
Early concepts didn't quite land, especially on the second point. How can we make it uniquely Azuki? So we worked with @Zagabond to find an idea that brought us back to our roots: the PFP.
Azuki was born from a collection of PFPs, and what better to represent our identity than the thing that gave us our identity in the first place? But this wasn't about dropping an OG PFP onto a card. It had to feel intentional and crafted.
The OG collection used bold lines and simple colors to pop at a small PFP scale. With TCG, we're still working small, but we have more to play with in terms of materials and finish. We set out to create a holofoil treatment that feels uniquely ours - something you don't typically see in other TCGs.
If you've seen the digital version of the Shao Portrait Rare on tcg.azuki.com, you'll notice a holographic pattern layered across the entire card. We call this the "Red Bean Soup" pattern. It represents the in-between void that characters pass through when traveling between gates in the Garden - something we'll explore further in the Azuki manga.
It was important to us that this wasn't just visual, but rooted in the story itself.
I'm excited to share this new expression of Shao with the world. She's such an important character to me and to Azuki. More of her story is coming soon.

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@DemAzuki @animecoin I want to build on Animechain, seriously would love to know the process
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today im joining Animecoin Foundation as Ecosystem Growth Lead.
my mission: accelerate ecosystem growth, partnerships, and execution across all @animecoin initiatives, including Animechain integrations.
im doing this for one reason: i believe Animecoin has something rare. real community, real builders, real passion. we just need aligned effort and relentless execution.
my mandate: help builders win across everything we touch. if you build on Animechain youll feel the difference. im all in on this.
if you're a builder, founder, or creative who wants to build where culture actually matters my DMs are open.
lets build the anime internet.
Dem

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Low levels like this capitalizing on inaccurate news are the reason behind most of the BS out there
Wizard Of SoHo (🍷,🍷)@wizardofsoho
Dubai real estate keeps dumping Down 35% now… another 80% lower confirmed
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@_A_khalifa I walked in Dubai Mall yesterday and smiled at everyone there, just felt proud of those who stood for the UAE in such times. This country gave us so much @_A_khalifa , it is a home and it is oue duty to stand with it in such times otherwise we do not deserve it in better times
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NFTs aren't dead to me
i've seen the cycles, the crashes and the "NFTs are ded" takes every 6 months
I'm still bullish, i remember when a pfp meant something, when people cared about communities more than just flipping
That energy is coming back
Call me nostalgic, Call me delusional
but i'd rather be early and wrong a few times than miss it completely
Still holding my jpegs.

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