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I Didn’t Expect This One to Make It - But It Did

From Submission to Mint: My Meme Card on 6529

It closed the voting phase with:

• 92 supporters

• 65.9M TDH behind it

And that part matters.

Because on 6529, it’s not just about how many people vote - it’s about who is voting. Votes are weighted by TDH (Total Days Held), and in the end, it’s often the maxis - the top meme holders - who really shape what gets through.

So this wasn’t something I expected.

I thought this piece would resonate mostly with artists.

But to my surprise, collectors connected with it too.

Seeing comments like this honestly caught me off guard:

“I think that maxis and artists actually share something deeply in common with artists.”

That stayed with me.

Because maybe the gap between artists and collectors isn’t as big as we sometimes think. Maybe there’s something shared there - conviction, patience, long-term belief… different roles, but similar weight.

This piece began as a concept draft I submitted in September 2024. Shortly after, the voting system launched and I was in the middle of relocating back to Brazil, so I couldn’t give it the attention I wanted at the time, but I never stopped working on it.

It is a tribute to every artist navigating this space while balancing life, expectations, and the reality of survival.

Over the years in Web3, I’ve seen the same message repeated to artists whenever the market turns difficult:

“Don’t worry about the market. Just focus on your art.”

On the surface, that sounds supportive. But for many artists, it misses a deeper truth.

Artists don’t create in isolation. We create while balancing life.

Bills still arrive.
Families still need us.
Health still matters.
And the time we spend creating is time we are not spending earning somewhere else.

The idea that artists can simply ignore the market assumes that creation happens outside of reality. For most of us, it doesn’t.

The truth is simpler and more human: the life of an artist is a constant balancing act between passion, pressure, and survival.

Some days we sell work.
Some days we gain visibility.
And some days we simply keep going.

That tension—between the desire to create and the necessity to survive—is what inspired my latest Meme Card submission.

“Behind every artwork is an artist balancing passion, pressure, and survival—sometimes winning, always enduring.”

This message is not about hype cycles or market trends.

It’s about the quiet resilience that keeps artists creating even when conditions are uncertain.

Many of us in Web3 have experienced this firsthand. We’ve seen platforms rise and fall, communities shift, and markets fluctuate. Yet artists continue showing up, sharing work, supporting one another, and pushing the medium forward.

That persistence is what this piece is about.

The card will be open for minting for 24 hours this Monday (April 13th, 2026.)

If you’d like to support, this is the moment:

👉 https://6529.io/

There’s also something else connected to this piece that I’ve been building alongside it.

A supporting collection of studies—each detail broken down into its own process, including stages and behind-the-scenes.

My love for studies actually goes back a long way.

When I was 20, living in Spain, I went to see Guernica by Picasso. The painting itself is massive, overwhelming… but what stayed with me the most wasn’t the final piece. It was the wall next to it, filled with his studies.

There was a horse sketch in particular that I found so precious—honestly, I liked it even more than the final horse in the painting.

That moment stayed with me.

It made me realize how powerful it is to have access to the artist’s process. To see the decisions, the variations, the paths not taken.

So with this piece, I wanted to share that too.

I’ll be releasing the studies right after the mint.

So bookmark the collection link and go back there Tuesday!

Thank you so much for reading.

If this resonates with you, I’d love for you to be part of it!

More information on my website.

Find me on 6529.io