“I read, uh, wartime novels, which is hilarious,” says a 3D ape wearing a T-shirt. “The idea is to put yourself in the perspective of wartime and, like, these times of great crisis, and suddenly what you’re doing doesn’t feel as, like, overwhelming.”
This is just a small part of one of the videos on Bored Ape #9132’s Cameo account, which is now online.
I’ve always wanted to make history… and now I’m the first @BoredApeYC on @BookCameo!
— BAYC-9132 (@9132Bayc) September 1, 2022dreams
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The first Bored Ape NFT is now available on Cameo, a website where fans pay celebrities and influencers for short, personalized films. If you’ve ever wanted advice from an ape that looks very bored and has moved from PFP to 3D, now is your chance.
Bored Ape #9132 makes three-minute videos like “Call your family” and “You are not alone” that give advice and other tips to viewers. The least you can pay for one video is $25.
Adam Draper is the man behind the Ape. He works as a venture capitalist at Boost VC and was an early investor in Coinbase. Draper said that he wants Bored Apes to be 3D creatures that “naturally taking on the personality of their owners”
He wrote on his Cameo page, “I imagine this being a new channel for me to receive startup pitches.” It could also make it possible for people to interact with the Bored Ape community in new ways. The 3D Ape was made by Aquifer, an animation company backed by Boost VC.
Draper, the son of venture capitalist and billionaire Tim Draper, has said that making Ape movies on Cameo is his “solution to climate change.” The money he makes from his cartoon Cameos will go to help the environment. Draper’s BAYC #9132 Twitter account said, “All money made during this process will be [put] towards ocean nonprofits.”
Even though it’s not clear how seeing some really big Ape toes could “fix” climate change, there’s one thing that’s for sure: the Bored Ape Yacht Club is definitely controversial. Even though Ape owners like Snoop Dogg and Eminem show off their pets every chance they get, many fans have spoken out against NFTs, showing that they are not yet popular.
Draper, on the other hand, says he is not the least bit upset.
“I like an industry that has opposition. It means that they will be more passionate about the craft when they realize the power of ownership on the internet,” What he said.
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