#PickYourPoison 2022 – Halloween art and Photography on Tezos

Lauren McDonagh-Pereira Photography

Lauren McDonagh-Pereira is a photographer from Massachusetts, USA. She captures the beauty of the world around her, favoring Nikon cameras and lenses. She is drawn to shooting landscapes, wildlife, nature, and people authentically enjoying life. Lauren has been carrying a camera to capture everyday magic since the early 2000s. She has been minting her photography as Ethereum NFTs since February 2022, and as Tezos NFTs since May 2022. Lauren is a mother of two small children and holds a masters degree in Mental Health Counseling.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.