{"signature": "0xfc7b16e0aff1a82c9d242bdf8b023ee56b913c391da88d1f9104c5905423ea2d2fb4bcbd7b963a7fd74c4e2281853d5a71064756ebe062c06c182edb09ec24c11b", "application": {"round": "0xf22182afea4698379d35d41a72a0a9a6e9b70697", "answers": [{"type": "email", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "+spEESmRHaXoPdT0P8OMZVsSCzJ4XiA5VJ7gWFwcX9nWg+BVd8pwRkU4Uef6OEml", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "69eff2e7d2120e7baaa7c98846a4ce4ccdde8d295269cec0fc1bf6a57f0b3795a80343f8134f766cdde61263b4bbcc074382fd215eab953f008e755d7cb64758c17ba9387abb89b56bfb27a6be5c58406810680abb016fb0bb4a9a0654ea2f84066c7b011a8242f92a04d30088fc38c78074530e170d7e6d470eccd0cce7291a000000000000002066a38787810243282a15c2115d12df53009d2d4a1a2f1f3ae93a21bfb8debd182a3cb6e073f6f3f6bb0146e7e532bb8f"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Bootstrapped ", "hidden": false, "question": "Funding Sources", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "number", "answer": "4", "hidden": false, "question": "Team Size", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Coven Classics is reinventing classic tales with a bold, femme-centric angle, starting with our NFT graphic novel series. Our debut, \"Practical Magick,\" draws from the gothic allure of \"The Craft,\" featuring empowered female protagonists in a digital-first format. We blend traditional storytelling with modern NFT technology, offering a unique experience in the comic and manga world. We are a team of four \u2013 me (writer + illustrator), Rahul (designer), Sahil (illustrator), and Simon (musician).", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your project and team briefly.", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Doubling Down on Art: We're investing significantly in the artistic development of our graphic novels, ensuring each piece is a testament to our dedication to quality and creativity.\n\nAttending and Participating in Events: Funds will be allocated to attend key NFT events, comic cons, and anime/comic-related events. This is vital for networking, increasing our visibility, and engaging directly with our audience.\n\nHosting Pop-Up Stalls: Setting up stalls at these events will help us connect with our community in real life (IRL) and online (URL), enhancing our outreach and onboarding efforts.\n\nPhysical Printing and Shipping: A portion of our budget is earmarked for printing and distributing physical copies of our graphic novels, catering to readers who appreciate the tangible experience of our stories.\n\nDoubling Down on Tech and Security: A crucial part of our budget will go towards enhancing our technology and security infrastructure. We'll be working on anti-plagiarism measures and developing our own token-gated comic reader. This also includes investing in better UI/UX to provide maximum value to our readers, ensuring a seamless and secure experience.", "hidden": true, "question": "How will you use the funds you receive in this round?", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Finalize and Launch \"Practical Magick\": Our immediate priority is to complete and launch our debut NFT graphic novel. This involves finalizing the art, ensuring the narrative is engaging, and integrating it seamlessly with NFT technology.\n\nExpand Community Engagement: We aim to grow our community both online and offline. This includes increasing our presence on social media, hosting and participating in events, and creating opportunities for direct engagement with our audience.\n\nDevelop and Enhance Tech Infrastructure: A key goal is to enhance our digital infrastructure. This involves developing a token-gated comic reader, implementing anti-plagiarism measures, and refining our user interface for a better reader experience.\n\nAttend and Host Events: We plan to actively participate in comic cons, NFT events, and other related gatherings, as well as host our pop-up stalls to promote our work and onboard new members.\n\nKickstart Next Projects: While \"Practical Magick\" is in the spotlight, we'll also begin planning and developing the next stories in our series, ensuring a continuous flow of engaging content for our readers.\n\nExplore Merchandising Opportunities: We\u2019re looking into merchandise options that align with our brand and stories, offering our community tangible ways to connect with Coven Classics.\n\nSecure Additional Funding: To sustain and expand our initiatives, securing additional funding will be crucial. This may involve exploring partnerships, sponsorships, or additional investment rounds.", "hidden": true, "question": "What are your/the projects goals for the next few months?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "These are some ways in which I feel I have added value to the Shefi community:\n\nShared community resources and educational material with SheFi members, including personalized 1-on-1 assistance.\nRegularly promoted SheFi on social media, highlighting the community's strengths and achievements.\nActively onboarded new members, including both web3-savvy and non-web3 females, into the SheFi community.", "hidden": true, "question": "How have you added value to the SheFi community", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "None", "hidden": true, "question": "What are your funding sources? 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We\u2019re taking a fresh approach to timeless classics like Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein, infusing them with a femme alt perspective. Our stories highlight strong, independent female characters, challenging the outdated and often misogynistic tropes prevalent in traditional narratives.\n\nPractical Magick,\" our debut NFT graphic novel inspired by \"The Craft,\" features Sad Girls Bar NFTs I own as the lead. We\u2019re using NFTs not just as a medium but as a way to revolutionize how stories are told and experienced, offering both digital and physical formats along with exclusive event access.\n\nBut there's a personal element to this venture. These stories echo my own experiences and those of many women and non-binary individuals around me. The complexities, the strengths, and the diverse experiences we live through are often missing from mainstream cinema and comics. Coven Classics aims to fill this gap, creating relatable, strong characters for those seeking genuine representation. Written and illustrated by a woman for other women. \n\nBut more than anything, I want Coven Classics to be a sisterhood. A community where women and non-binary folks can come together, unafraid to be themselves and to work on their inner magick. We're not just creating stories; we're building a space where our readers can feel empowered, connected, and part of something truly magickal.\n\nOriginally as a part of Buildspace N&W S4, where we began building in public, we've had to slow down our progress. Financial constraints, the real-life commitments of our team members, and a slower traction than anticipated have led us to push back our launch.\n\nFor those interested in following our journey and seeing what we've been working on, you can check it out here : https://x.com/rakshitaphilip/status/1688256360465723392?s=20\n\nWe're dedicated to bringing this vision to life and appreciate every bit of support and interest in our work.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "covenclassics"}, "recipient": "0xcDdf6531CD48936Fc850E51B95a3d3d966bEb43D"}}