The CryptoDickButts (CDB) Artist: K.C. Green
CryptoDickButts (CDB) is a satirical digital art project that originated in 2006 as an internet meme created by artist K.C. Green. The character, known for its humorous and irreverent design, has since evolved into a cultural phenomenon within the digital art and cryptocurrency communities. Embracing the playful and absurd, CDB challenges traditional art norms and highlights the intersection of internet culture and digital art.
The Collection: CryptoDickButts
The “CryptoDickButts” collection (Series 3) totals 5,200 unique, algorithmically generated artworks featuring the iconic CDB character incorporating various cryptonative themes. Legendary CDB’s include Pepe, Statue of Liberty, Tele Tubby CDB and Mona Lisa are coveted rares trading for 10 eth, 20 eth even north of 30 eth in the boom times of 2021. Dickbutts is a cultural touchstone of crypto that repels normies, providing a badge of honor for those who get the joke.
The rare ‘Butt’ traits are ‘Wounded’, ‘Reddish’ and ‘Gassy.’ There are 20 ‘Dick’ trait variants with ‘Spidey’, ‘Umbrella’, ‘Carrot’ and ‘Rocket’ some of the more humorous in the collection that also borrows visual language from punks. Two previous CryptoDickButt collections totally 161 pfps preceded Series Three.
A Specific Artwork: CryptoDickButt #5017
While many in the collectoor base covet the ‘clean’ CryptoDickButts, others revel maximum absurdity. CDB #5017 is one of only 90 Alien traits. Sporting a racy combo of long hair, heart eyes, bikini body on roller-skates with a ‘Carrot’ dick. It is hard to overstate the pure absurd beauty possible in pixels with art as well considered as #5017.
Included in the CryptoDickButt Alien community are SendRock, Straybits, VonMises, DC Investor, Marceldupump, Jesterhat, 6529Guardian and BeautifulDickbutts. For some, a wallet without a CryptoDickButt signals a desert parched of cultural significance. We tend to agree. 1 D = 1 B.