ILLUSTRATOR / NFT ARTIST / OG PEPE ARTIST


MY NAME IS IREM, AND I AM THE FOUNDER OF THE BANG APES COLLECTION. I WILL BRIEFLY TELL YOU ABOUT MYSELF AND HOW I STARTED CREATING MY “BANG” STYLE DRAWINGS.
HERE WE GO…

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A REALLY BUSY DAY, OR YOU’RE VERY STRESSED, OR MAYBE THERE’S A BIT OF CHAOS INSIDE YOU…

DURING SUCH TIMES, I THINK MY MIND IS GOING TO EXPLODE FROM STRESS, AND MY EYES WILL POP OUT. THE “BANG” DRAWINGS STEMMED FROM THIS IDEA. ONE DAY, WHILE I WAS THINKING LIKE THIS AGAIN, I PAUSED AND SAID, ‘WHY AM I NOT DRAWING THIS!?

MY FIRST “BANG NFT” CHARACTER WAS “APE BANG.” I CREATED IT IN 2021 AND LISTED IT AS A 1/1 NFT ON THE FOUNDATION PLATFORM. EVEN THOUGH I LISTED THE “APE BANG” PIECE FOR 0.10 ETH, DUE TO A BIDDING WAR AMONG COLLECTORS, IT SOLD FOR 1 ETH.
FOLLOWING THAT, CHARACTERS LIKE “CAT BANG,” “PUNK BANG,” AND “DOODLE BANG” CAME NEXT, AND THEY ALSO SOLD.

LASTLY, I HAD LISTED THE “PEPE BANG” CHARACTER, BUT A WELL-KNOWN PEPE COLLECTOR THAT WE ALL KNOW REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID HE REALLY LIKED THIS PIECE. HE SUGGESTED THAT WE COULD LIST IT AS A FAKE RARE PEPE CARD AND OFFERED TO HELP ME, SO I REMOVED THE “PEPE BANG” PIECE FROM THE FOUNDATION PLATFORM AND LISTED IT AS FAKEPEPEBANG UNDER THE FAKE RARE PEPE CARD.
I HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE PEPE CHARACTER, AND THAT’S WHERE MY STORY OF CREATING PEPE WORKS BEGINS…

SOME COLLECTORS ALSO ASKED ME TO DRAW THEIR CHARACTERS IN A 1/1 “BANG” STYLE, AND I CREATED SPECIAL WORKS FOR THEM. IN FACT, MOJOMOBY PRINTED THIS WORK AND HUNG IT IN HIS OFFICE.
THE WORK I DID FOR HIM IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITES…

I HAVE BEEN IN THE NFT SPACE SINCE 2021 AND HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND COLLABORATE WITH MANY COLLECTORS AND ARTISTS.
NOW, I’VE COMBINED MY EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND MY ART TO CREATE THE “BANG APES” COLLECTION, AND I’M REALLY ENJOYING IT. THIS WILL BE A LONG PROCESS, AND MY AIM IS TO BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT WILL GROW AND EVOLVE ALONGSIDE MY ARTISTIC JOURNEY. WE WILL CREATE BEAUTIFUL THINGS TOGETHER. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN ME AND MY ART; I LOVE YOU ALL !!!