FIRST, LET'S GET REAL "Down Beautifully" is an A.I.-generated art collection of 1073 beautiful women from across time and culture who just happen to be in a rough patch right now, okay? Simple as that. We're not going to write a giant novel promising to deliver a metaverse game where you can marry the models in-game or a coin that will generate wife-changing wealth. As much as we'd love to lie to you, we believe you've probably had enough false promises for an entire lifetime if you've been in this space long enough. You see, this is different. This is art. This is the future. This beautiful series was designed to capture a fleeting moment in visual machine learning. BEAUTY IS THE LANGUAGE (MODEL) If you know you'll eventually be forgotten in the digital ether and replaced by a new meta, you might as well look good on chain forever. You can think of each piece in 'Down Beautifully' as a sparkly tchotchke that will sit proudly in your metaverse gallery forever and ever. Or a lovely lady that could get you out of a predicament down the line. Okay, really. What did you want us to do? Populate this space with more Fiver monkeys, fake 3D game "assets" or pixelated rugs? No thanks. There's enough of that on chain to last five lifetimes. Plus, this space could use some sparkle – and certainly more women. IT ALL STARTS WITH A MUSE. Down Beautifully all started with an illustration by Strawbie depicting a sassy gal pointing up in a big ol' strawberry (possibly tomato) shaped hat. Exactly what she was pointing at remains a mystery. Inspired artist and digital provocateur BLeo sought to 'make her real' using the power of artificial intelligence, specifically OpenAI. Soon, the seeds were planted. Prompt after prompt, BLeo taught the machine many things, including the number of fingers humans have and the differences between an orange and a persimmon. Over time, the seeds sprouted and eventually grew into a bountiful harvest of 1,000 generated images of beautiful women in fruit hats all down beautifully by way of artificial intelligence. "Finally, an original project from BLeo." – lots of people, probably.