Remo's World — Joey Tadiar

Role: Creator, author and creative director
Company: Remo's World
Timeline: 2024
Platforms: OpenSea, Bitcoin Ordinals, Print
Tools: Blender, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro

The brief

Remo’s World started when I found out I was going to be a dad. I designed an alien called Remo. Then I built a world around him, on screen and on paper.

The ideaOne character, from screen to shelf.

The world

Collectibles for big kids, and their kids too.

Remo lives as a 3D collectible, as a Bitcoin ordinal and in a printed book.

Every collectible is one of a kind.

The book is the part you can hold.

What it had to do

One character that works in 3D, in illustration and in print.
Make every collectible one of a kind.
Give it a life off screen.
Make it for collectors and for their kids.
Own it end to end: character, story, art and launch.

The character

Designed, modelled and lit in 3D. Every edition its own.

Three Remo figures in lime, silver and molten orange finishes — Editions

Three Remo figures: chocolate brown, one spinning a basketball, and clear glass — Editions

Building the layers in 3D

Sketch to toy

Drawn on paper, modelled in 3D, then made as real figures.

A 3D render of a desk with a grey Remo figure, its parts, pencils and turnaround sketches of Remo pinned to the wall — Sketches and the 3D model

Four grey physical Remo figures standing on a wooden shelf — The physical figures

The drops

500 one-of-a-kind pieces on OpenSea. Then 50 Bitcoin ordinals.

Voyager Edition teaser

Mint countdown

A painted Remo in a black hat, his body drawn as see-through anatomy with lungs, veins and bones — A Remo illustration

Remo sitting alone on a train carriage glowing pink and purple — Remo on the train

The book

Remo's Mission to the Moon. Written and illustrated by me, and in print.

Copies of Remo's Mission to the Moon, freshly delivered in a cardboard box — First copies

An illustration from the book: two aliens beside a glowing tank with a sleeping Remo inside — An illustration from the book

Behind the scenes

From sketch to model to launch.

Making Remo's World

My partCharacter to book.

Character design for Remo and his world, from sketch to physical figure
3D modelling, texturing and lighting for every edition
The 500-piece OpenSea collection and the 50 Bitcoin ordinals
Every teaser, trailer and launch film
Writing and illustrating Remo’s Mission to the Moon

OutcomeOne character, from screen to bookshelf.

500

One-of-a-kind collectibles

Bitcoin ordinals

Children's book

The brief