SPRITES IN THE WEB3 WORLD
In her genesis drop on objkt, Stina Jones challenges creative limits through constraint.
Stina Jones is an artist, designer, doodler — and a compressionist. Working with systems and visual logic, she aligns with what feels like a new art movement. In the age of blockchain-based digital art, Compressionism emerges as both a philosophy and an essentialist practice — a response to the overflow of content in our lives, on our screens, in our drives. It also questions data storage, pushing for better efficiency and a more sustainable future.
On Wednesday, July 23, the artist releases Sprites, her first collection minted on objkt: lo-fi digital pieces shaped by compressionist principles and modular thinking. “They’re compact, self-contained images — not portraits or characters, more like signal units. Some feel active, some passive, but they all sit within the same system,” Stina explains.
The name Sprites nods to early game graphics, UI fragments, and English folklore — where sprites are mischievous, wandering spirits. The collection is minted fully on-chain and released under a Creative Commons (CC0) license. “The project came together after seeing on-chain work by WGMeets and Ernesto ASCH on Tezos. That led me to ZeroContract, and then Jams2blues’ writing on compressionism — which connected with what I was already exploring: visual limits, glitch, structure,” she says.
Drop Dynamics
Sprites, by Stina Jones - the complete collection.
The collection includes 32 works, released across seven fixed edition tiers: 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, and 1/64 — 512 editions in total.
“Each edition size reflects the Sprite’s role. Some are quiet and structural, others feel like signal boosters. The logic is baked into the structure — nothing inflated or random.” For Stina, the format feels native to the work: compact and deliberate.
“Publishing under CC0 felt natural too. The project’s meant to be shared and reused. Whether someone owns a Sprite or not, they’re free to remix it, reference it, build on it.” Authorship is preserved in the token provenance.
How It Started / How It’s Going
Stina Jones has been part of this space since 2018, back when, as she puts it, things still felt very DIY: “I’ve been collecting on Tezos/objkt for a while — I’ve always liked the pace and energy here.”
Exploring ZeroContract is like a continuation of what she was already developing: playing with structure, systems, and blending hand-drawn and digital approaches. “To me, compressionism means working with limits. Small canvases, reduced elements, tight control. Not to simplify, but to sharpen.”
It’s a creative constraint — a system that raises the stakes of every choice: “Each decision carries more weight,” she reflects.
Sprites, by Stina Jones.
Sprites — by Stina Jones
Drop on Wednesday, 23 July at 12PM CET on objkt.com.