what's Crawling Punks?

Crawling Punks is an early experimental NFT collection created by Larva Labs in June 2017. It consists of algorithmically generated 24x24 pixel art characters depicting crawling punk figures, built on the Ethereum blockchain as one of the pioneering generative art projects in crypto. This collection predates and inspired the more renowned CryptoPunks by the same creators, influencing the pixel punk aesthetic and NFT culture. The punks feature unique traits and were part of Larva Labs' exploration into on-chain collectibles, though images and metadata were handled off-chain initially, similar to early CryptoPunks mechanics.

CrawlingPunk NFTs sold for $0.30, with one reselling for 16x its purchase price in 10 minutes.