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Alex was in a Gang?

 


Let me be clear, we never considered ourselves a gang. When a group of teenagers get together, get in trouble and get the wrong kind of attention they tend to earn a negative label. Back in high school I was bullied a lot but I was determined to do something about it. 

I gathered together a group of friends and we started training, military style. We worked out, practiced unarmed combat, ran nighttime missions in my hometown and eventually stood up to those bullies. We called ourselves the HAWKS. In the early 2000s I wrote a three book series about our adventures.

The first book is available here.

In keeping with the times I have been dipping my toes into the Crypto-verse which includes a new way to sell artwork known as NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). This artwork is stored and recorded on a piece of software known as a Blockchain ensuring that the owner has proof of purchase. This new technology is allowing artists of all types to sell their work in a digital format and even earn royalties on future sales of the same item.

The artwork above was created for the HAWKS series of books but I never found a use for it until now. Five versions of this image titled 'Blood Brothers' will be available on the OpenSea marketplace. 

My Collection of NFTs is available here.

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