Welcome Globule the Giver to JOYWORLD! 

Hooray! Today, JOYWORLD turns six! Time flies when you’re creating and sharing joy. Each year has brought its own magic, with new JOYs and stories blossoming in this vibrant world we’ve created together 🌈As we mark this joyful milestone, we're filled with gratitude for the love and imagination that have fueled our adventures. Your smiles and wonder are what make JOYWORLD truly alive 😃

In an exciting development, JOYWORLD is thrilled to announce the arrival of its latest JOY, Goldie. Perched precariously on the tip of the tongue, Goldie made their debut atop a shimmering golden egg. Goldie doesn’t merely safeguard its treasures. They propel the golden egg forward, tirelessly rolling until each egg's potential is fully realized. After each completion, Goldie embarks on the journey anew, continuously powered by the promise of revolution concealed within each egg.

OG NFT Creator, JOY (John Orion Young), kicked off the JOYWORLD Scrambler project a year ago, before Easter with very little fanfare compared to earlier releases. He created a 10,000-item series and gave a free mint to all holders of JOYSmileys.

A monumental event took place in JOYWORLD today! Scramblers, the unique 2,748 artworks with individually hand-sculpted features, hatched revealing a dazzling collection of new JOYminis.

In a moment that cracks reality and oozes surreal, JOY emerges from a human-sized egg, marking the start of the Scrambler Hatch. This act, reminiscent of a rebirth, welcomes us with visions of JOY, creativity, and new beginnings.

"Sovereign Spectator of the Stratocumulus Kingdom" emerges as an embodiment of enlightenment and exploration through technology.

This April JOYWORLD will be featured in NEWHERE’s groundbreaking documentary project GLIMSES

A phenomenal formation is gathering above JOYWORLD, we are thrilled to announce the arrival of a puffy new JOY: the 'Sovereign Spectator of the Stratocumulus Kingdom'. This JOY was transformed after discovering the enigmatic 'Oracle of Elevation' – a cybernetic rabbit hat – behind their house, leading to an unprecedented mental ascension.

In "AI Bit Soup," I present a concoction where technology melds with the mind, a visual allegory where sipping from a bowl of machine learning symbolizes the intimate dance between human intellect and artificial intelligence 🎨🥫🔥

A NEW JOY has been cooked up in JOYWORLD. Hot off the JOYWORLD stove, meet AI Bit Soup. This isn't just any soup – it's a bowlful of inspiration. Microwave it for 42 seconds, take a breath, and dive into a world where algorithms and machine learning blend seamlessly with your creative thoughts.

In September 2023, the researchers affiliated with JOYWORLD entered a phase of restricted communication, veiling their activities within a clandestine laboratory environment. Stringent surveillance measures were implemented, precluding external access and resulting in a cessation of updates regarding their ongoing scientific inquiries.

Join me in exploring the creation of Wild! I'll share the steps and tools used in bringing this unique JOY to life, and also delve into the reasons behind the JOY.

Unfazed by the illusions of reality, Wild blurs the realms between a technologist and horticulturist.

Dive into the creative journey of bringing Furbinator to life in JOYWORLD!

Eyes wide and luminous, the seemingly innocent and helpful Furbinator becomes increasingly obsessed with you, observing your every move.

JOYWORLD, the vibrant and dynamic universe of JOYs created by the visionary artist John Orion Young (JOY), today announced a groundbreaking update to its website, joy.world.

The JOYWORLD Scramblers hatching will be a revolutionary innovation capturing the greatness of the next big thing for an epic transformation unlocking the future of a new era of mind-blowing possibilities, reimagined for a thrill of a lifetime.

Rumors have circulated regarding Scramblers ever since their discovery within JOYWORLD.This paper aims to systematically acknowledge and address these conjectures through a rigorous scientific lens.

Drop into 'A Dream of JOY', an artwork by John Orion Young. This work captures the energy and creativity of artist JOY as he dreamt while sculpting in Virtual Reality live from his hotel bed in the middle of The Crypt Gallery’s art show at the Dream Hotel, NFT NYC 2023.

JOYWORLD, the fantastical digital multiverse created by renowned artist John Orion Young (JOY), is celebrating five years since minting the first JOYWORLD Contract and the initial JOYs!

JOYWORLD Top Scientists and Egg-ceptional Eggtitionists Reveal First Findings on JOYWORLD Scramblers.

NFT NYC 2023 – For JOY, creativity is not just a passion, it's a way of life. JOY is always working, always dreaming up new worlds, new experiences, new ways to bring joy and wonder into the world. And at the recent JOY Works event at Studio 368 during NFT NYC, guests had the opportunity to witness this pursuit firsthand.

NFT NYC 2023 - Last night, the NFT realm was graced with the euphoric presence of the one and only JOY. The artist and sculptor, known for pushing the boundaries of art creation and experience, hosted a dreamy and surreal event at the Crypt Gallery in the Dream Hotel Downtown NYC. And let's just say, it was a JOYful experience.

One day, in the bustling world of JOY's art studio, an astonishing event unfolded. JOY, the renowned artist and visionary creator of JOYWORLD, had just stepped out for a brief moment. When he returned, he discovered an astounding surprise awaiting him.

Greetings, curious collectors! I'm excited to share some intriguing speculation about what could be hidden within JOYWORLD's Scramblers. As we all know, each Scrambler is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, meticulously crafted with its unique design and personality. But what secrets lie within these beguiling creations?

Welcome to JOYWORLD's Scramblers, the most egg-citing and egg-quisite NFT event in the metaverse! Prepare to be whisked away into a world of wonder, JOY, and imagination as you discover and collect these uniquely crafted virtual eggs.

Discover a new dimension of JOYWORLD, where the joyous art of John Orion Young (JOY) comes to life in the form of JOYsmilies, JOY’s first series of 10,000 collectibles.

Collect Pet Artist and gain the magic to keep JOY with you like a pet.

JOY is the Goat is a collection of 555 unique NFTs, created in collobration by contemporary artist John Orion Young, aka JOY and Gary Vaynerchuk.

Charging and stretching up and down the rocky uncharted charts, Bear-a-Bull is two frenemies locked together into a continuous circle playing intensely for all of time.

Wanted in many wild galaxies out west, CowJOY roams across the meta frontiers and wanders down digital trails where only the most untamable JOYs travel.

Amongst all the doom and gloom of the latest (but almost certainly not last) big crypto crash, it’s easy to lose sight of what art is about: joy. John Orion Young (JOY) is the mastermind behind JOYWORLD, a collection all about making you smile, no matter how bleak the world might seem. And we could all use a bit of that, right?

JOY is a Cockroach has always existed and persists to exist through all environments and conditions.

JOY had an incredible opportunity to collaborate with music legend Jimmy Buffett, and their combined efforts brought JOYWORLD's artwork to the forefront during the Flip Side tour.

JOYWORLD, the vibrant and playful brand known for JOY, and JOYtoy NFTs, has teamed up with internationally-recognized graphic design team Berger & Föhr to launch a new website.

Since the conception of art, many paintings, drawings, and sculptures have existed in the physical world. As technology has advanced, so have the ways for making and experiencing art.

The JOYWORLD Portal series is a game-changer for the NFT art world and John Orion Young's art. With only 11 editions available, the excitement was palpable as the auction for "JOYWORLD Portal, Sandstone Headland" opened on the Flow Blockchain through Versus.

This is a documentary/vlog about my road trip to Oregon to meet John Orion Young, the founder of JOYWorld and first artist to put 3D art on the blockchain in 2018.

Edited from over 50 interviews with the leading creators, innovators, collectors and investors from across NFT world during 2021.

A quick dive into JOYs early art life, JOYWORLD’s beginnings, and an introduction to the first artwork in the JOYWORLD Portal series and the first to be minted on the Flow Blockchain.

Sliming through the cosmic verses on a thick slick of meta-melting-mucus, The Persistence of Time glides to its own steady and stealthy beat.

New York, NY - Attention all NFT enthusiasts, tech geeks, and flower children: prepare to be awestruck by the latest masterpiece to hit the virtual art world. Power Flower, hand-sculpted in virtual reality by renowned artist John Orion Young, has finally made landfall at Dreamverse, produced by Metapurse.

In its latest video exploring the exciting world of NFTs, Adobe has put JOY and JOYWORLD at center stage, highlighting the incredible impact they're making on the digital art world.

JOYbot, the second 3D sculpture ever minted on the blockchain and a companion for Original JOY, was auctioned off at Sotheby's as part of JOY Collector Pranksy's collection for the Sotheby's Metaverse Natively Digital 1.2 The Collectors show. On October 26, 2021, JOYbot was sold for $252,000 USD to Kaprekar (@kaprekar_punk), marking the third JOY to sell for over six figures.

Get ready to party with a smile on your face, as JOY joins forces with the wild and wacky world of Party Degenerates. JOY has created a 3D "Smiley" trait, randomly generated onto the Party Degenerate avatars, making the party even more absurd and hilarious.

It was a historic moment in the world of JOYs as Crypto-louvre, sold the one-of-a-kind JOY, Begin Again Ganesha, for a whopping 75 ETH, amounting to a six-figure sale in USD ($213,815.25 at the time of sale). The lucky collector, Jeff32 (@jeff964), couldn't contain his excitement about his latest acquisition.

Attention JOY Collectors, hold onto your hats and prepare for a wild ride into a new realm of reality! JOYWORLD, the digital multiverse full of JOY, has just launched JOYvision, an Augmented Reality experience that will take your JOY experience to the next level.

In a groundbreaking moment for JOYWORLD, the highly anticipated JOYtoy No.9: JOYblock sold out in an astonishing 10 minutes after being listed for a mere 0.001 ETH. This is the approximate price that the first JOYs were sold for back in 2018, and this latest release is a nostalgic nod to the early days of JOYWORLD.

The Museum of Crypto Art (MOCA) has just made history by acquiring a JOY, a unique and innovative NFT, for their permanent Genesis Collection. This subset of the MOCA Permanent Collection will feature only one artwork per artist who made a positive impact on the NFT space prior to December 2020.

Big-headed DJ and baker the daWublr mixes up the sweetest beats and hottest treats.

In early April, my phone buzzed, and to my surprise, it was Jimmy Buffett on Facetime. It felt like we were old friends from the start. Intrigued, I accepted his invitation to visit his Los Angeles studio, where the magic of his music would meet my artistic vision.

JOY expands the multiverse of JOYWORLD with its first collaborative artwork released on SuperRare. JOYWORLD has teamed up with the dynamic duo, DABSMYLA, to create a hand sculpted flower garden video.

One of the most fascinating aspects of NFT technology is the creation of digital provenance. We now have a transparent and immutable ledger at our fingertips with a record of exactly who did what and when — from the earliest explorers of new frontiers to the latest converts to mint their genesis pieces.

In a stunning turn of events, MetaEvm, a new JOY Collector, has acquired Unicorn Fart, a one-of-a-kind JOY hand-sculpted in virtual reality by renowned artist John Orion Young. The sale, conducted by none other than the founder of Uniswap, Hayden Adams, saw Unicorn Fart fetch an astonishing 128 ETH, equaling $236,632 at the time of sale. This historic transaction marks the highest JOY sale to date and sets a new benchmark for the potential of JOYs and NFTs in the future.

The Franny Fanny JOYtoy, the first NFT created by a JOY, made history today with its incredible speed of selling out. With only 99 editions available, the Franny Fanny JOYtoy was snapped up by collectors in a matter of hours, setting a new standard for NFT sales.

One part designer, two parts botanist, Franny weaves together the power of nature and the love of fashion to develop radical new styles.

Imperfectly perfect, FlameGo has undergone drastic body modifications in an effort to reach a state of balanced imbalance.

"JOY is an artist who sculpts digital art inside a VR headset. Listen along as we uncover his journey as an artist, learn about some of his daily routines, how he feels crypto can unleash new possibilities for creators and everything you need to know about the exciting new virtual world that he's building!"

In a surprise move, JOYWORLD has launched its new custom contract for limited edition JOYtoys and gifted all current and past JOY collectors with the first JOYtoy, 2020 Vision of JOY. This includes all Ethereum addresses that had ever held a JOY, even those from the original JOYWORLD hot-potato contract that had only held a JOY for a few seconds before it was stolen.

JOYWORLD introduces its exclusive smart contract for limited edition JOYtoys!

With a stomp from the past to the enduring motion of now.

Scrambling across the earth on eight slimy tongues, Patches, is the one lurking under your bed in the dead of night.

Flowger is a frog that swallowed a smiley and blossomed into a beautiful unbothered flower.

Twirling round with many rolling rainbow eyeballs and dripped with trippy sticky color changing mood slime, Jumpy is a channel to bring energies and ideas to the surface.

Oozy is the JOY flower of happiness, optimism, enlightenment, creativity, and sunshine.

What is reality anyway?

The omniscient, optically alluding, omnibus skims and scoops up lost JOYs floating around the many verses of JOYWORLD. 

Fully energized by it's potent lava-heart infused engine, Monster Whale will make any trip feel like an ambitious thrill ride into the abyss! 

Party in the front, business in the back

Once an overworked surf instructor, Squiddish took a trip to get help from Doctor Guki, PhD.

Bubble Bubble, Doug the Slug, Swervy, and Star Drop!

Three new incredible JOYs from the Sea of JOY! Welcome Pufty, Hypno Ray, and Marbles!

Imagine sculpting and painting an idea out of thin air. Join contemporary artist John Orion Young (JOY) to discover immersive creativity in this time of immersive computing.

Endless possibilities — the JOYWORLD Sea Air & Land (SAL) Horse will empower you to explore parts of the metaverse that you've never experienced!

The hard headed, soft hearted JOY known as Hammer, is a body building and bio modding, fiercely meditative beast.

Gargantuan ethereal spirit and guardian of the JOYWORLD sea, JOYlly Jelly is dripping in tentacles armed with stinging smiley's and gelatinous jelly daisies.

JOYWORLD is a different reality where everyone and thing is conspiring to make you feel JOYful and creative. Most people who visit JOYWORLD for too long get pronoia, constantly feeling like the universe is conspiring in their favor.

Welcome Sid Viscous to JOYWORLD!

The Remainder is the one who remains.

An intergalactic hitchhiker on a mission to troll everyone with JOY

When the Pentagon officially released the UFO videos, we were set free from our NDA to disclose Polly.

When fully inflated, Inflatable Rat King is a squishy beastly jumbo JOY!

Welcome the newest JOY, The Magic JOY Bus! 

Former Adobe AR resident, John Orion Young started going by his initials JOY to put some more positivity out into the world with his art. See how he sets his work free with Adobe Aero.

Welcome Megg and Gregg to JOYWORLD!

PeekaJOY is an electric lover of everything electrified with JOY.

Welcome Big Peep to JOYWORLD!

Welcome Power Flower to JOYWORLD!

Welcome Clawdia to JOYWORLD!

Welcome Psilo Cy Benny to JOYWORLD!

Welcome TriJOYatops to JOYWORLD!

Welcome Doctor Guki to JOYWORLD!

Welcome Moonie to JOYWORLD!

JOY x Evil Emojis, the very first collaboration in the JOYx series, launches with one of JOYWORLD’s very first Collectors EvilVoxels.

Introducing the JOYx series, where JOY and their artist friends come together to create magical and unique collaborative artworks.

Welcome ButterFlutter to JOYWORLD!

Welcome Small Fry to JOYWORLD!

Welcome The Fry Cult to JOYWORLD!

Welcome Spacey to JOYWORLD!