When I first saw people start posting #5tezcollections last week I knew I had to do one for a few reasons:&#x20;

-   The idea was started in response to the [Tezos foundation offering 5 xtz](https://freetez.tezos.com/) to anyone that spent over \$100 in Ethereum gas fees in the past 6 months. ETH Gas fees were what brought me to Tezos over a year ago after quickly realizing that spending several dollars per transaction was neither tenable nor desirable for me.
-   Finding great art that’s only a few cents is one of my favourite things about the Tezos marketplaces, like going through a thrift or record store and finding a few things you like amongst all of the clutter.
-   I’m always on a fairly small limited budget and trying not to spend all my tez in the first few days after reloading.
-   I love discovering new artists, and a random challenge like this is a great way to do just that.

# #goals

My goal for this collection was to collect as much quality art as possible from a wide variety of artists, styles and media to show that not only can you collect a lot of art for only 5 tez, but you can also find a lot of **quality** art that suits your personal tastes. Everything in this collection caught my eye or my attention for one reason or another; nothing was added as filler. I was able to collect generative art (long-form, short-form, and params-based), AI art, Illustration, photography, motion/animated art, interactive art, art with audio, vintage propaganda art, a 1/1, and even a “right click save” NFT of the Mona Lisa herself to top it all off!

# Strategy

I set a rough ceiling of 0.5 xtz per item and got started with a handful of pieces on fxhash. Using the search filter makes it easy to look for potential projects by setting the **Price** range from **0 - 0.5 xtz** and the **Mint progress** to **On going** and sorting by **Price (low to high)**.

![](ipfs://Qmc5LBk8AgGhSYwguUHGcWKSwJDMWnDRGUY31WMHe4KtD4)

After that I headed over to OBJKT and did basically the same thing: sorting 0 - 0.5xtz and the collection to either [hic et nunc](https://objkt.com/explore/tokens/1?priceRange=0,0.5\&faContracts=KT1RJ6PbjHpwc3M5rw5s2Nbmefwbuwbdxton\&sort=lowest_ask\:asc) or [Versum Items](https://objkt.com/explore/tokens/1?priceRange=0,0.5\&faContracts=KT1LjmAdYQCLBjwv4S2oFkEzyHVkomAf5MrW\&sort=lowest_ask\:asc), sorting by **Price: low to high** and then scrolling through dozens of pages (or entering random page numbers in the URL) until something caught my eye and got added to the collection.

![](ipfs://QmdWGRHvGWxWSd5UMkaNdoLRhtd2kAG7z7m6kyNHgUczca)

One thing I really love about web3 is being able to creep through people’s wallets to see what else they have collected—it reminds me of the early Napster/Limewire days where you could look though other people’s music folders to discover new stuff from people that had similar tastes.

![](ipfs://QmcX3Z6uLPshqrQVfqdnL9iA3NooSN8bnTpP58ZSt3Ni3D)

This challenge has opened my eyes to the idea of creating a large low-cost open edition piece as a self promotion / gift for future collectors to find [my work](https://objkt.com/profile/fauxjebus/created).

I encourage you to check out my fauxFive gallery and click on anything that catches your eye — it’s probably still available for almost free. Thanks to fx(hash), OBJKT, the Tezos Foundation, and everyone in the price discussion channel that made #5tezcollection a thing.

# &#x20;      [View fauxFive gallery.so](https://gallery.so/fauxFive)

Here are a few select pieces from the collection.

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![Yes by halcyan](ipfs://QmPgcZXzttsNF2uXrgu12twMH3ZAbZ8UK8DrtHm4XpQrNK)

![Joy of Lust I by NFPics](ipfs://Qmczb9jyLmoUa2iqTidRRg4R2mQAUg7UbvsAL7u25jYiKW)

![Floating in some leaking bath by Anonymous](ipfs://QmVk1Feb4etktcc8YHUNdfdNbsk7RyWNLFXaZfbyVvwNZ9)

![unvalidated by Anonymous](ipfs://QmYNS2JjLCEptoTg599UM9MUU9f7Gnyqgo3ZELeQy8C4cB)

![The Conqueror by Maro](ipfs://Qmc4mdwxaDijy8S3XryqhbbAuvd88Kzs76noxK6KxbcVbb)

![💎🗝▄▂▀▇ ╲SE by DJKERO](ipfs://QmTKh9LWi34wSoqhioi6fznhN9D2683GWSb8VoWSCBJH8C)

![Paperhand by  Anonymous](ipfs://QmaKLJ7thVrpF5Yza7KCrMBem1Qevn2GteoSAdf5QRDJy7)

![Luscious Paint 05 by Ali Chevalier](ipfs://QmVLS8AsqLsjyoRmjL7wEbn8n62EXDNskt2845wkLDs8U8)

![⚪️ P E T A L ⚪️ by jlove](ipfs://QmdLaanuXicoLdUiJaJYWJCwZYVe6tNqZ4cnseQrGPt8Fk)

# &#x20; [:: fauxFive collection on OBJKT ::](https://objkt.com/profile/tz1WyxFYtrsZhSJVoDueyYETbFKrd2tTxM6Q/owned)

Thank you for reading. You can follow me on [twitter](https://twitter.com/fauxjebus) or [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/fauxjebus/) @fauxjebus.


#5tezcollection of fauxjebus featuring 61 pieces of art in a variety of styles and media.

Generative Art Director & collector. Advertising background, learning to code. Easygoing Canadian dude from the early 80’s.

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