OTO, who works under the handle Otograf, makes pixel-based digital art centered on MIMI, a character presented across collections as an in-universe life form.,The MIMI mythology spans collections released on Ethereum, Avalanche and Bitcoin Ordinals, alongside merchandise sold through Uniqlo's UTme! platform and Japanese print-on-demand shops.OTO has also released standalone generative work such as Polylith, whose shifting cube forms record how each piece is viewed.
MIMI 33 Monoliths, released on Avalanche, presents 33 pieces described as ancient ruins left behind by MIMI.The MIMI character also appears across MIMIMATES, MIMIxMETA, MIMIBITS and MIMI Pass on Ethereum, and MIMI KO on KnownOrigin, alongside a Discord community called MIMI BASE. Beyond MIMI, OTO has released pixel-based collections including Hello Pixel Eyes and TinySpookies, and shows work in a dedicated virtual gallery, OTO SPACE, built on oncyber.
On Bitcoin, OTO released work through the Ordinals platform Gamma in September 2024, an edition capped at 2,784 pieces claimable by holders of Gamma's Summer Pass.Polylith (2025), also released through Gamma, centers on a cube-based form called a Lith that evolves through observation and interaction with blockchain data. Each inscription functions as a record where past and future intersect, revealing different forms depending on when and how it is viewed.Announcing a two-day Verse Works auction of Entropy, OTO called it “a very challenging piece” to make.
