-Guys, this is exciting.
I'm about to bring out a very special guest.
He's a groundbreaking digital artist
whose works have sold for over $100 million.
He's currently working on a project called "Everydays,"
where he's been making one piece of digital art every single day.
And yesterday marked the 15th anniversary
of when he first started.
Here to talk about it, give it up for Beeple,
ladies and gentlemen.
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪
It's nice to see you. Beeple.
-Hey. -Thank you for being here.
-Thank you for having me.
-I want to talk to you about "Everydays,"
this project "Everydays."
Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of it
to when you first started it.
What was your goal when you started this 15 years ago?
-Yeah, it started on May 1, 2007.
So it's been a sec here. But I just wanted to get better.
And I started out doing drawings,
and they were not very good.
And I wanted to get better at it,
and that's why I'm still doing it today.
I still really want to get better.
-We have your first one. -Alright, okay.
-This is your first one that you've done there.
Yeah, that's "Uber Jay." -See? There you go.
I mean, you can see why I would want to improve.
-Yeah. I think that's fine.
I mean, and then, that's that,
but then here's the one you did yesterday.
Ooh. -Slightly better.
-Well, see?
Look at the reaction from the audience.
-Wow! [ Cheers and applause ]
You go from "Uber Jay" --
Uber Jay, by the way, was that your uncle?
-Uncle Jim, yeah. He's gotten some airtime here.
-Yeah, he has some airtime here.
But, so, yeah, you have been getting better
and doing crazier stuff.
Well, you haven't made today's drawing yet.
-I have not.
-And this is an idea that we had last time we saw each other,
and I go, "Can we pull this off?"
Tonight, you're going to create it for us during the show.
-Yep. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Now, how does this work?
How can we help? Do you have a screen?
What do you have? A light pen? Do you have a...
-So, I do have a computer back there.
And I start from scratch each day.
But what I do have is, I have a 3-D model of your head
that was made to me by my buddy Raf, and --
-Do I know Raf? -Raf Grassetti.
-Is Raf a fan of mine? -He's a fan. He's a fan.
-Okay, good. -Yeah.
And, so, we've got a 3-D model and we've got all these
different sort of, like, objects that we can use to kind of,
like, fill out the scene.
So it's kind of like having a bunch of toys
that we can kind of, like, place to, like, make a picture.
So, I was actually looking for you to kind of, like,
come up with some sort of, like, suggestions of what
you think the picture should be today.
-Well, it's "The Tonight Show." We make a lot of people laugh.
We -- Also, a lot of people fall asleep to our show.
-Okay. We'll see if we can put that into the picture.
-Our logo is the moon, the "Tonight Show" moon.
So you could do something on the moon, maybe.
-Moon, people sleeping, laughing.
-That kind of sums up our show. -Your face.
-Yeah. -Your face.
-My face.
Yeah, it kind of sums up my face, yeah.
Yeah, or anything like that. And, also, it's spring.
Anything else? -Flowers.
-Flowers? -Shout out things.
-Flowers! -Flowers. Okay.
[ Indistinct shouting ]
-Did you say "mace"?
No, I don't know -- Mace? What is that?
-The Roots! -Jester, jester.
-A jester? -Jester, okay.
-Ooh, interesting. -Cherry blossoms, jester.
We got a couple things to work with.
-Yeah, we got some things to work with here.
-A couple things. -Alright, perfect.
Now, so, when you do this, how long does it normally take?
-It usually takes about two hours.
-Okay, we don't have that tonight.
-We do not have two hours. -No.
-We do not have two hours.
-So you're just gonna go and just get in there.
And we're going to be checking in.
Okay, you have a room with a thing.
If you need anything from me, let me know, okay, bud?
-Okay, we got it? -Alright, Beeple right there.
Good luck. [ Cheers and applause ]
Alright, Beeple's going off. Go, go, go, go!
We're going to check in with him throughout the show
and see how he's doing.
And then, at the end of the show,
we're going to unveil Beeple's latest "Everydays" piece.
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Can't wait to see what he comes up with.
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♪ Legendary, hard-workin' ♪
♪ Dance ♪
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-Welcome back.
Should we check in with Beeple really quick
and just see -- Is he at work?
Beeple, are you -- Can you -- Yeah, you're at work.
Can you give us taste of what it is or not really?
-Uh, I an give you a taste. I don't if you want a taste --
-Alright, maybe I don't want a taste right now.
Alright, hold on. Let's just go. I'll start the show.
Here we go. ♪♪
♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
Welcome back, everybody.
We're joined by one of the most innovative digital artists
out there, Beeple, right here.
Now, during the show,
you made a brand-new piece of digital art for us.
How did it go, by the way? -Well...
-Uh-oh.
-This is usually a little quicker
than I'm used to working.
I haven't done that many pieces on "The Tonight Show,"
so this is definitely a little new for me.
-Yeah, well, I don't think anyone's ever done this
on television before, to make a brand-new
piece of art during the show, so thank you for doing this.
Now, what are you going to call this piece?
-Um...I don't know.
I'm going to be honest.
I just made it literally like 10 minutes ago.
-Oh, yeah. So, think about the name.
-We'll think about the name. -Alright, yeah.
Now, before we pull this off and reveal,
are we going to be friends after this?
[ Laughter ]
-I think we will, but I would like to point out,
you were the one that said people sleep through the show.
I did not say that.
-No, no, eventually, they go to sleep.
-Okay, okay. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.
It's what it is. -Eventually, yeah.
Alright, here we go. [ Drumroll ]
It is time for the big reveal.
In honor of the 15th anniversary of his "Everydays" series,
here's Beeple's latest piece, titled -- I don't know --
"Late Night Sleep."
I have no idea.
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-You got the people sleeping in there.
-Hopefully they're sleeping. Oh, my God. A giant head.
Dude, this is wild.
Well, you've got the moon in there, though.
-We got the moon. We got the cherry blossoms.
-You got the cherry blossoms. -People sleeping.
-This is what people wanted. -You're smiling.
-I am smiling. I love this. Beeple, this is a work of art.
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪
Congratulations.
I can't wait to see what you do in the next 15 years.
There's Beeple right there. Beeple.
-Thank you, guys. Thank you.
-My thanks to Norman Reedus, Paula Pell, The Linda Lindas.
Beeple once again. I love it.