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DISCLAIMER: I'm a graphic artist / cartoonist, who has dabbled in posting a few NFTs on OpenSea and sold absolutely nothing, even when I've pitched pieces at th
by Normille 5y ago
DISCLAIMER: I'm a graphic artist / cartoonist, who has dabbled in posting a few NFTs on OpenSea and sold absolutely nothing, even when I've pitched pieces at the equivalent of £10 or £20. So my comments are most likely flavoured with a healthy pinch of 'begrudgery'.
What I can't understand about the NFTs that seem hugely popular [Crypto Punks being a fine example] is that:
A: There is often little or no artistic talent involved in making them. I mean Crypto Punks are just sub- 1980s Sinclair Spectrum level pixel art
B: The collections are huge [10.000 for Crypto Punks, I've read]. So where's the exclusivity in owning one?
C: Such huge collections cannot be hand-made so are obviously churned out by some automated computer process. So where does the feeling you own a piece of 'art' created by an 'artist' come in?
Yet Crypto Punks and their ilk sell in massive numbers for insane amounts of [albeit virtual] money. Whilst actual real artwork, produced individually [as opposed to being spat out by an automated script] by real talented artists [and yes, I do modestly include myself in that number!] garner nor interest whatsoever.