Can NFT art be anything?
Many artists are wondering if NFT art will be a fad that goes away. With the surge in NFT art collectors and interest from big names like Gary Vaynerchuk, this is a legitimate question. Some NFTs feel like sketches (GaryVee), others dig deep into the psyche. Either way, who can truly judge what should sell when NFTs open up the field for anyone to sell creative work?
Before 2022 traditional art captivated collectors and raked in high prices. Now digital art rivals traditional art in sales. Many artists are asking, “Can NFT art be anything?” The short answer is YES.
If you can imagine it, then it’s probably being created as an NFT already. This was my approach when I started thinking about ideas for an NFT project I genuinely wanted to devote a year to developing. It’s a year long commitment. But back to the question at hand….
NFT art can be anything you imagine or create. Artists sell watercolor paintings, digital art, animated graphics, logos, video game characters, parcels of land, and even real life artwork as NFTs. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean their art is selling. While I encourage my students in the NFT Crash Course to create work that is different from other NFT artists, both imaginative and new. I cover a whole list of the different types of work I see in the NFT space currently.
I recommend doing relevant research about your niche. Every artist participates in a specific category, discipline, or medium of art. Doing proper research will place you in the right NFT marketplace. Even photography can sell as an NFT if it’s done correctly.
If you’re a fine artist looking to learn more about how to make your art into an NFT, I have a course here. I help students to plan, research, and create their first collection in the NFT Crash Course. It’s an affordable course that will teach you everything you need to know including how to set up your first wallet and mint your first NFT. If you’re not ready for a course, I am a guest writer for enter.art, and I have an article walking traditional artists through the process of how to make their first NFT.
If you’re a fine artist looking to learn more about how to make your art into an NFT, I have a course here. I help students to plan, research, and create their first collection in the NFT Crash Course. It’s an affordable course that will teach you everything you need to know including how to set up your first wallet and mint your first NFT. If you’re not ready for a course, I am a guest writer for enter.art, and I have an article walking traditional artists through the process of how to make their first NFT.
What makes NFT art successful?
NFT art created for fun can make money. You’ve probably heard the stories about the teenage kid who created a collection of NFTs and got rich from his collection selling. Not every NFT project sees success. Most successful collections require a few ingredients: Research — strategic placement — and community building. If you work on building a following around your art, then your art is more likely to sell.
Research and Making Your NFT Project Stand Out
The competition for NFT sales is stiff. Twitter spaces hosts NFT talks daily. Groups of people chat on Twitter about their projects hoping to snag the interest of a collector. It’s important to think about how your work is different, how you can drag in a following, and what it will take for your project to stand out. If you search on twitter #NFTspaces, you will find a lot of people posting about NFT creation, groups, meetups, and communities creating value. I recommend to my students checking out the activity in these groups and doing research to see if someone else is doing your idea already. I began with branding my project, something I talk about extensively in my course. I went through the steps for trademarking my NFT project “Endangered NFTs” so that no one else can publish a project under that name, purchasing a domain, registering all of the social media accounts, and securing the name of various platforms. This allowed me to publish my collection exclusively with enter.art. I recommend doing this because more people will want to collaborate with you when they realize your work is one of a kind.
If you want a hands on walk through, I provide that in my NFT Crash Course. You can find more video content on my Youtube channel and in my Gab community designed for artists. Join us for free in the Gab community if you are an artist or aspiring artist and want to be a part of a positive and creatively uplifting community.
