{"id":17527,"date":"2023-10-20T21:41:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T01:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/nft-creator-cointelegraph-magazine-3\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T21:41:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T01:41:09","slug":"nft-creator-cointelegraph-magazine-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/nft-creator-cointelegraph-magazine-3\/","title":{"rendered":"NFT Creator \u2013 Cointelegraph Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: hidden;\">\n<p><strong>A self-proclaimed jack of all trades and master of none, OSF has become a prolific figure in the non-fungible token world in just over two years, trading his former life at Barclay\u2019s to focus full-time on web3, his digital art pursuits, his PFP project Rekt Guy and living the life of a degen collector.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The self-deprecating 34-year-old Englishman has a Swiss army knife of skills suited for a modern world of creating digital objects \u2014 being a self-taught coder, understanding internet culture, with an ability to capture attention and not take himself too seriously.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While he wears many hats, OSF, the artist, has been featured at Sotheby\u2019s and has sold multiple pieces for six figures. He describes himself most as an artist and project founder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it really tough to classify myself as one thing or another, but it\u2019s certainly a question I get asked quite a bit. I do have periods where I\u2019m more focused on certain things like trading but overall, an artist and project founder is the way I would describe myself,\u201d OSF tells NFT Creator.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate the idea of constraining myself to one thing. I think it\u2019s just probably a problem I have in life. My attention gets easily captured by anything really and as you probably can guess, I have ADD and all that kind of stuff. I do feel that I just enjoy lots of different aspects of the [web3] space, and I kind of want to be a part of it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image7.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image7-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image7.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image7.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u201cDinner\u201d by OSF. (SuperRare)\u00a0<\/em><br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While initially a crypto skeptic, OSF cut his teeth in early 2021 when he bought some Bitcoin, but it was his good friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rektmando\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mando<\/a> who provided the nudge required for OSF to truly catch the NFT curiosity bug.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t long until he found himself applying his past decade of experience as a trader in traditional finance to this new emerging asset class of NFTs. Originally minting 150 Bored Apes (0.08 ETH each) in late April 2021, OSF sold most of them about a week later for five times the mint price but remained a large Ape holder, teaming up with Mando in September 2021 to combine their collections.<\/p>\n<p>The duo made headlines in February 2023, selling around 70 Apes at a healthy clip of 78 ETH each into Blur bids as liquidity rushed back into NFTs after Blur Season 1\u2019s airdrop occurred. Apes\u2019 current floor price sits at 26.7 ETH, with NFT prices being down for most collections since that iconic trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not like we were bearish on Apes. We weren\u2019t even really bearish on NFTs at this point in time. I know it now looks like a great trade, but I\u2019d be lying if I said at that point in time, I think NFTs are going to go to where they are now. I didn\u2019t really see that; I only think that became clear later on,\u201d OSF says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn our old jobs, if someone could tell you you\u2019ve made all this money, but you still have all this risk, and you can clean up that risk in two trades and just take the money, you\u2019d do it. You wouldn\u2019t think twice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-crypto-culture-nostalgia-and-xcopy\"><strong>Crypto culture, nostalgia and XCOPY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In a similar vein to the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/crypto-art-pioneer-upload-brain-internet-live-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Josie Bellini<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/rich-rekt-rich-again-nft-creator-trevor-jones-right-royal-nfts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Jones<\/a>, OSF has leaned into crypto culture with a passion for nostalgia that shines through his work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is exemplified by his art and <a href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/collection\/rektguy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Rekt Guy<\/a>, his PFP collection launched in May 2022, shortly after the demise of Terra. Rekt Guy, a collection of approximately 8,800, was a free mint that saw its floor run up as most other PFPs went the opposite way. The floor still sits at 0.47 ETH.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"adv-banner adbutler-ad adbutler-ad__desktop\">\n<div class=\"container\"><!-- 1456x180 [img] --><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/go2\/;ID=169476;size=728x90;setID=601214;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fdigital-artist-osf-nft-creator%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img src=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/adserve\/;ID=169476;size=728x90;setID=601214;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fdigital-artist-osf-nft-creator%2F;type=img\"\/><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/adserve\/;ID=169476;size=728x90;setID=601214;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fdigital-artist-osf-nft-creator%2F;type=img\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"adv-banner adbutler-ad adbutler-ad__mobile\">\n<div class=\"container\"><!-- 600x500 [img] --><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/go2\/;ID=169476;size=300x250;setID=601213;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fdigital-artist-osf-nft-creator%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img src=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/adserve\/;ID=169476;size=300x250;setID=601213;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fdigital-artist-osf-nft-creator%2F;type=img\"\/><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/adserve\/;ID=169476;size=300x250;setID=601213;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fdigital-artist-osf-nft-creator%2F;type=img\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI really like nostalgia and capturing moments over time. I\u2019m the sort of person who looks through my photos from 10 years ago just to see what I was doing then. I\u2019ve organized my music into quarterly playlists. I have 2008 Q1, 2008 Q2 and so on. I\u2019ve done that since 2008 Q1, so it\u2019s been 15+ years now,\u201d says OSF.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhen I listen to a playlist from, say, seven years ago, I can remember what I was doing at this time. I really like that idea of nostalgia and capturing moments and looking back on it. I think art is a fantastic way to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"638\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1-100x100.jpg 100w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u201cRekt Guy 4214\u201d by OSF. (OpenSea)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a fellow Brit, OSF said XCOPY\u2019s style of art and his ability to capture culture have played a significant role in his own creation process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say XCOPY is definitely an inspiration \u2014 obviously, the style of the art but also the ideologies I love. I love looking at his pieces through 2020. They\u2019re very British pieces that you wouldn\u2019t really get unless you were living in the U.K. during COVID-19; maybe the Aussies would, too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI think that that\u2019s what I love. That\u2019s what art is. It\u2019s like when you see something and just really connect with it and get it. I think pieces that can capture culture in moments in time end up being the ones that are iconic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWith my art, I think I just recognized that, and I saw that\u2019s how XCOPY did it. I guess I wanted to do the same thing, and half of it was because I thought it could be successful. But half of it was really just for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-red-lite-district-commitment-till-i-die\"><strong>Red Lite District commitment till I die<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>OSF loves to experiment, and for holders of his collection, the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/collection\/osf-rld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Red Lite District,\u201d<\/a> it comes with a \u201ctill the day I die\u201d commitment, with OSF promising a new piece of art every single month until his time on earth concludes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The story behind RLD, an edition of 210 NFTs becoming an airdrop ticket to free art, involves his brother-in-law, who really liked what would become the first airdropped piece: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/assets\/ethereum\/0xc23a563a26afff06e945ace77173e1568f288ce5\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Fuck Cash Grabs<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>OSF wasn\u2019t as bullish on the piece initially but was inspired to create it off the back of many \u201cNFT cash grabs,\u201d such as <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/nifty-news-one-nft-per-human-in-existence-and-the-pixelmon-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Pixelmon<\/a>. His brother-in-law\u2019s praise eventually convinced him to release the piece, but instead of selling it, he decided to airdrop it to everyone who held an RLD.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image6-300x227.jpg 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image6.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image6-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u201cRed Lite District\u201d by OSF. Source: OpenSea<\/em><br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfter a couple of days of the first piece [Fuck Cash Grabs] being airdropped, I was like, wow, the price of this piece is almost the same as the price of the Red Lite District. I thought it would literally just be one of those things that was worth zero. People really valued it, and I thought that was really powerful,\u201d says OSF.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where I thought I would just do it as a monthly thing for anyone that holds an RLD edition. After I airdropped the second piece, \u201cProfessional Degen 3,\u201d which is really good and was supposed to be a 1 of 1, I think that\u2019s the point where people realized. They were like, \u2018Oh shit, this RLD should be worth quite a lot\u2019 because you\u2019re going to get this stream of cool art.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-suggest\">\n<p>Read also<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-suggest__items\">\n<div class=\"article-suggest__item\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/cryptos-critics-can-fud-ever-be-healthy\/\" class=\"article-suggest__subtitle display4\"><br \/>\n                            <span>Features<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Crypto critics: Can FUD ever be useful?<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"article-suggest__item\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/laws-taxes-apply-nfts-metaverse\/\" class=\"article-suggest__subtitle display4\"><br \/>\n                            <span>Features<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Crazy outcomes when current laws applied to NFTs and the metaverse<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the commitment of art forever to RLD holders in April 2022, OSF continues to get asked if he can really keep that promise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have zero doubt in my mind if I can keep it going or not. I don\u2019t feel like creating a new piece every month is a strain on me; I really enjoy it. I have hundreds of ideas written down, and it\u2019s probably my favorite part of the month. And it\u2019s also my favorite way to release art because [when] contrasted with a 1 of 1 or an edition, there\u2019s an expectation. For example, what price will it sell for? Will the edition sell out? Have you looked after your collectors and all that kind of stuff,\u201d OSF tells NFT Creator.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t guarantee that when I\u2019m 105, the quality of my art is going to be as good as it is now; who knows? Going back to the nostalgia thing, I love that in 10 years\u2019 time, I\u2019m going to look through seasons one and two of airdrops. Right now, in season two, it is so early, but I\u2019m going to be able to look back on all these things, and it\u2019ll be like a monthly document of either my life or the crypto space or whatever it is that I\u2019ve drawn for the rest of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-an-early-morning-gym-session-to-sotheby-s\"><strong>From an early morning gym session to Sotheby\u2019s<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>OSF has hundreds of art ideas in notes but loves the spontaneous nature that art can bring out of him, like the piece he did titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/buy\/auction\/2022\/natively-digital-relics-ii\/carnaby-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Carnaby Street<\/a>,\u201d which ended up selling at Sotheby\u2019s for $75,600 in December 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe origins of \u201cCarnaby Street\u201d is a great example of how things often happen in the moment for me. I rocked up to a Barry\u2019s boot camp class and turned up too early. It was about 5 am, and I was just sitting outside Soho in London, which is usually extremely busy. It was dead. There was no one there. Sunrise was approaching, and there were all these purple lights, and I remember thinking, I have to draw this now,\u201d says OSF.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1. As if this year wasn&#8217;t already so surreal for me, I am incredibly stoked to be able to finish it off with a 1\/1 auction at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sothebys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@Sothebys<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Carnaby Street&#8221; is now open for bidding, with a $1 reserve, link below \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n27S4mSfVj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/n27S4mSfVj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSF (@osf_rekt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osf_rekt\/status\/1603409748195426304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI had about an hour to kill, so I pulled out my iPad and sat down on this bench in my running gear, drawing this thing while people were coming through collecting the bins and stuff. That \u201cCarnaby Street\u201d piece only would have worked in that setting because I was actually just drawing it in the moment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe reality is, though, occasions like that are few and far between. They can be magical pieces when it happens, but often there are blocks in the artistic process.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-sales-to-date\"><strong>Notable sales to date<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image9.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image9-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image9.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image9.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image9-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/superrare.com\/artwork-v2\/lova-park-33260\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Lova Park<\/em><\/a><em>\u201d sold for 82.888 ETH ($267,800 equivalent on the date of sale) on April 10, 2022. (SuperRare)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image2-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image2-1-300x226.jpg 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image2-1.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image2-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image2-1-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/superrare.com\/artwork-v2\/professional-degen-4-35583\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Professional degen 4<\/em><\/a><em>\u201d sold for 62 ETH ($113,000 equivalent on the date of sale) on May 27, 2023. (SuperRare)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image5-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image5.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/superrare.com\/artwork-v2\/morning-commute--33775\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Morning commute<\/em><\/a><em>\u201d sold for 35 ETH ($133,900 equivalent on the date of sale) on April 10, 2022. (SuperRare)\u00a0<\/em><br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rapid-fire-q-a\"><strong>Rapid fire Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Influences:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lphaCentauriKid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Alpha Centauri Kid<\/a>. I think the reason why I really like him is because I think he is someone who just puts out art based on his own personal feelings or emotions or whatever he\u2019s going through without really caring about what anyone else will think.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I see a piece of his, and it just goes deep. He does things on his own terms and his own rules. He\u2019s just like, \u2018I\u2019m just creating stuff that I want to create, and here it is on my terms, and if you want to buy it, you can buy it. If not, then not.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also like the way he gamifies things and makes people feel a bit uneasy sometimes. I think it\u2019s brilliant. He\u2019s definitely a massive inspiration. I love his stuff, but just the way that he goes about conducting his art, I think it\u2019s amazing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Which hot NFT artist should we be paying attention to?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toadswiback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">die with the most likes<\/a> is amazing. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s still upcoming or not because he\u2019s been on the timeline quite a lot. But that guy is incredible. He is a performance artist, and people haven\u2019t seen his performance art yet because some of the stuff is in real life. It\u2019s just incredible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a writer as well. He writes amazingly, and he just captures this theme of a memetic that no one else does. His stuff is different from any other artist. You could say, here are the animated artists, here are all the glitch artists, here are the neo-precision artists or whatever, but there\u2019s no one like die with the most likes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis stuff is just so in your face and crass; I think it\u2019s brilliant, and honestly, I really think he is going to big big places. He\u2019s quite a well-known artist now, but in a year\u2019s time, I think he could be up there with the biggest people in the space.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-favorite-nfts-in-your-wallet-that-are-not-your-own\"><strong>Favorite NFTs in your wallet that are not your own<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/assets\/ethereum\/0xd90829c6c6012e4dde506bd95d7499a04b9a56de\/38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">I am my own suffering<\/a>\u201d by ACK, and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/assets\/ethereum\/0xc173923eddaeec04a96c43d97284612d1134e837\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Retention pond baptism<\/a>\u201d by die with the most likes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24738\" width=\"807\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image8-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image8.jpg 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image8-1024x576.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24738\" width=\"807\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image8-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u201cI am my own suffering\u201d by ACK. (OpenSea)<\/em><br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What do you listen to when creating art:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a really weird and wide taste in music. It might be Taylor Swift one day. It might be like Creed the other day. It\u2019s just really random based on what I feel like listening to. It could be as random as piano covers of popular songs or reggae covers of popular songs. It\u2019s just the most random stuff. It\u2019s probably a testament to how scatty I am in general.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osf_rekt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/osf_rekt<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osf.art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.osf.art\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"subscribe subscribe--inner\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"subscribe__inner\">\n<div class=\"subscribe__content\">\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n<p>The most engaging reads in blockchain. 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A former marketing and communications specialist in the sports world, Greg now focuses his time on running events, creating content and consulting in web3. He is an avid NFT collector and hosts a weekly podcast covering all things NFTs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author__follow body-l\">\n\t\t\t\t\tFollow the author \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregOakford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@GregOakford<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"news\">\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/digital-artist-osf-nft-creator\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A self-proclaimed jack of all trades and master of none, OSF has become a prolific figure in the non-fungible token world in just over two years, trading his former life at Barclay\u2019s to focus full-time on web3, his digital art pursuits, his PFP project Rekt Guy and living the life of a degen collector. The self-deprecating 34-year-old Englishman has a Swiss army knife of skills suited for a modern world of creating digital objects \u2014 being a self-taught coder, understanding internet culture, with an ability to capture attention and not&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40],"tags":[148,2632,130,167],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}