NFT Origin Stories

Origin Stories welcomes BossLogic to discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 00:45 - What is your origin story? 10:10 - Getting DMd by The Rock 16:25 - Giving back 19:51 - How did you first hear about NFTs? 23:30 - His first art drop on Nifty Gateway 25:18 - Copyright, IP, and having permissions 31:25 - Reflecting on favorites piece of fan art 35:40 - UFC and Godzilla vs. Kong drops on MakersPlace 40:58 - Egyptian God original artworks 47:46 - 1/1 artworks on Foundation 50:52 - Riffing on time, his favorite subject to discuss 56:44 - The Lightning Round 1:05:20 - Starting and sticking with it 1:10:50 - Why do you do it? 1:13:28 - What does 5 years from now look like? 1:16:06 - What's next? Episode mentions: Rick Ross, Russo Brothers, The Rock, Sevi Loves Art, Billelis, IV Gallery, Nifty Gateway, MakersPlace, Kenson, Francis Ngannou, Justin Maller, Banksy, and Aeforia BossLogic Website: bosslogicinc.com Twitter: /bosslogic Instagram: /bosslogic

Origin Stories welcomes Han to discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 01:37 - What is your origin story? 10:17 - How did you find and enter the NFT space? 13:45 - Early decisions surrounding CryptoCubes 17:11 - Personal stories from the project's beginning 22:21 - CryptoCubes use cases 28:25 - A journey through Makersplace and SuperRare 34:27 - The phases of Han's artistic exploration 36:30 - The Lightning Round 40:58 - Upcoming Nifty Gateway CryptoCubes drop Episode mentions: Pak, fafafofo, Patrick James (cryptobeverage), Brandon Kang, Matt Kymin, Aksel, VerticalCryptoArt, untitledxyz, Rarible, Nicolas Daniel, Roger Kilimanjaro, Fvckrender, Victor Mosquera, Filip Hodas, Alotta Money, Refik Anadol, Arc4g, French Paper Art Gallery, snaileXpress Han Website: hanrgb.com Twitter: /hanrgb Instagram: /hanrgb

Origin Stories welcomes Jason Ebeyer to discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - What is your origin story? 12:41 - How did you encounter NFTs? 18:37 - Re-evaluation and the decision to burn artworks 22:00 - First Nifty Gateway art drop 26:00 - Gaze and an upcoming sequel 31:00 - Idol 001 and bringing sculptures into existence 39:20 - Self promotion and the tipping point of awareness 40:40 - Taking a tour through Foundation 44:29 - Diversity, inclusivity and perspective 52:14 - The Lightning Round 1:10:40 - Placing the female character at the top of his artistic hierarchy Episode mentions: Aeforia, Fewocious, Briscoe Park, Smeccea, SuperRare, IV Gallery, Billelis, BossLogic, Fvckrender, Blake Kathryn, Toomuchlag, Ethel Cain, Sorayama, Kaws, James Jean, Sam Clover (planttdaddii) Jason Ebeyer Website: jasonebeyer.co Twitter: /jasonebeyer Instagram: /jasonebeyer

Origin Stories welcomes Billelis to discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 02:18 - What is your origin story? 09:25 - Illustrating his worst fears 14:14 - Juggling ad agency work with art gallery entry 19:51 - How LeBron James led to agency departure 25:18 - Day-to-day schedule 27:40 - Playbook for artists to go freelance 32:52 - Manifesting a big break via John Wick 39:12 - Entering the NFT space 47:09 - Brides of Lucifer 51:46 - "In Memoriam is me" 1:04:38 - The Lightning Round 1:28:17 - If you could go back to the beginning of your career, what would you tell yourself to change? Episode mentions: Justin Maller, BossLogic, Colin Frangicetto, Aeforia, IV Gallery, Nifty Gateway, Beeple, Etyoung, Akira, Pablo, Victor Mosquera, GREG MIKE, Smeccea, Jam Sutton, Fvckrender, Xsullo, Simone Vezzani, Jason Ebeyer, Adam Priester, Blake Kathryn, Foundation, Saul Espinosa, Anna Lomax, Alex Random, Ross A Morris, Robert Coker, Blaze Pollard, Daniel Arsham, Vitaly Bulgarov, Raf Grassetti, Andres Rios, Sick Mick Billelis Website: nft.billelis.com Twitter: /billelis Instagram: /billelis

Origin Stories welcomes Nogland (Grant) to discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 01:35 - What is your origin story? 15:20 - Transitioning into freelancing 19:30 - Cryptocurrency and finding NFTs 20:41 - Diversity, zoomability, and Nogland's unique art 33:50 - Joining SuperRare 39:07 - Easter eggs within his artwork 44:02 - The Band Aid Warehouse and its unique mechanics 47:31 - The Lightning Round 1:02:20 - What's next? Episode mentions: MakersPlace, SuperRare, AsyncArt, Marco Mori, Brandon Kang, Alex Pardee, Ehsan Parizi, Kobay, Michael McAfee

Origin Stories welcomes Carlos Marcial to discuss:

00:00​ - Introduction

01:45​ - What is your origin story?

11:45​ - Financial education in art

19:50​ - The spirit of authenticity

23:04​ - Early expressions of art as writing

28:44​ - The magic in the collision

33:07​ - First tokenized NFT and meaningful themes

41:57​ - House of Marcial

44:05​ - Highlights among 65 SuperRare artworks

55:13​ - Creating art as a historical time capsule

1:00:42​ - The Lightning Round

1:10:03​ - His Nifty Gateway art drop

Episode mentions: Parrott_ism, XCOPY, Alotta Money, Lucho Poletti, Laithsafa, Tommy Wilson, Refik Anadol, SuperRare, Nifty Gateway, Duncan Cock Foster