That's Nifty

On the 59th episode of “That’s Nifty” we sat down with Carlos Marcial, a crypto native that has been tokenizing his work for 2.5 years. His energy, outlook, and perspective on crypto, DeFi, and NFTs brings a much-needed positive spin on where we might be heading.

Carlos Marcial

Twitter: @carlosmarcialt

Website: https://superrare.com/carlosmarcialt/creations

Topics:

ENERGY, Larry and Tommy, Crypto Native, Film Director, All roads lead to Silk, Chinese Connections, Macro BTC View, Full Time Crypto Artist, Sovereignty, Designer to Artist, Gradients of Decentralization, Sci-Fi Films and VFX, Geriatric Millennial, Exponential Growth of Homo Sapiens, Infinite Rooms, LOOPS, Writing on Stone: Blockchain, Minting my mistakes, Trying out every platform, SuperRare: Space Race winner, Contemporary Art, Validation, Auction Houses, Sculptures with embedded NFTs, Lambo Carlos, Crypto allows people in Developing Countries to find stability, Decentralizing Culture even within the US, Technology, Poverty, Ecology, Cool Guy Carlos: Giving Advice, Whos' Who, Documenting History, Blue Streak, MetaVRse Exhibition: 0x Society

Mentions:

@beeple @aeforiadesign @osinachiart @MattKaneArtist @0x_society @aeforiasdad

On the 58th episode of “That’s Nifty” we sat down with Tyree Robinson, Chief Strategy Officer for aiRight, to discuss the platform and the many new features that artificial intelligence will be bringing to the space.

Tyree Robinson: @TyreeRobinson

aiRight: @aiRight_io

Website: https://airight.io/

Topics:

ManchVegas, ORAI Chain, aiRight – Marketplace, AI Oracle Services, Work to Earn, Feeding off chain data into the Blockchain, Verifiable Original Artwork, Royalties on Datasets you curate, AIRI Token - Farming/Staking, Creator Staking Pools, Tokenized Galleries - Lots of Use Cases, Artist Launchpad - Crowdsourced Collections, Royalty Protocol - Commissions/Bounty, Fair Market Value Calculator, NFT Audit Product, Suite of Discord Products, Blockchain Entrance: Ripple, EDUCATION, Music Industry heating up, Metaverse Use-cases, Bret Boone NFT Collection, Helping Small Brands stand out

Mentions:

@HeyNardo @FluxEightyEight @opensea @robbehnke @deathrowmusic @theboone29

On the 57th episode of “That’s Nifty” we sat down with Chewy Stoll, an artist that draws on unique personal experiences to create art with embedded emotions. Great episode to remind everyone that perspective matters.

Chewy Stoll

Twitter: @chowzuh

Website: https://www.chewystoll.com/

Topics:

Exhibition in China, The Subconscious, Perspective, Photography Background, Healing through art, Reflections over the years, Researching NFTs, Learning 3D Art, $5 Freelance Work, Keeping to One Style vs Branching out, Artifex Project: Unreal Engine, Choosing what to mint and where, "Everlasting", Custom Unreal Galleries, Tez Talk, Minting in Reverse, OG Cutoff, Collecting, Ledgers

Mentions:

@dave_krugman @fewocious @justinwetch @artifex_project @RogerDickerman

On the 56th episode of “That’s Nifty” we have a friend chat with Slimesunday and Napleroosk. The main reason was to discus the ACIDW@SH Collection dropping on NiftyGateway this Friday, February 11, but quickly devolves into us talking about plans for Puerto Rico and other nonsense. This is a very candid conversation between friends.

ACIDW@SH Collection

Website: https://niftygateway.com/collections/slimesunday-acidwash

Topics:

Pricing and Edition Sizes, Collectors Reward, ACIDW@SH Collection, Puerto Rico, B3TA, Paint SYNTH, Entering Drops during Rehearsal Dinners, SEED PHRASES/Ledgers, Pigeon Gang Card Deck, Napleroosk doesn't know OhhShiny, Hollyweird Print, Slimesunday Challenge, Texture Tools and Obtaining Open Source Assets, Photoshoot for OpenSea Collection, Choosing the Piece for the Collectors Reward, Phillips Collection Updating: Censored, Instagram Naughty List, Hapes, Coodles, OS Apes, Verbal Memes, Censored.art, TAXES: The Big Call, Recent Pick-ups, Drop Breakdown, Absurdity

Mentions:

@niftygateway @Playboy @andreatapioca @thruster_eth @slippery3el @muratpak @killeracid @ohhshiny @TheMetaScapes @cathsimard_ @benskaarphoto @catdirtyart @OGsoyhead

On the 55th episode of “That’s Nifty” we sat down with Mike Darlington, CEO of Monstercat, to talk about Music NFTs, specifically their newest endeavor: RELICS

Darlington

Twitter: @Darlington

Monstercat: @Monstercat

Relics: @RELICSxyz

Website: https://relics.xyz/

Topics:

Early NG Days, CEO of Monstercat, Building Community, COVID affecting Live Events, Video Games / Music, Exploring the Space lets you know what works and what doesn't, Vancouver, Bringing NFTs to the Label, RELICS - Full Length Animated Music NFT, Dynamic Rarity, Integrations: Play to Earn, Metaverse, Gaming, Tyler selling his Genesis Idol, GLB File, Learning curve for Musicians entering, Allowlist Grinding, Metaverse Applications for Relics, Connecting with Superfans, Visual Artists and Musicians relationships, Quests, Liquidity, Clubhouse could just be a feature, Philanthropy

Mentions:

@beeple @Monstercat @3LAU @spaceyacht @A_Giant_Swan @niftygateway @fvckrender @illestrater_ @ohhshiny

On the 54th episode of “That’s Nifty” we sat down with Paper Buddha, a sovereign individual creating collage art on three blockchains. A mix of Tim Leary, Alan Watts, and Rage Against the Machine, soaked in LSD and a hodgepodge of Buddhist Art styles. Turn on, tune in, and drop out friends!

Paper Buddha

Twitter: @paperbuddha

Website: https://linktr.ee/paperbuddha

Topics:

ETH, TEZ, SOL: The Trinity, How we got to Paper Buddha, Sovereign Individual, Wax Blockchain Collecting, Lazy Men on OS, Branding: Be the Vibe, The Temple, Buddhism and LSD Culture, Diversifying Social Media, World of Warcraft - Really Sweaty, "Upward path of mobility": Street Corner to the Boardroom, SOLANA is the middle tier, Artifex/Origins Stories, Utility Talk, Blunts and Brunch, NFT Events - Full Calendar, Paper Buddha Buddies, Temple Tokens, Meeting the Temple in Boston, Background, Indonesian Shadow Puppetry, Hodge Podge, Rave DJ to Graffiti, Sample Workflowstate, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Bits, Evolution Event for Buddies, "You can learn a lot from the shadows", Paperbuddha.xyz, “What came first: Science or the Science Fiction”, Onboarding ETH Collectors to Tezos

Mentions:

@thr33som3s @0xcgd @sdcafe_nyc @goku_nft @dave_krugman @JNSilva_ @metaplex @thedirtgod @artifex_project @RogerDickerman @DurkatWork @tommy_wilson_ @SuperRare @dominosmusic

On the 53rd episode of “That’s Nifty” we sat down with two amazing artists: ABANA x CRUSH

In this episode we dive into their respective art backgrounds in creating music, DJing, design, and 3D. Many stories are told about how this group of friends found each other, lived, and worked together, and discovered the phenomenon that is NFTs. Be on the lookout for various projects from these two and the extended family.

ABANA

Twitter: @abana_music

Website: https://linktr.ee/abana

CRUSH

Twitter: @c__rush__

Website: https://foundation.app/@c__rush

Topics:

Late Nights / Early Mornings, Moving Countries during the Pandemic, Downing Street, Meeting Toomuchlag and Mauro: the nomads, Housing for Fitness Tips, Being convinced of NFTs, DJ Scene, Applications for Live Music, Buying a Beeple, “Harold and Kumar do TopShot”, Softboys, Merch, Ghost Smart Contract to 1/1 Vinyl, Selling weed to Bob Marley's son, "The Start of Everything", Hoodies are complicated, Tolerance Break, Blueprint for Musicians, Record Labels will enter the space, Prioritizing Art over Money, Manifesting Pitbull, Mariah Carey L, Aleph by Mauro

Mentions:

@toomuchlag @divalvi @3LAU @beeple @sven_nft @nbatopshot @MicheleBagnod @bitski @aeforiadesign @join_royal @pitbull @MariahCarey @AndyandKumarNFT @andyjinkim

On the 52nd episode of “That’s Nifty” we sat down with Sarah Zucker, a gif art pioneer and OG NFT adopter, to talk about her art style and her upcoming collection on Nifty Gateway: “Promethea” – Come support on January 19th 6:30pm ET on Niftygateway.com

Sarah Zucker

Twitter: @thesarahshow

Website: https://linktr.ee/thesarahshow

Topics:

Handles, “Promethea”, Platform Agnosticism, Video Painting Devices, “The Cassandra Complex”, Piercing the Veil, Trivia Witch, Stealing Fire from the gods, Gif Art Pioneer, Tumblr Nostalgia, NFT OG, Imposter Syndrome, Artisan vs Artist, Video Paintings, Video feelings, Video Thoughts, Video Alchemy, Collecting Criteria, Trustlessness, Take the power away from the Display, Plans for Secondary Sellers, Collecting on Tezos, Workflow Example, Street Photography Background, Tralfamadorian Time, Video Altar, Editing Recipes, Flesh Pellets to One Organism

Mentions:

@manifoldxyz @rhizome @mccoyspace @YuraMironArt @dave_krugman @Tachyonsplus @prismpipe

On the 51st episode of “That’s Nifty” we sat down with Fesq to discuss his projects across ETH and TEZ chains. Lots of great info on balancing freelance work and personal projects.

Fesq

Twitter: @iamfesq

Website: https://www.iamfesq.com/

Topics:

National TV is National TV, Nissan Partnership, PFPs, Back to the beginning, The moment, Programing, RED and BLUE, "Double-sided" Tech and Art, Art-fi, PORTUGAL, Exotic Yellows, Tezos caution then adoption, "Obscurum", Schooled on Software, Picking where to mint on Tezos, Flipping Sharks on Solana, Holding down the Hen House, Desensitized to Market movement, Custom Contract, Trying out other platforms, supporting other artists, Brands respecting artists, Proudly Displaying Collectors, Art Basel, First NFT purchase, We're Early, Ugly Clone-X, Artifex Logo - no sleep, Workaholic - Teams can slow you down, Janet the Lamp

Mentions:

@Nissan @aeforiadesign @maalavidaaa @NapleRoosk @manifoldxyz @KnownOrigin_io @makersplaceco @heleni3_ @fvckrender @7Surfer7Silver7 @AnestiDhima @crypto888crypto @AkiraReloaded @SmartContracter @shakkablood @iamyonson @madebyanimus @JNSilva_ @artifex_project @chissweetart @RogerDickerman

On the 50th episode of “That’s Nifty” we sat down with Shams Meccea (Smeccea), a Vancouver based artist, specializing in motion design. Lots of great advice for artists and collectors alike in this episode!

Smeccea

Twitter: @smeccea

Website: https://smeccea.com/

Topics:

Pronunciation, NFT.NYC, Vancouver, Iraq > Dubai, Tik Tok Takeover, Art Beginnings, Software Talk, Save your work Slime, Daily’s on Twitch, Not Everything for Sale, "Transparency" on SuperRare, Environments in C4D, Client Work, Discovering NFTs, When to get help, Flower Lovers, Art Education, Consume Art

Mentions:

@jpierce_art @beeple @fvckrender @maalavidaaa @aeforiadesign @victormosquerar @jasonebeyer @KidMograph @crypto888crypto @hplus_creative @NickyChulo @blakekathryn