Daniel Tenner (@Swombat on Twitter) joins us for a part 2 to continue the exposition into the current state of NFT market and how projects are akin to start-ups and small businesses fundraising. Daniel is a serial entrepreneur and better known in the NFT space for his passion, analytics and views on the overall NFT market.

In this episode, a continuation of episode #23, Daniel provides fresh perspectives on NFT lending, which NFTs are actually blue chips, & how he values NFT projects. Listen in for his logical albeit contrarian & perhaps controversial views of these areas, built on his experience in start-up entrepreneurship and investment.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Space #26 - NFT Lending and Market Dynamics with Daniel Tenner

00:54 Introduction of Angels Wing Gallery by @Casper

02:45 Kicking off the discussion on the current state of the NFT market

03:08 Daniel’s view of what is an NFT expert today

03:50 Comments on recent big sales of NFTs - is this a stable trend or are we still shaky?

05:50 How much is NFT market tied to the macroeconomic environment?

12:17 Diving into NFT lending territory

15:22 Daniel raises caution on NFT lending

18:42 NFTs can be like start-ups, fundraising principles should apply alike for both

20:17 Blue chips are a mirage

21:32 Borrowing is over-leveraging

26:05 Investing, trading, gambling…. & degen

30:38 The better use case for NFT

36:50 Decoupling art from NFT funding, how does that work?

40:05 NFT projects need better founders, just like start-ups.

40:49 Holders should not be surprised if NFT projects that receive VC funding changes direction

42:45 What is building value in an NFT project

Links:

https://twitter.com/swombat

https://swombat.io/

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We explore Indonesian art in this episode with our special guest - popular Portrait and Fantasy artist Thari.

She bravely shares personal stories leading up to her success as an NFT artist and also gives us some insight into challenges facing the web3 scene in Indonesia.

Thari's art is a beautiful collection of Portraits and Fantasy Art. Have a listen to find out more about her process!

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Space #25 - Portraits and Fantasy Art, Indonesian style with Thari (@opus_cula)

00:55 - About The Angels’ Wing

02:45 - Thari introduces herself and her art, a mix of traditional and digital media.

04:25 - A personal story about family and her challenges in her art journey

05:56 - Fantasy, Food & Fauna - the inspiration behind Thari's art

11:30 - Thari shares her artistic process: moving from traditional sketches to digital form

17:25 - The future facing Indonesian artists and collectors moving to web3

20:05 - Thari reveals... Why @opus_cula ?

23:28 - Personal sharing about Thari's intimate relationship with her daughter through art

29:58 - Concluding words from Thari - tips to new artists starting out in NFTs

Links:

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Thari

- https://twitter.com/opus_cula

- https://linktr.ee/opuscula

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In this episode we invite two esteemed artists renowned for their abstract art, Jason and Ishita, to come onto our show to chat about their creative process and journey in NFTs.

Jason also speaks candidly about how his art helps him get over anxiety and its importance in helping manage mental health.

Ishita chats enthusiastically about how NFTs provide her a unique solution to protecting her IP, and interesting snippets like her art being made into a hair style - more than 50,000 likes on Instagram!

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Space #24 Modern Cubism with Jason (@jasonlchambers) & Ishita (@soulcurryart)

00:50 - About The Angels’ Wing

02:55 - Jason introduces himself, his art and how art helps in his mental health journey

05:40 - Jason chats about his creative process and techniques

13:36 - How Jason decides: Monochromatic or Colour?

14:37 - Jason's NFT journey: From 'just jpegs' to an admirer sweeping his collection's floor

19:50 - Passion Project: Bad Boy Bobby!

21:20 - Ishita introduces herself, her art education and professional experience

23:30 - Ishita's introduction to NFTs; how it helped her with protecting her IP

27:10 - How Western perspectives have influenced Ishita's South Asian roots in art

30:50 - The 50,000 likes haircut!

38:18 - The extra inspiration behind Ishita's art business

40:28 - Concluding words: Advice to artists to overcome doubt

Links:

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Jason Chambers

- https://twitter.com/jasonlchambers

- https://linktr.ee/Jasonchambersart

Ishita Banerjee

- https://twitter.com/soulcurryart

- https://soulcurryart.com/pages/links

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Our special guest for this episode is none other than Daniel Tenner (@swombat) - a serial entrepreneur and better known in the NFT space for his passion, analytics and views on the overall NFT market.

We chat with Daniel on a range of topics, from his journey that led him to NFTs, to market trends and the elephant in the room - Royalties. Have a listen to find out if you agree with the perspectives presented - we assure you the discussion is more nuanced than just a simple 'yes' or 'no'.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Space #23 - NFT Market and Royalties with Daniel (@swombat)

01:05 - About The Angels’ Wing

02:58 - Daniel introduces himself and what brought him to NFTs

07:22 - Chat about the overall NFT market and trend expectations

19:15 - NFT Royalties: framing the discussion before presenting views

40:24 - Royalties as a source of income for artists - but should they be perpetual?

48:50 - 10k PFP / NFT projects: what happens to them without royalties to cover running costs

57:15 - Concluding words

Links:

https://twitter.com/swombat

https://swombat.io/

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We continue our deep dive into AI generated art with two esteemed guests in Space #22 : Charles (@HODLFrance) and Jessica Salinas (@wondermundo). While both being established NFT artists, they took their own unique paths to get to where they are today. Have a listen to find out more about our talented guests and their collections.

Charles shares about his journey - being early in crypto & NFTs, and how it came full circle for him as he discovered AI art while working on his thesis of AI applications for radiology.

Jessica chats about how she began in NFTs through art therapy. It was then that she re-discovered the artist in herself and her passion for digital art, which naturally brought her to the world of NFTs.

The episode concludes with a spontaneous debate about AI tools and how they will change the art and NFT landscape moving forward. Will AI art replace classical art? Should traditional artists embrace or be fearful of AI? Charles and Jessica share their thoughts on a topic close to their hearts.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Space #22 - AI generated Art

00:50 - About The Angels’ Wing

02:45 - Charles shares his AI art origins and journey

26:20 - Jessica chats about her own start in NFTs via art therapy

47:15 - Debate about AI art and how it changes the future of Art and NFTs

58:15 - Concluding words

Links:

https://twitter.com/HODLFrance

https://linktr.ee/HODLFrance

https://twitter.com/wondermundo

https://wondermundo.com/

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In this episode, we chat with two close friends of the Angels' Wing - Lorr and Aly. We hear about how they both started with NFTs, navigating the space in their early days and how they established themselves in the ecosystem with community as a primary focus.

Lorr chats about her experience as a community manager in web3, and also her creative NFT-based games 'Web3 Art Therapy'.

We welcome Aly to her second Space with us, and ask her more about her early NFT collections and her newly released NFT Zine.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Space #21 - Community Chat - featuring Lorr and AlyAsh

00:55 - About The Angels’ Wing

02:47 - Introduction of the episode

03:23 - Lorr sharing about her web3 journey, Community Building, and art therapy games

25:55 - AlyAsh talking about her NFT Zine Collection

57:03 - Concluding words

Links:

https://twitter.com/lorrNFT

https://opensea.io/collection/web3-art-therapy

https://twitter.com/AshcroftAly

https://opensea.io/collection/unidentified-contract-jgx5fcgqea

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In this episode we make our first deep dive into AI art, chatting with AI artist Kaysurreal and Mirage Gallery founder August Rosedale after the gallery helped to launch Claire Silver's very successful AI art collection 'AI Art is Not Art'.

Kaysurreal and August both share their unique AI art journeys, from an artist's point of view as well as that of a gallery-owner. What brought them to AI Art? How do they see the AI art scene developing further in the future? Have a listen to find out.

(Due to technical difficulties, Charles @HODLFrance joined us in a separate later episode)

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Space #20 - AI Generated Art - featuring August Rosedale and Kaysurreal

00:47 - About The Angels’ Wing

02:47 - Introduction of the episode

03:31 - Kaysurreal talking about her NFT journey and her passion for AI-generated Art

22:51 - August Rosedale, Mirage Gallery: Insights, origins and journey

59:30 - Concluding words

Links:

https://twitter.com/kak_dc

https://twitter.com/AugustFR

https://twitter.com/miragegalleryai

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In this episode we chat with HAL, one of our Angels' Wing super-supporters, about her gorgeous renditions of solar photography - Visions of our Local Star. Her genesis collection release sold out quickly, and collectors are looking forward to further drops. We chat about the origins behind the collection, her passion with the sun, and techniques behind detailed but safe solar photography.

We also chat with Angels' Wing OGs Yune and Ethspresso who collaborated on a beautiful animated work - How Stars are made. They speak about their inspirations and process behind producing the masterpiece.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Space #19 - Angels, Sun, and Stars - featuring HAL, Ethspresso, Yune, and 2 contest announcements

00:47 - About The Angels’ Wing

02:22 - HAL, and her new collection “Visions of our local star” - beautiful renditions of solar photography

29:21 - Yune x Ethspresso's collab piece “How Stars are made” - a masterpiece between Angels' Wing OGs

49:10 - Metaangels x Adobe AiR Sylvo contest

53:53 - Scales x Angels' Wing Art Contest

56:30 - Final words

Links:

https://opensea.io/collection/visions-of-our-local-star

https://foundation.app/@yunewild/ywgo/3

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In this episode we're looking forward to chatting with our new 🎨 artist Unickate and one of her collectors Rebekah Bastian. Unickate is a digital nomad, world traveler, designer, and product illustrator. Her beautiful female portraits celebrate womanhood and tell stories about self-love.

We're also excited to learn more about Rebekah who is an entrepreneur, collector, and huge supporter of the NFT community. Last, but not least, Rebekah is an artist herself.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Space #17 - Artist and Collector Chat – featuring Unickate

00:56 - About The Angels' Wing

03:08 - Unickate and her art

20:15 - Rebekah and her projects

33:50 - Rebekah speaking about Authen-Tech and bringing companies to Web3

50:12 - Advice for new artists entering the NFT space

Links

https://twitter.com/unickate

https://twitter.com/rebekah_bastian

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Web3 brings great power to the individual and many new challenges to be aware of as artists and collectors! 👀 In this episode we discuss numerous tips to make life in the Web3 space safer. We take a closer look at Discord, Twitter and Wallet security, and invited the well-known web3 security expert Crystal Groves (@crystalgroves) to speak about her experience.

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Space #18 - Special feature: Web3 Security for Artists and Collectors with Crystal Groves

00:21 - Introduction

06:19 - Twitter security - 2FAs, 3rd party authenticators, trusting twitter check-marks

16:45 - Background of Johannes, Ethspresso as tech professionals

20:52 - Discord security - DMs, potential scams, Discord from an admin's point of view

32:40 - Wallet security - Hardware wallets, multiple wallets, burner wallets

58:27 - Discord security with Crystal Groves

01:17:34 - Diving into mint contract code to determine if they're safe

01:26:40 - Final tips from Team

LINKS

* https://authy.com/ – Authy | Two-factor Authentication (2FA) App with Backups

* https://1password.com/ – 1Password | Popular Online Password Manager

* https://lastpass.com/ – LastPass | Popular Online Password Manager

* https://keepass.info/ – KeePass | Free and Open-Source Password Manager with unofficial ports for Android, iOS and macOS

* https://www.ledger.com/ – Ledger | Popular Hardware Wallet with MetaMask support

* https://trezor.io/ – Trezor | Popular Hardware Wallet with MetaMask support

* https://gridplus.io/ – Grid+ ​​Lattice1 | Hardware Wallet with a huge screen for extra security

* https://shiftcrypto.ch/ – ShiftCrypto BitBox02 Hardware Wallet where everything is developed on GitHub (100% open source and verifiable, even reproducible builds for the firmware see https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/security-features/)

* https://revoke.cash/ – Revoke Token Approvals (permission to spend tokens on your behalf)

* https://etherscan.io/tokenapprovalchecker – Revoke Token Approvals (permission to spend tokens on your behalf)

* DO NOT use any other Token Approval remover! (consider all other websites as scams)

* https://shiftcrypto.ch/steelwallet/ – Steel Wallet from ShiftCrypto (the most durable backup for your seed phrase)

* https://youtu.be/p5nSibpfHYE - Why is Seed Splitting a Bad Idea? (TLDR: do not split your seed because it’s exponentially easier to brute force it)

* https://etherscan.io/ – Try to understand the source code of smart contracts. This for example is the source code behind the Meta Angels NFT: https://etherscan.io/address/0xad265ab9b99296364f13ce5b8b3e8d0998778bfb#code

* https://www.metaangelsnft.com/ - Meta Angels | Trustworthy Discord Community to ask for help

* https://twitter.com/ZenAcademy - ZenAcademy | Trustworthy Discord Community to ask for help

* https://twitter.com/CuriousAddys - Curious Addys | Trustworthy Discord Community to ask for help

* https://curious.xyz/ - Trustworthy Knowledge Base from Curious Addys

* https://theangelswing.art/ - The Angels’ Wing | Trustworthy Discord Community to ask for help (this is us)

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