Thread by @mzkvisuals

1/9 How to sell traditional art as NFTs?

*Disclaimer: You won’t like the answer... 🔥

A thread. 🧵

#NFTCommmunity #traditionalart #NFTs

2/ So you are a traditional artist and see all those digital artists making so much money...
First of all - chill. It’s just 1% of the artists that make the big $$$.

So you want it. You’ve done your homework, joined twitter, joined a good platform, maybe even made a few sales.

3/ But somehow things are not picking up?

Well, the reason is that the concept is broken. You have two originals... 🖼🖼

The painting that you drew on the canvas and the digital certificate called NFT. They both are originals and that’s the problem.

4/ I know you’ll ship the painted canvas when you sell the NFT and that’s cool but will the collector do the same when he tries to sell the NFT after some time?

Think about it.

5/ A collector might sell the NFT to someone and the painted canvas to someone else and make double profit. And of course not everyone will do it but there are people that will take advantage of that.

And this is exactly what keeps collectors away from traditional art NFTs.

6/ But there is a way to solve that. And as I’ve said, you won’t like it.

It’s because when you are creating the NFT you have to burn the painted canvas. It might sound like a blasphemy and a bit over the top, but it’s the only way to give the true value to the NFT. 💎

7/ A great example of this is Damien Hurst.

Last year the world famous artist decided to release a 10k NFT collection. So he hand painted 10k artworks on paper, made a website where you can buy them. And collectors were given the choice...

8/ ...to buy the NFT or to buy the traditional painting. Whichever the collector choses, the other one got destroyed. So once you purchase you have only one original. Either an NFT or a painting you can hang in your living room.

9/ Damien Hurst saw and solved the problem very early on and successfully sold all his works.

And you? Would your burn your work to sell it as NFT?

Let me know what you guys think and feel free to retweet if you found this valuable or interesting.

Love to all. WGMI ♥️