{"id":152316,"date":"2021-03-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=152316"},"modified":"2021-03-29T13:50:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T18:50:16","slug":"crypto-art-jonathan-winbush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/crypto-art-jonathan-winbush\/","title":{"rendered":"Motion Graphics Artist Jonathan Winbush Talks Crypto Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Award-winning artist Jonathan Winbush discusses his experiences selling NFTs and his advice for new artists entering the crypto art world.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PremiumBeat<\/a> got a chance to talk with motion graphics artist Jonathan Winbush<\/a> about his success selling crypto art\/NFTs. Jonathan has over a decade of experience working in motion graphics for television, movies, and even virtual and augmented reality projects. Jonathan also has a popular YouTube channel called WINBUSH<\/a>, where he regularly creates tutorial content for Unreal Engine, Cinema 4D, and After Effects. To see his latest crypto art pieces, visit his page on SuperRare<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image via SuperRare<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PremiumBeat:<\/strong> When did you first hear about crypto art and what made you decide to jump into it?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Winbush:<\/strong> I heard about it late last year, around September-October 2020, and I had a lot of friends that were early in the space, like Balake Kathryn<\/a>, Shams Meccea<\/a>, and Kidmograph<\/a>. I saw a lot of them on Twitter posting about this thing called “crypto art.” So, that’s when I started keeping an eye on it and asking them questions. Then, once Beeple<\/a> got involved in it, that’s when I really started taking a closer look, especially after that first job he did with Nifty Gateway<\/a>. I looked at all the different platforms out there, and in February 2021, I finally took the dive and sent in my application to SuperRare<\/a> and got accepted to that platform. I have been hands-on ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still image of one of Jonathan’s crypto art pieces titled Krip\u00b7t\u014d M\u012bn\u0259. Image via SuperRare<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PB:<\/strong> You’ve now sold several pieces on SuperRare, what was the experience like when you had your first sale, compared to your more recent sales?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

JW:<\/strong> The first one was more nerve-racking because they call it your \u201cgenesis\u201d piece, which is your first piece. And so, I was asking around like, “Should it be what I think is my best work? Or, should I put something out there, just to kind of get grounded, and then as I build my name up, start putting out better work?” I think it took me at least two to three weeks before I actually put up my first piece, after I got accepted on a SuperRare. And so, it’s kind of nerve-racking because you’re not sure if it’s going to sell or if it’s going to get any type of exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The way I helped set myself up for success is, I made an account on Medium<\/a>, where a lot of people write articles and blogs. I started blogging about the process, behind-the-scenes, talking about who I am, and then that got picked up by SuperRare. Then, they featured me on their site<\/a>. I started getting hits on my artwork, and it just rolled out from there. But, after you get that first bid, then your nerves settle down because you realize you’re not going to be in the negative or just have it sitting up there for a while. The pieces after that are a lot easier, as you get more comfortable with the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A collection of Jonathan’s crypto art pieces on SuperRare. Image via SuperRare<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PB:<\/strong> What is the process of “minting” a piece of crypto art?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

JW:<\/strong> Minting\u2014or tokenizing your piece\u2014basically puts a certification on it. You’re creating a certification of authenticity and you’re attaching that to your piece of artwork. So you are the official owner of it. No matter how many people “right-click and download it” and put it up as their desktop background, those are just copies of it. But, you<\/em> are the original owner. You can think of it as like the Mona Lisa<\/em>. There’s only one Mona Lisa<\/em>, but there are millions of copies on posters, T-shirts, etc. Those are just fabricated copies of it. But the original is in a museum. And so, it’s pretty much the same process. Whenever you tokenize your artwork, you’re saying that whoever buys this from me has 100% ownership and they could do with it what they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PB:<\/strong> Are there costs to mint a piece? Or, are there limits to how many pieces you can mint?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

JW:<\/strong> Yeah, the cost is known as your “gas fee<\/a>.” Say I’m going to put up a piece and I go to tokenize it on SuperRare. SuperRare will pop-up and say, “During this time, the gas fee is currently $100. Do you accept this?” Then, you say, “Yes.” Then, you pay your $100 in order to put your piece up on SuperRare, or whatever platform you’re looking to put it on. The caveat with that is, because of the blockchain, the prices vary throughout the day. So, it can depend on how many people are trying to tokenize their artwork at once. I’ve starting minting at midnight, just because the gas fees are a lot cheaper than when you do it in the middle of the day, when a lot of people are trying to do it. So, there’s flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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