SHILL Issue 30

THE AOI
illustration & NFTs
Ed Merlin Murray gives his perspective on an area that has been
growing in stature and hitting the headlines: Non-Fungible Tokens
(NFTs). These are a new way to verify the scarcity of a digital asset,
often a jpeg or mp4. They exist on a blockchain, which is like a kind of
giant immutable ledger, and are purchased using a crypto currency.
https://theaoi.com/2022/01/07/illustration-and-nfts/
Hello Ed. Please give some background as to how illustration and
NFTs have interacted
Traditionally a lot of illustrators have needed several streams
of revenue in order to stay afloat. For me this has consisted of
commissioned illustration and animation work in a variety of
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