Nik Kalyani (🎨,🟣💜)
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Founder @vitruveochain Blockchain for Creators 📆
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VTRU Search is Live! ✨🎉
I am SO excited for this moment. For the first time in web3 art, EVERY artwork Consigned to a blockchain is available for search and discovery.
Anyone can be a Curator and create a promo video — all you need is an email address. Soon we'll enable…
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If you're a web developer interested in learning what blockchain is and how you can build apps, I want to be your friend.
lmk in the replies if you're available for Zoom and a chai (or coffee).
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Crypto for Beginners
My ongoing series of threads that explain crypto concepts in plain English.
Crypto for Beginners
A collection of my tweet threads that explain crypto concepts in plain English.
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Here is a 🧵about a few things I wish someone had told me when I transitioned from Web 2 🕸️2⃣ development to Web 3 🕸️3⃣
#dapp
(decentralized app) development
🔑🧠 — If you are a growth mindset
#Javascript
developer, you are already more than half-way to being a dapp dev!
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You don't need to learn Smart Contract coding to be a
#web3
developer.
If you can build a web app today with HTML/JS/CSS, you are ready. Treat existing Smart Contracts like APIs and go!
Try this
#Hyperverse
preview React app
@0xgel
built for a workshop:
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Equality is a core value of
@NftyDreams
DAO.
We support equality and human rights for every person.
We support the Iranian people in their fight against an oppressive regime.
We support women’s rights.
We are with you in this fight.
#MahsaAmini
(Photo by Iranian community)
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Time for another
#nikmeme
challenge for the Bored Artist Meme Club (BAMC).
Put someone/something interesting in the empty seat and reply to this tweet with your media.
If I like it, I'll request mint for 0.1E and buy. Must use
#nikmeme
and
#NftyDreams
hash tags.
Have fun! 💛💙
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Closing in on a
@foundation
milestone of 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
Just 22 short.
Who will be
#1000
? When?
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Your sales never were, and never will be, validation of you as an Artist.
You are an Artist because you have the ability to transfer emotion through media.
You are an Artist because you can translate complex human conditions into simple visual or aural language that…
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Getting close to 1,000 in my collection.
Whose work will it be and how should I celebrate with them?
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We are building
@vitruveochain
for YOU
Vitruveo is a Blockchain for Creators — a fresh, innovative solution for everything that's broken in
#web3
art today
✨ Artists do zero marketing – we do it for you
✨ Consign artwork once, sell anywhere
✨ On-chain…
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OK, dipping my toes into the Tez waters to see what it's like.
If you weren't an asshat in an earlier thread where I explained how I learn about a new platform, I am happy to look at your 1/1 art on Tez
Post an image/video (not link) and I'll go where your Twitter profile leads
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I'm not a Collector.
I'm a Catalyst!
If I buy your NFT art, it's to fuel the flames 🔥 of your creativity so you can be confident of your creativity, and be inspired to learn, grow and collaborate on bigger and better things.
✨ Dream on. Dream BIG! 💙💛
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I am looking to collect NFTs that meet the following conditions:
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So last December both
@FerCaggianoArt
and I took a break from collecting on ETH and TEZ so we could collect on Vitruveo. We are very close to launch and excited about collecting from artists on
@vitruveochain
in a couple of weeks.
But I have been missing it SOOOOO much and I…
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If you are an NFT Artist and haven't had a sale, this thread is for you.
I'm going to list a few things I see artists doing, that could be impeding their success.
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👋🏾 Me and 3,000 art-lovers are building
@NftyDreams
DAO to make the future better for artists in
#web3
. We'd love for other art-lovers to join us 💙💛
Read DAO Plan:
Become a Contributor:
Signup to Mint:
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Looking to get into Digital Collectibles?
Here's a great place to start:
These are
@NftyDreams
DAO global Artist works displayed at The Foundry gallery in Dubai
You can buy these amazing artworks and optionally order canvas prints with your credit card
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Let's have some creative fun!
#memeMe
Modify this picture by putting someone/something interesting in the back seat.
I'll request the best/funniest ones (as judged by me) to be minted and buy for 0.05 ETH.
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So many artists thanking me for sales.
Yes, appreciated, but I wish people would focus on their art and not the sale. This is what's so wrong about NFTs. It's about $$$, not art. Makes me sad.😕
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Me: Follows a bunch of artists to learn/talk about art.
Artists: My latest drop...no sales...woohoo sales...price lowered...new edition...I got a bid...why no bids...one hour left...sold out...only 2 left...let's fucking tag everybody
No. One. Is. Talking. About. Art. 😶
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Should I check the replies for interesting NFTs before I go to bed or when I wake up?
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It's Sunday so it must be
#selfie
time. Let's see all you BE-YOO-tiful people. And do tag some of your buddy beyoots too!
💛
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1/ My 15-hour flight from LAX to DXB is about to begin. Time for some fun.
I want to acquire 15 NFTs at 0.15 ETH each, one per hour. Rules in thread. Please read and follow exactly to get in the running.
Good luck and may your
@NftyDreams
come alive!
#15in15
Rules 👇🏽
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What's a birthday without a party!?
I don't do drop threads, so don't get used to it, but right now...let's celebrate! 🎈🎂
Drop it like it's hot
Show me your Tezos art! 💙💛
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In case anyone is wondering why I'm collecting on Tezos right now, it's for two reasons:
1) I just deleted a bunch of offers made months ago that artists had not accepted, and
2) It's TezosTuesday!
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Have a cheery and colorful weekend.
Share your work in progress!!! 💙💛
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My 86-year-old dad made the long journey from India and arrived last night to stay with us for a month in California.
I am so happy to have him here 🤍
He likes hoodies too 😊
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My
@foundation
collection hit 500 today so I made a preview video of all the artworks 🔊
If your art is here, reply with:
👉🏾 What's an interesting thing you did recently
👉🏾 A link to your latest artwork
👉🏾 A photo or video of you creating art
👉🏾 Tag intro your artist frens
💙💛
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I am not sure if I got the right holiday colors in this shot. What do you think?
What I am sure about is that I ❤️ artists!
Put your worries away for 30 seconds and share your beautiful smile 😃
#SmilingArtists
#NftyDreams
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1/ In 2007, Steve Jobs said "There’s an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. ‘I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.’"
In 2022, 1/1 art marketplaces are "where the puck has been."
If you want to know where the puck is going to be, read on...
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@TheJackForge
@X
@heyhey
I called Amex and had them cancel my card, put a hard block on it and issue a new one so I could get rid of vampire subscriptions.
They did all that and...
...automatically provided the new card info to many of the bigger providers.
🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
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Dreamers, show your support for
@NftyDreams
DAO in your Twitter display name!
Artist: (🎨,💙💛)
Photographer: (📸,💙💛)
Musician: (🎵,💙💛)
Singer: (🧑🏾🎤,💙💛)
Writer: (🖋,💙💛)
Arts Supporter: (🖼,💙💛)
What type of Dreamer are you? Show us the tools of your craft.
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Another 1.5 hours of 2023 for me.
Collected a bunch on TEZ and ETH. Still wanted to collect on TEZ but ran out of links to click on.
In 2024 – it will be VTRU all the way. Seems like the "Royal Collection" with over 1 million artworks is the one to beat. Game on!
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Artists, I need your help 🙏🏽
We'd like
@NftyDreams
DAO benefactors to know how diverse our community is.
👉🏽 Record yourself in a 5-7 sec vertical video —
(say in your language)
I'm a (type of art) artist from (country)
(say in English)
I'm a Dreamer
👉🏽 Reply with video
💙💛
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On this US Independence Day, I can't help but reflect on the
#web3
Art ecosystem.
For the first time ever, independent Artists can look to a future of Freedom — Freedom from a crappy day job they hate so they can create art full-time and earn a living through Art.
It may seem…
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I hope you found this thread useful. If so, please Like, RT and Follow.
Here's a video with more information about crypto Wallets
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After having collected hundreds of NFT artworks, I have some insights. These are opinionated and I fully expect that many people will disagree and that's ok.
I've written this thread so each tweet is standalone, but together they paint a picture (punny!).
Let's go 👇🏽
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May the Fourth be with you!
Let's do a mid-week selfie check-in? Bring your smile and some frens too!
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At some point in your life, you will start making decisions based on how the result will make YOU feel, versus what OTHERS might think.
It will be your biggest Level Up in this exquisite game called Life.
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Everything looks pixelated. I wonder why!?
What life pixels are you going to turn on this fine Monday? 💙💛
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Here's a thread with everything you'd like to know about
@vitruveochain
, the blockchain for creators.
🟣💜
🔥Creators have BIG problems in Web3!
From no creator or artwork verification to lack of compliance with modern day standards. It's a mess! 😡
Vitruveo is here to solve these issues and more
#creators
#artists
#blockchain
🧵1/
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Finally decided to experiment with
@foundation
Worlds and created one called "Rising Stars" with a 0% curation fee.
I invited 10 artists and can add 90 more. Who should I add?
(Skipping everyone that says "me" or equivalent.)
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Welcome to Dreamer Week!
The
@NftyDreams
DAO drop happens this Thu for 10K artist "Dreamers"
Signup:
My dream is that every artist can make a living income thru their art!
Share your Sun selfie, tag 3 frens and tell me—
What's your dream? 💙💛
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Path to becoming a blockchain app developer in 3 months:
1️⃣ Learn a language such as
#JavaScript
Python Rust
2️⃣ Pick a blockchain that uses a similar language for smart contracts
3️⃣ Write a basic smart contract
4️⃣ Build a client app w/ HTML/CSS/JS
5️⃣ Profit
#webdeveloper
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I'm just a guy trying to make the world better through art.
LFV 🟣💜
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Happy Sunday!
Please:
1) Share your selfie smile 😀
2) Tell me one thing that makes you unique and awesome ✨
3) Tag three friends who you think are unique and awesome 3️⃣
💙💛
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Oh no! How did this happen? Time to take a break and have a chai!
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Dear Iranian friends:
These are dark times. Each day brings more atrocities, more injustice, and more terror.
We cannot take away the suffering you are enduring.
But we can give you HOPE. We can keep alive your dream for FREEDOM.
You are not alone.
#MahsaAmini
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Wish everyone an Artful and Dreamy New Year! 🎉🎨📸✏️✒️💙💛
✨ Share an artful selfie
✨ Share your best, most practical idea for how to make the entire NFT Art community better. If people love your idea, magical things will happen 🪄
✨ Tag a few others
#NftyDreams
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If you are a creator (artist) in web3, please tell me what is the number 1 problem you face?
Just the number 1 problem, not a list please.
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1/ The terrorist govt of Iran is inflicting horrific pain on its people. It silences voices by blocking Internet access.
@NftyDreams
DAO wants to give all Artists a voice. We cannot let Iranian Artists to be silenced so we created "Freedom Connect," a free VPN service for them.
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Thank you everyone for your amazing birthday wishes.
I am truly blessed to receive so much love! 💙💛
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I forgot how to smile. Can you please share a pic and remind me. thx.
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Merry Christmas to all
@NftyDreams
DAO Dreamers, current and future!🎄
#NftyDreams
has one mission — to make it possible for EVERY Artist to make a living income through their art.
There are no SHORTCUTS. It'll take time⏳
Artists, we love you and are working for you.
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15 down 85 to go
Still looking for artworks on two different topics (a) men, and (b) nudes, to balance out my collection and get to 1,500
I mostly only look at replies that say something interesting or thought-provoking and are direct links (versus embeds).
Man OR Nude OR Skip
OS says my collection is at 1.4K.
Looking it over, I think I need to add more men and nudes, about 100 artworks to round it off to 1.5K
What's a good way to do this?
(Runs, hides and takes cover 😂)
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The purple 🌊 wave is coming!
What an exciting start to
@vitruveochain
Booster Sale launch. We had a couple of technical glitches but in two hours we crossed the $350,000 mark.
Thanks to the 6,000+ amazing community supporters who are stepping up and showing support. I…
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I have no idea how to get you into
@SuperRare
online, but irl, let me hold the door open for you 💙💛
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Happy Friday from Argentina 🇦🇷
Let's start the weekend off right — share your
#smilefie
and tag some other smiling friends.
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The Iranian people need your help. This video helps you understand what's happening and how you can help them win their freedom.
#MahsaAmini
💚🤍❤️
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I am overwhelmed by your love.
Thank you for all your birthday wishes and amazing gifts. It means so much to me!
My birthday wish is that we all seek out opportunities daily where our act of kindness or love can make a difference in someone else's life.
Thank you! 💙💛
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1/ I have a tiny bit of experience as an NFT art supporter with over 1K NFTs.
I'd like to give my two cents of advice to artists about the post-sales celebratory tweet.
Most people know I dislike it immensely. Today, I'm going to explain why and the reason might surprise you.
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I feel both excited and nervous.
Everything I have worked for my whole life has brought me to
@vitruveochain
with a vision to create two things that have never been possible before:
1) A world where Artists can have a stable, steady income.
2) A world that is kinder and…
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I am completely overwhelmed and humbled by all the birthday wishes I have received. Thank you so much✨
I feel so loved and am so very grateful. My heart is overflowing with joy 🙏🏽💛
It will take me some time to reply to all of you, but I will do my best.
💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛
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What's new in the world of
#NFT
art? Has anyone created anything truly unique and amazing in the past couple of weeks?
What makes it truly unique and amazing?
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Here is my response to everyone who wants my thoughts about their artwork:
1) YOU made art that is beautiful.
2) Your art is beautiful because YOU made it.
💙💛
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Are you an NFT artist who hasn't had a sale yet?
Tell me why your art is interesting and what inspires you.
NO links. NO media. Just words.
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Today is the anniversary of the day I first came to the United States 🇺🇸 as an undergrad student to
@WesternMichU
in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
I came with $400 and a big dream.
I am so grateful for the opportunities America gave me to build this life. 💙💛
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A weekend recap of my NFT collection – 🔊audio on!
If your work is in here, I'd love to get to know you. Reply with:
Your selfie (most important)‼️
City:
Country:
💛food:
💛place to visit:
💛famous artist:
#1
2022 goal:
💛NFT artists (tag max 5):
Let's go!!! ✨
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I'm looking for 50
#JavaScript
developers who:
👉🏾 Want to learn about
#web3
👉🏾 Want to build Dapps (client-side web3 apps)
👉🏾 Want a personal mentor (me 🙂) to guide them
👉🏾 Want to be part of a community that learns and grows together
Is this you? 👊🏾 Reply with
#HyperverseMe
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After doing my research/diligence yesterday on Tezos, I decided I'd experiment to see if reality matches my initial assumptions. It mostly does.
Today, I collected 100+ artworks on
@objktcom
(includes pending offers). The experience was largely positive.
Collection video 👇🏾
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I forgot what everyone looks like 🙈
Please share a quick selfie and remind me why you are super amazing ✨
Here's me with new shades from
@NftyDreams
DAO.
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Welcome to another
#nikmeme
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to put me in an interesting or humorous scene. I already provided a cutout so it's very easy to do. Also
replace my drink with something interesting. You can:
- Draw a background scene
- Use a…
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Nice sitting down to meet with
@barrycollier
and discussing ways in which we can collab to help artists in a sustainable way.
Great chat Barry. Looking forward to working together! 😎😎
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Today, it will be thirty-five years.
I think of her saying my name with affection.
I think of her making the impossible, possible.
I think of her giving me the chance to live a dream.
I think of her saying good-bye as I left for America.
I think of her life cut short…
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You're never so busy that you can't stop for a moment to take in the beauty of flowers and smile.
Share your beautiful Sunday smile — with flowers is even better. 🌸🌺🌹🌼🌻🪷🪻
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I FaceTimed my Dad in India. He's got some cake 🎂 for you on his 8️⃣5️⃣th birthday.
✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
✨ Happy Birthday Pappa! 🎉🎈 ✨
✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
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🛍️ One Art Shopping Challenge 🛍️
I'm going on another art shopping spree soon and you can help me with a new
#nikcurate
challenge.
✨ Curate artworks that add up to 1 ETH + 1K TEZ. I will buy the winner's curation on Jan. 31. ✨
How to enter:
1) Create a new thread on X with…
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The first thing you notice about Mona Lisa is how small it is (2'6"x1'9"). But when you're entering the display hall, you've imagined it to be huge.
Life's like that. Many problems are small, but we upscale them in our mind, adding to our stress and ability to solve them.
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The
@NftyDreams
vision is gradually coming alive.
It's been exciting to meet other
#Web3
dreamers irl in Dubai, Bangalore and Bombay. But there are so many more
#NftyDreamers
around the world.
Let's see your beautiful Sunday selfies. Also tag three other dreamers. lfg!
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Tezos too slow.
I think I picked up around 50. I'll keep going for maybe another 100 or I fall asleep, whichever comes first.
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Lots happening in NFTs at
#NFTNYC2022
, but there are SO MANY more people in the NFT space worldwide.
Let's see YOU! Post a pic, tag some NFT frens!
Bonus: Name the artist whose subtle influence you see in the building in b/g.
Double Bonus: What's up on my messy bed? 💛
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It's Thanksgiving 🦃 on Thursday in the U.S. I have a lot to be thankful for, and I'd 💖love to help elevate the art discussion in our
#NFTartists
community.
Tell me about and show me your amazing art with the
#NftyDreams
hashtag and let things happen 😉😉
NO LINKS...just ART!
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Let's have some fun 😜
In ONE tweet, tell me about ONE artwork you'd like to see collected.
NO links
NO media
NO hashtags
✨ Just words that describe your art ✨
Don't rush. Take your time. Write eloquently. Show your passion. Write in your preferred language.
Good luck! 👍🏽
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