Fidenza: Tyler Hobbs wrote software that generates art worth millions
Computer scientist turned generative artist Tyler Hobbs writes code artistically, which then creates visual art that has sold for millions.Along with 998 siblings, Fidenza #313 was minted for 0.17 ETH on June 11th, after which it was immediately sold for 0.58 ETH. Just over 10 weeks later, the NFT nicknamed Tulip sold for 1,000 ETH on Opensea $3.3 million at the time.Fidenza is the brainchild of Tyler Hobbs, 34, who quit his computer engineering job to work as a full time artist. He struck ETH when he discovered Art Blocks, an art platform that creates NFTs based on generative art, and....
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Tyler Hobbs, a famous coder and generative artist, have partnered with Dandelion Wist, Archipelago Co-Founder, for the QQL algorithm that was able to raise a whopping $17 million on Wednesday and is still rising in trading as of press time. The QQL project welcomes everyone to create artworks but turning your art creation as part […]
Participants piled $7 million into a dutch auction to win one of 50 Golden Tokens granting ownership to unminted NFTs from artist Tyler Hobbs. Nonfungible token (NFT) investors have poured $7 million into a dutch auction that sold 50 tokens conferring ownership over digital artworks that will not be minted until December.Tyler Hobbs, the artist behind the popular NFT series Fidenza, will launch 100 one-a-kind digital artworks in his latest collection Incomplete Control at the New York City-based Bright Moments gallery from Dec. 9 to Dec. 13.On Oct. 22, Hobbs’ fans contributed 1,800 ETH....
Unlike other NFT collections, Art Blocks is a platform. Its focus is generative or algorithmic artworks. The artists create the style of the collection, the colors and forms, or the “blocks” if you will. Each mint sorts through endless possibilities to create a unique piece. At minting time, the customer interacts with a generative script and the result is a randomly generated, unpredictable work of art. Depending on the collection, the resulting NFT can go from a static image to a multimedia experience. In most of the other Blue Chip collections, like World Of Women or Doodles, an artist....
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