I’ve been studying and playing around with NFTs and web3 for a little while now, and now I’m ready to jump into the space as a creator. I just minted my first batch of Hipster Velociraptor NFTs over on OpenSea. You can check out the collection here.
Hipster Velociraptors are a PFP or “profile picture” project along the lines of Bored Apes and Cryptopunks. The latter have helped accelerate NFTs and crypto-art into the mainstream, as their art has sold for astronomical prices. Hipster Velociraptors are each crafted by hand on the computer. I put together the traits and accessories, and then mint each one into a unique and verifiable NFT.
While I am jumping into a newly established trend, Hipster Velociraptors are an original illustration project that I have been working on for years. I’ve struggled to find the right avenue to put them out into the world. And then I saw the emergence of NFTs and PFP art, and realized right away, that Hipster Velociraptors would work perfectly in that context.
Like all NFT and crypto-art projects recently, I do have a general “roadmap” in mind. While it hasn’t been finalized, some things I am thinking about include web comics, original content series, commissions and limited edition drops to holders. We are all so very early to this space, and the rules and best practices are literally being written every day.
Hipster Velociraptors will be my personal NFT studio to create and experiment with the form. As of this writing I have created and minted 7 unique Hipster Velociraptors. I plan to keep adding to this series. The hope is that over time, more collectors will come to discover the collection, and will be curious to look back and see what the original Hipster Velociraptors look like.
Watch this space for more updates on the project moving forward. If you are reading this, then you too, are very early.
Go pick up a Hipster Velociraptor of your own here!