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Pioneering artist Gossamer Rosen on Identity and NFT is the only way to success

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To quote a meme, we live in a society. But multidisciplinary artist Gossamer Rosen gets it better than most. The path to notoriety for a seemingly jack-of-all-trades, transgender, nonbinary, female, Filipino/Black fine-art creator has been a bumpy one. But, after nearly a decade of not making money from their art, Rosen continued to create a different kind of success, not by hoping for greatness, but by being true to who they are.

“Growing up with various mental health issues and coming out as transgender at 24, art helped me understand and relate to people and myself,” Rosen said in an interview with nft now. “The process of making art, for me, is very healing and very meditative. It’s really something that I am there is To do as an individual.”

Rosen says art is something they’ll do regardless of reception, and that attitude has helped grow their work from Web2 to Web3. Using their skills as tattoo artists, illustrators, crypto-artists, project founders, they have made an undeniable impact on the NFT space.

Rosen’s popular TigerBob collection PFP blazed a path through the NFT market, solidifying their name on the shortlist of influential NFT innovators. And now more than ever, their long path to prosperity, coupled with their desire to bring about change through NFT, has illuminated the need for a humane and individualized approach to creating and consuming content in the Web3 space.

Charting a path through the creative arts

For Rosen, the arrival in the NFT space came after years of professional development. As an individual, they have long centered their identity on art, initially acquiring a love of creative expression through manga, anime, and sequential art leading to their becoming a self-taught illustrator.

Throughout grade school, Rosen developed their skills but later changed direction to expand their horizons by venturing into sculpture in college, while still retaining their skills with pen and paper, earning a degree in the field. This artistic flexibility would inevitably become a feature of their identity that grew out of a desire to translate ideas across different mediums.

“Purpose [of sculpting] Expanding the different mediums of work that I can create. While trying to find other ways to create, from abstract sculptures to figurative pieces,” Rosen said. “So when I brought that work to Web3, I could look back on a long history of iterations of abstract work, both based on textiles and patterns, and more traditional storybook comic book-type art.”

Throughout their ever-growing catalog of NFT drops and collectibles, Rosen’s “history of repetition” and creations across mediums are on full display. But even before cutting their teeth in the NFT space, this knack for combining discipline and identity led them to become tattoo artists, where their first big break in the creative industry occurred.

Gossamer Rosen is working at their desk.

They grew up in a home where East Asian art abounded, so it was easy for Rosen to channel their heritage into her visual work. Their unique style of stick-and-poke, heavily inspired by both their African and Filipino roots, in addition to their history of tattooing, would eventually get them noticed. Dr MertensSquarespace, Inked Magazine, and more — cementing their status as industry professionals.

Just a few years after Rosen became a full-time artist, their efforts lead them on an unusual career path. But their journey of self-discovery will only continue to evolve, as the adventure ventures into the strangely expansive world of NFT.

Setting sail in the NFT space

After getting interested/involved in NFT in early 2021, it took Rosen about a year to break into the upper echelon of NFT founders. Yet their understanding of preparing and presenting their works, both physically and digitally, has certainly given them a leg up since their inception.

While many have expressed concern in the NFT space, Rosen has pondered the idea of ​​entering the ecosystem. “One of the first things I had to do was analyze, what kind of work is marketable in this space, and how can I work with that formula to make the work very authentic to me,” they say.

Rosen tested the waters with a small-batch collection called SQUISHIN KITTIES, which laid the foundation for their tiger-centric NFT empire. From tattoo-themed projects on the Tejos blockchain to thoughtful, hand-drawn interpretations of West African currencies, each release has served as a brick in the complete overhaul of Rosen’s identity as a web3 creator.

Along with releasing singles, Rosen also became a collaborator on numerous innovative and fan-favorite NFT projects such as Deadfellas and Animo, but when they were tapped as the lead artist and art director of Woody’s NFT, their identities changed once again as they were. NFTs have been brought into the spotlight by philanthropists.

Through Woodies, Rosen helped raise more than $200,000 for recovery efforts. This enabled Woodys to plant one million trees – a major milestone for an industry often unfairly criticized as bad for the environment.

When it came time for Rosen to take a break and reinvest in their personal endeavors to launch their own large-scale project, TigerBob, a spirit of collaboration and philanthropy seemingly helped guide their every decision.

8 TigerBob NFTs
Tigerbob is a set of NFTs

“I think I’ve always wanted to be able to give back to the world in some way. The world has been so kind to me in the same way because I’ve been through so many different struggles with mental health and being marginalized in so many different ways,” Rosen now tells NFT. “To finally be able to build funds that I can give not only to myself, but to others — I think that’s really important to pass on.”

Within the first few months of TigerBob’s existence, Rogen had already funded both The Trevor Project And National Network of Abortion Funds. While this cemented their name as a leader in the NFT philanthropy space, it also reflected their richness and pride as a trans person with a uterus – something that showcases both the diversity and individuality that can be achieved in the NFT space.

NFT is a unique approach to success

Generally speaking, some of Rosen’s Web3 career milestones feel obscure when taken at face value. As an independent artist who has made his own path through the NFT market, he undoubtedly has a kinship with others who have done the same. But despite sharing boot-strapping origins, their story is a reminder that individualism is an important theme, even within the NFT space.

It goes without saying that there is no secret formula for NFT success. While a select few artists and projects have helped define what achievement can look like, those who aim to follow in the exact footsteps of their predecessors may find the market uninterested in repeated efforts.

Rosen’s success was not a fluke, but the result of months of trial and error. Through numerous projects, they have learned and grown, gained confidence in the marketplace and realized their strengths. And while some projects lacked lasting success due to hype, Rogen’s TigerBob was one to reckon with. One that was inspired by, but not a derivative of, someone else’s project.

“The project is only 1,000 pieces, each one handmade by me so they are not manufactured in any way It was a very time-consuming project,” recalls Rosen of the early stages of making TigerBob. “I think the work has been very well received because it’s so unique that it’s not like other projects that are generative, it’s closer to a fine art project.”

Yet, for any single NFT success, there are sure to be a dozen monumental failures. Whether it’s a missed opportunity to cash out, losing money on an investment, or failing to gain traction after launching a project, the NFT space can be frustrating. In short, people who create, sell or trade NFTs are not going to get rich.

The truth of the matter is that success stories often create unrealistic expectations. And for Rosen, these unrealistic expectations are one of the main problems in the NFT space. While NFT reputation and wealth make it incredibly attractive to both creators and consumers, in most cases, these indicators of achievement are unattainable.

This is why Rosen’s story is so inspiring. Not because it draws on the rags-to-riches themes that constantly saturate the NFT space, but because it shows how breaking through the noise and taking an individualistic approach to your own endeavors can be the only path to Web3 success.

Deep down, many of us knew this from the start. After all, the Beeple’s and XCOPY’s of the world couldn’t get a foot in following someone else’s routine. Top NFT sales, even on Rosen’s list, are just a reminder of the tremendous potential, not a field guide to success.



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