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In 2021, a new creator economy was born on the blockchain. When NFTs took center stage, artists achieved NFT superstardom, billion-dollar brands were built in a matter of months, and many lives were changed forever. Still, the most inspiring thing about the NFT space is the number of artists of all faiths and mediums who have found community and support by embracing this technology.

We aim to empower creators next — Our monthly franchise is dedicated to showcasing emerging artists. In our October edition, we compiled a list of five rising talents poised to make significant waves in 2022.

Jonas Pfeiffer

Jonas Pfeiffer is a visual artist based in Hamburg, Germany. With a focus on 3D and motion design, he has been tapped for client work by a variety of influential brands, including Mercedes and the NFL. In the NFT space, Pfeiffer has become known for his unique, surreal and sometimes spooky 3D pieces that have spread across both the Ethereum and Tezos NFT ecosystems.

Lana Denina

Lana Denina is a Montreal-based painter of Beninese and French descent. His art explores human relationships, morphological diversity and body movement. Through a combination of digital art and painting, Denina depicts the various cultures present in her own life (especially black culture), taking a unique and personal approach to representing people of color in contemporary art. Aiming to promote a world where people can own their sexuality without fear or shame, with her 1/1 NFTs in Superrare and Foundation, as well as her small batch collection, The Mona Lana, Denina has garnered widespread acclaim throughout the NFT community.

We spoke with Denina and asked a few questions about NFT and her artistic process.

How did you first get interested/involved in NFT?

In January 2021, I became interested in NFTs after the concept was explained to me. NFTs enable us to trade digital assets while keeping track of digital ownership but keeping the asset in its authentic form which is digital – this was mind blowing for me. NFTs made me realize how much I needed this new technology as a digital artist. I started my journey just after a month.

How would you describe your art? What is your process like?

My art is very true to me, and all my paintings are a reflection of my mind. Talk about various things through aesthetic beauty. Painting nudes fascinates me. I find the naked body extremely powerful, especially the female form. For hundreds of years, the female body has been used as an object of pleasure for the male gaze. However, the way I draw women is from my own experience of being a woman in our world. I paint my women bold and strong. I would describe my art as powerful, joyful and ethereal.

Do you have any drops/collections on the horizon that we should keep an eye out for?

My collection is dropping next week, so be sure to keep an eye on my Twitter and Instagram for announcements. Currently, I have one piece available at auction and open to a few superrare offers.

omentejovem

Omentejovem, born Thales Machado, is a Brazilian visionary artist who first found his love for design through Photoshop at the age of 12. Starting out creating designs for video games and his musician friends, over the past decade, he has shifted his focus to telling individualistic stories and perspectives through his work. One of Brazil’s most prominent crypto-artists, Machado has earned a reputation in both the Ethereum and Tezos ecosystems over the past few years with his bright colors, abstract compositions, and idealized narratives.

We spoke with Machado and asked him a few questions about NFT and his artistic process.

How did you first become interested and involved in NFT?

I started promoting my work on Twitter. That’s when I saw it Etienne Cross Selling his first digital piece on SuperRare, I was intrigued and fell down the rabbit hole. I’ve always been a digital designer and never had much contact with physical artwork. I never imagined that the art market could be something accessible to me. I still didn’t fully understand the concept of being a designer or an artist, but when I understood NFT, I realized that the pain I felt when creating a design was the desire to express my own ideas rather than just adapting to an idea. Or ideas I didn’t believe in It has been a blessing to find my artistic and financial freedom by expressing what I want through NFT. I live what I live.

How would you describe your art? What is your process like?

Fluid, intuitive and personal. The process sometimes happens even before the artwork. It’s cool, but works and allows the process to be fluid. I think I can say my process is almost always very experimental, fluid and intuitive.

Do you have any drops/collections on the horizon that we should keep an eye out for?

I’m focusing [on] new [releases], and looking to improve my creations with 1/1s but I have some good releases. Still without a release date, but everything will be announced via Twitter.

Ryan D. Anderson

Ryan D. Anderson is a Canadian animator based in Toronto who creates art at the intersection of stop-motion animation and nostalgia. First finding his love for animation after discovering the interval button on his father’s Hi-8 camcorder as a child, Anderson went to school for cinematography, then worked as a film editor, music video director and photographer. Using 3D software, he has worked to translate his multidisciplinary learnings into his signature brand of animation, creating scenes that are rendered in animated, photographs and 2D images.

We spoke with Anderson and asked a few questions about NFTs and his artistic process.

How did you first get interested/involved in NFT?

During the pandemic, my way of processing my own anxiety was to animate. I put my head down and focused on framing my thoughts and that helped calm me down. Everything I create is very honest and relates to how I feel. After a year of consistently creating these animations, I was asked to join SuperRare, and soon had my first sale.

After that, I was welcomed into the community by some incredibly kind people who showed me around and helped me get started. Since then I have made many friends and absolutely love this place. I’ve struggled for a long time to find a place where my work fits beyond just social media. After many outlets told me they liked my animation but the way I presented my work didn’t fit their publication/website/blog, it felt incredibly nice to finally have my work reach a place where it could fit comfortably.

How would you describe your art? What is your process like?

I create scenes based on sub-themes of nostalgia. This is something I felt a lot during the pandemic. My entire style is based on the aesthetic I love, from the comics I read as a kid, from National Film Board shorts to magazine illustrations from the 80s and 90s. All of these things culminated in an experiment focused on putting memories into animation.

I usually come up with a theme from something that has been on my mind for a while. I boil that thing down to a word and create a scene that resembles it. I’ll create a sound in 3D, then go around and find a story within that scene and animate it. It’s not a very technical approach, though [that’s because] It’s more about helping me process my thoughts and transfer them literally[ing] my point of view

Sometimes I make weird animations that are out of my nostalgic work and that I post often, but [they] Incredibly fun to do.

Do you have any drops/collections on the horizon that we should keep an eye out for?

I’m going to drop a set of three connected pieces in October that are going to be a little darker than my usual work in the spirit of Halloween. Other than that, I try and get as much work as I can, and announce things regularly via Twitter, where I post my work every day.

Sirwah Attafuah

Serwah Attafuah is a versatile artist and musician based in Western Sydney, Australia. Through his pieces, he describes himself in what he calls “surreal cyber dreamscapes and heavenly wastelands” populated by Afro-futuristic abstractions. Combining strong ancestral and contemporary themes, Attafua’s art has caught the eye of numerous influential brands and entities, leading to collaborations with Mercedes Benz, Nike, GQ, Adobe, Paris Hilton, Charli XCX and more.



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