Erick "Snowfro" Calderon | Creator's Corner #12

Please email [email protected] or Direct Message www.twitter.com/collectors_xyz if you are interested in content focused on building wealth investing in digital artStay up to date on the generative art world with our weekly newsletter direct to your inbox! https://collectorscorner.substack.com/Episode artwork: Chromie Squiggle #0 by Erick "Snowfro" CalderonTimestamps:0:22 | Introduction2:13 | The role art played in Snowfro's life growing up9:00 | How Snowfro found Marfa and the influence it's had on his life14:50 | Snowfro the artist and his current artistic practice24:37 | The origin story of the Chromie Squiggle & the artistic concept behind it34:55 | How Snowfro came up with the 6 main types of Squiggles42:39 | Snowfro's journey into Ethereum, discovering punks, and falling down the web3 rabbit hole52:35 | Why Snowfro decided to combine art and collectibles when creating Artblocks55:45 | Reflecting on early Artblocks decisions that ended up being pivotal in the long run1:00:08 | Why Erick decided not to make Artblocks an open platform though he was closely considering it1:07:15 | What Snowfro thinks the biggest challenges for web3 art are going forward1:12:09 | Why Snowfro thinks he missed the mark on Friendship bracelets and how he's ultra focused on onboarding new people to web3 art1:20:18 | Snowfro is bullish long term on web3 art because of the fantastic people and work being doneShow notes:Artblocks | https://twitter.com/artblocks_io | https://www.artblocks.io/ | https://discord.com/invite/artblocksErick "Snowfro" Calderon | https://twitter.com/ArtOnBlockchainDaniel Calderon (Snowfro's brother and generative artist) | https://twitter.com/DaCaldera