4月19日,我们非常荣幸能够邀请到Stanley Lau (Artgerm)做客Whale社群跟大家聊一聊百万粉丝传统艺术家的入圈之旅~ Stanley Lau(Artgerm):Stanley是插画家、设计师、概念艺术家、创意总监,也是Imaginary Friends Studios的联合创始人。Imaginary Friends Studios是一家享誉全球的数字艺术工作室,为Capcom、DC Comics、Marvel Comics等娱乐和游戏业巨头制作高品质的艺术作品。 https://www.instagram.com/artgerm/ 以下是AMA问题精选: 1.Question:okay, firstly, pls @Stanley Lau give us a brief intro about yourself~ Answer:Hello everyone, my name is Stanley Lau (刘丕政), I’m known as Artgerm in the art community. I’m a digital artist in the entertainment industry. I’ve been doing art commercially for the past 20 years and I’m working with many great entertainment clients such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Capcom, Valve, Riot Games and many more. I was born in HongKong and moved to Singapore at the age of 17. Currently I’m also running a 12 months diploma course of digital art in Singapore with students from all over the world. My school is awarded as one of the top 10 digital art school internationally. 2.Question:How do you get to know NFT in the first place and how do you decide to get into this field?@Stanley Lau Answer:I was introduced to NFT in early 2021 through my art buddy. Since then we’ve been talking about it everyday and observe the NFT space very closely. We are very excited about the idea of NFT cos this is the first time digital artist can offer something “original” to the collectors and bring additional values to the digital creations, which was not possible in the past. We see NFT as a new form of economy for artists, even though we still have many questions about its current structure. However as an art educator, I believe that it’s my responsibility to learn more about NFT by getting into it so that I can offer better understanding and advice to my students, including my fans and followers. 答:我是在2021年初通过我的艺术好友认识了NFT。从那时起,我们每天都在谈论它,并非常密切地观察NFT空间。我们对NFT的想法非常兴奋,因为这是第一次数字艺术家可以为收藏家提供 "原创 "的东西,并为数字创作带来额外的价值,这在过去是不可能的。我们认为NFT是艺术家的一种新的经济形式,尽管我们对它目前的结构还有很多疑问。 然而作为一名艺术教育工作者,我认为我有责任通过进入NFT学习更多的知识,以便为我的学生,包括我的粉丝和追随者提供更好的理解和建议。这是我的一些漫画作品。 3.Question : As an influencer and well-know artist, what’s the advantages you have compared to others both crypto-native and traditional ones? Are there any problems you encounter when first entering ? @Stanley Lau Answer:At the moment, the NFT space seems to be quite different from the art world I came from. I see many crypto art that may not do very well in the traditional art market but is doing extremely well in the NFT market, and vice versa. It’s quite surprising to see. Maybe NFT is still too new to the general art community for now and I do expect things to be normalised eventually, so artists with better art and greater social media followings should do better in the NFT space. 4.Question:How do you respond to Beeple’s artwork hit $69,346,250, Nycat’s first drop hit $656,100, xcopy’s Death Dip hit $2,187,000? Would you regard this as a bubble ? Answer:What Beeple and the rest of them has accomplished is mind-boggling. I’m happy to know that collectors see such a high value in their art, however I’m unsure if such value is sustainable in the long run. From my perspective, I do see such phenomenon as temporary and it will only apply to a very very small group of artists, so most of us will not see such big transactions in our art 5.Question:With the NFT boom, more and more ppl are driven to this field. Some artists or musicians are saying that “ Artists are supposed to focus on the art itself and leave the social media and also NFT assets integration for a third party like a curator.” What’s your perspective towards that? @Stanley Lau Answer:As an artist working in the industry for decades, I think managing my social media (Marketing) is just as important as making art. Personally I don’t use any art agent or art curator for my hand-painted work as I prefer to connect with my collectors directly. I enjoy that “personal touch” and I think my collectors appreciate it too. Therefore I will choose to be more personally involved with my 1:1 edition NFT art. However I think it is reasonable to let the third party curator to manage my NFT assets if they are open editions or selling in big quantities. Stanley Lau(Artgerm)笔下的小龙女 6.Question:For crypto-native artists and traditional well-known artists, who would you think will dominate the market eventually? @Stanley Lau Answer:Just like the traditional art world, artists with better art, bigger fanbase and stronger emotional engagement with their audience will do better in the crypto art market. 7.Question:Your art is well-known for imbedding with a strong sense of aesthetics & visual fluidity and also a blend of eastern and western art styles. How do you think it will implement the market? With a lack of oriental art piece in the market, how do you think Asian artists should get involved and get compatible ? Answer:Riding on with my previous answer, I think artists should incorporate their own cultural influences into their work and make it visually unique and interesting to collect. What makes my art successful is the “international appeal”, the sense of aesthetics that both eastern and western audience can enjoy and relate to. It’s also important for the “old school” artists to consider learning new technology, such as 3D, VR and motion graphics and integrate them into the crypto art space. 8.Question:when we mention the "postioning " of artist himself. Is there any advice you wanna recommend if a beginner wants to be an artist ? What’s your awakening moment as an artist? Answer:I believe that good art is built on good art foundation. A new artist should focus on the art fundamentals and learn to build his fanbase early, and continue to find his own voice in the art community with his unique art style. I think so, eventually. For now it can be a little different for the outsiders to buy NFT. But I see more platforms offering direct credit card payment so that will make things easier. But it will take a while for traditional art collectors to see the collecting value on digital art. 我认为,好的艺术是建立在好的艺术基础上的。一个新的艺术家应该注重艺术基础,尽早学会建立自己的粉丝群,并以自己独特的艺术风格继续在艺术界寻找自己的声音。 最终应该会是这样的。外行现在买nft还是会不习惯,但我也看到很多平台正在开放信用卡付费服务,这样会让一些流程更简单,也更容易让传统投资者介入。 需要一些时间让传统艺术投资者习惯这些,慢慢发觉数字艺术收藏和投资的价值。 9.Question:Let's led it to the next question: Which artist you admire the most both in NFT realm and non-NFT ream? Why? Answer:At the moment, I think I’m too new in the NFT realm to find my NFT “Idols”. However I do think artists such as Beeple and CryptoPunk set a great example that the NFT space welcomes all form of art, which is very encouraging to all artists. 10.Question:Alright, the last quesrion from me:We’d heard you are ready to drop your own very first NFT drop, could you pls share Answer:Yes I’m planning to drop my first single edition NFT art on Foundation this week. It’s a very personal piece featuring my own original character, Pepper. It is an abstract visualisation of the NFT minting process that represent an entry point in my crypto art journey. I’m also planning to set aside a big % of my NFT earnings to establish an Artgerm Scholarship so that I can sponsor young and talented artists to my school and learn art with me in Singapore. 是的,我计划本周在Foundation上推出我的第一件单版NFT艺术作品。这是一件非常个人化的作品,以我自己的原创角色Pepper为主题。它是NFT铸币过程的抽象可视化,代表了我加密艺术之旅的一个切入点。我还计划从我的NFT收入中拨出很大一部分来设立Artgerm奖学金,这样我就可以赞助年轻有为的艺术家到我的学校和我一起在新加坡学习艺术。 Stanley Lau(Artgerm)第一幅NFT作品 画的主题是用ETH商标为基础,头上的冠是NFT的商标,眼镜横放是bitcoin的商标。 主持人:非常感谢@Stanley Lau 来参与今天的AMA,那我们今天的采访就到这边结束了,辛苦大家!如果大家还有什么问题,可以后续再社群提问也没问题~ |
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