{"id":598,"date":"2022-11-08T23:29:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T23:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/interview-with-digital-illustrator-designer-musketon-makersplace-magazine\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T23:29:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T23:29:58","slug":"interview-with-digital-illustrator-designer-musketon-makersplace-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/interview-with-digital-illustrator-designer-musketon-makersplace-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Digital Illustrator &#038; Designer Musketon | MakersPlace Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Musketon is the creative alter-ego of Bert Dries, a visual artist from Belgium. Musketon is known for his extremely detailed vector graphics that can be magnified up to 64,000% percent, which he encourages viewers to do to discover new details. He started his career as a self-employed artist straight out of school over ten years ago and has since developed his bold, colorful, and accessible artistic style.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a devoted satirist who left high-end brand work only to find his creative output mocking similar (if not the same) brands that had once been his clients, it seems inevitable that Musketon would set his sights poking fun at the most outspoken and visible set in all of web3: CryptoBros, highlighting the stereotypes as he saw them \u2014 Red Bull,\u00a0 Xanax, Bitcoin baseball cap, and cold wallet close at hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We had a chance to speak with Musketon ahead of his CryptoBro drop to learn more about his satirical ethos, why he\u2019s reeled in lambasting certain topics, his future with physical redeemables, and if you really can zoom in 64000% on his artwork.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/x2wisdYuxfJzmnXtZdqLhkU57_3wprITf_4h7TPVLz5cWqjfF66b3Qb25k1VfyOgQLHsLDTqkfT2yFJtxtJDAu7bZWK3QJ6P_Kdz5Fb2J7_tuY_exZ9sPw8gKEue9XKJGNt-khtdoE02VFXCvYT-zuPYsuDGiqu8KprGI60ew4esEJ0Rgo6v-481tzMrRA\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makersplace.com\/banik22\/the-anti-vaxxer-1-of-1-87812\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Anti-Vaxxer by Musketon<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Can you introduce yourself to our audience? What were you doing before NFTs came into your life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before NFTs, I was already working on Musketon, which was my main profession for, I think, 11 years. I was doing the same thing as everybody else, going from project to project. It started out as really small projects. And then, over time, it grows bigger and bigger. Also with the projects growing bigger and bigger, I realized, I don\u2019t wanna be doing this for the rest of my life because it\u2019s really frustrating to be working with clients, from my perspective.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So then I decided I wanna do more personal projects. So along the way, the balance between client work and personal projects kind of flipped. I was just creating stuff for myself and posting it to Instagram. And basically, I was being paid and likes and follows. And then 2020 came along, or 2021, and NFTs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People started reaching out to me, saying, You need to check this out because it makes so much sense for your work. Because I always work digitally. And also, the topics that I include in my illustrations are really up the alley of the crypto art and NFT world. So that\u2019s what I started doing, and it took off really fast. I think I\u2019ve sold close to a hundred NFTs, I always try to do single editions or limited series. In a nutshell, those are the paths that I took.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/XMFERqKnGGT7NO-_kM9IfXXH2NqbYHd-YLJS3fXzIi58OZA6NDBlP8smupFLgqB1ep2iuwfEABJpcTaMHJrlwoDMxH0_lcRpbUZ2-6Jf5Eg6E6qTtd_m9MvgX_ppOUbRgFJoB9f_4wQF2GKahJ5-OlTAZBe1b3dCm-iZTbc_GDARmUVJGEr1VvrrmNI1Ug?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/XMFERqKnGGT7NO-_kM9IfXXH2NqbYHd-YLJS3fXzIi58OZA6NDBlP8smupFLgqB1ep2iuwfEABJpcTaMHJrlwoDMxH0_lcRpbUZ2-6Jf5Eg6E6qTtd_m9MvgX_ppOUbRgFJoB9f_4wQF2GKahJ5-OlTAZBe1b3dCm-iZTbc_GDARmUVJGEr1VvrrmNI1Ug\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Where did the name Musketon come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been doing this for 12 years now, and when I started out, I kind of needed a name. Musketon is the Dutch word for a carabiner, like a clasp you use when you go climbing. So it doesn\u2019t really mean anything, it just sounds good. And I think it\u2019s pretty international because you can pronounce it correctly. That\u2019s basically it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Why did you need a name that wasn\u2019t your own name?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My name\u2019s Berts Dries, and that\u2019s in English. It\u2019s a really Dutch name. So that was my biggest issue, just something that\u2019s not my own name.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Can you tell me pragmatically what surviving on likes and follows looks like as a career?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bad idea, but also, it\u2019s something that I needed to do, I guess. But you don\u2019t really think about it because being paid in likes and follows also means that you grow a following, and people get to know you, and people start following you as an artist. So that\u2019s really something positive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But if you think about it, that doesn\u2019t make any sense. So I opened my webshop, and then eventually, people funneled through to the webshop, and I eventually made money from the illustrations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NFTs make so much more sense because collectors whom I\u2019ve spoken to don\u2019t care about likes or followers. They genuinely care about the arts, the artist, and the work that you make.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also, the commission system with the secondary market makes so much more sense that you get paid when people sell your work in the secondary market. I would definitely not do [solely social media] again, I guess, because I invested so much time in those likes and follows and all the metrics that it kind of deludes your vision, I guess.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But I think it was worth it because, in that time, I made so much work that made me bigger as an artist. So maybe it was worth it. Or a lot of those pieces were then minted as NFTs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I had a really creative period from 2018 to 2020, where I basically made an illustration every single day, and I posted it on Instagram. So I got the likes, I got the followers and nice comments, and I sold some prints in my webshop. I sold those later as NFTs. So eventually, it paid off. So yeah, it was worth it, I guess.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/zOYfN0KUCY9U5yf5_XMe2SFvdiIBNFzE6skWgAjiv61hskcI1EZoZ5Ovk7vPhKakXq9nvtUlrhYZ2jrNNKXW9Fd9vexz8RzVuLQDp1Pulvb3R8JPrJinJ2c1l_zwsTdo8SRzQITDXp5X03M6iDIuBZmFD9aAkIZ6tcVmXIPUhgPdbJfBzqAyCCQAaWPuOg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/zOYfN0KUCY9U5yf5_XMe2SFvdiIBNFzE6skWgAjiv61hskcI1EZoZ5Ovk7vPhKakXq9nvtUlrhYZ2jrNNKXW9Fd9vexz8RzVuLQDp1Pulvb3R8JPrJinJ2c1l_zwsTdo8SRzQITDXp5X03M6iDIuBZmFD9aAkIZ6tcVmXIPUhgPdbJfBzqAyCCQAaWPuOg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>I looked at a lot of your early client work, and a lot of it looks remarkable. Can you tell me a little bit more about your kind of growing dissatisfaction or disillusionment with client work?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the beginning, everybody wants to work for like big clients like Nike or MTV. And I did the exact same thing. And it\u2019s super nice, and it kind of gives you a feeling of validation, like people value you as an artist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I started noticing that I had my own vision of the stuff that I wanted to create and it kind of conflicted with the vision of big brands. So I decided I had to make a shift to be happy as an artist with the work that I create. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the answer to the question, though.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/9vQWmMamZMssGO0iFfW7lWfLewynTRoWLHv78RWG1uSDUPrk98nOuDmAikJfIdFzU7tCokhYQRHMKgaGjI0IctGgWh2gFlRjIes-4Vhv-gJUyRxulDK1WhSGHyx9nUFLH9HJ0r_a68wAdA7SS6ZwTlo8Wvw3bhQv0iO0rzyT76MUCkHBGyDHaylW24UUlw?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/9vQWmMamZMssGO0iFfW7lWfLewynTRoWLHv78RWG1uSDUPrk98nOuDmAikJfIdFzU7tCokhYQRHMKgaGjI0IctGgWh2gFlRjIes-4Vhv-gJUyRxulDK1WhSGHyx9nUFLH9HJ0r_a68wAdA7SS6ZwTlo8Wvw3bhQv0iO0rzyT76MUCkHBGyDHaylW24UUlw\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makersplace.com\/lemqq\/inside-zuckerberg-1-of-1-87811\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside Zuckerberg by Musketon<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>One reason that this question comes up for me is looking at a lot of your work, especially recently, it seems like the opposite of somebody who has ever worked for a brand because you skewer brands as a theme, whether it be your Dick Monald sign or your pieces referencing Amazon or Facebook or Elon Musk. Can you tell me a little bit about that perhaps political urge to speak out against these companies or at least to kind of publicly skewer them?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, definitely. It\u2019s funny that you mention that. Back in the days of the previous US presidents, I used to do a lot of illustrations about them and all the crazy stuff happening during COVID. And for us Europeans, it\u2019s like super easy. It\u2019s kind of a reality show. But for a lot of people, it\u2019s like a sad reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So I started making those illustrations from the point of view of a European. And I got so many good reactions, but also I kind of annoyed so many people with those illustrations because everybody has their own political view, and I don\u2019t wanna offend anybody.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So that\u2019s when I decided I don\u2019t wanna be doing this anymore. I also don\u2019t wanna do religion or harsh pieces that might offend a lot of people. So the easiest way is to go after Facebook, Amazon, and other big brands because everybody hates those brands, but they still use them and kind of love them. I enjoy making those illustrations, and you don\u2019t offend anybody with it. Nobody cares if you make an illustration that\u2019s critical of Facebook or Amazon because, in the end, everybody just keeps on using it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the only reason that I do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s also to answer the question of why I don\u2019t wanna be working too much for brands. I still enjoy working for brands if they give me creative freedom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/2Bhxv_fptWSiKsJnDeWbiOkS_L8W_5kPUHwJDjOFsesGm_gVbjatNqNJgKKac0xFC7y_1ijFCxkp0rDjNWkzVBNukAc6zYS-Hd_usLZJYHw7Tf8txC96kk_0uB2mw2dibPKVXHS6zP1EI4cgvEzo5-ic85nvykUKR8AyCkI226yV2F5qJvE0V9Sg6DkQwA?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/2Bhxv_fptWSiKsJnDeWbiOkS_L8W_5kPUHwJDjOFsesGm_gVbjatNqNJgKKac0xFC7y_1ijFCxkp0rDjNWkzVBNukAc6zYS-Hd_usLZJYHw7Tf8txC96kk_0uB2mw2dibPKVXHS6zP1EI4cgvEzo5-ic85nvykUKR8AyCkI226yV2F5qJvE0V9Sg6DkQwA\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makersplace.com\/larry0\/amazon-anno-3021-1-of-1-75921\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Anno 3021 by Musketon<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m curious about your process regarding the amount of detail that you include in your work. I read that you plant details that can only be seen zoomed in 64000%. Can you talk about that?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of illustrators. Many people are doing the same thing \u2014 or that\u2019s how I see it. I needed to develop something that would separate me from those people. Since I use Adobe Illustrator and I draw in vectors, you can zoom in 64,000%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I try to use that as a challenge and also an advantage to separate myself from other artists. So I always try to push myself to include crazy details. So if you zoom in 64,000%, that\u2019s something that\u2019s pretty crazy. If you keep on zooming in, you see crazy little details that no one will ever see because nobody has the option.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you have the JPEG or the PDF, you can zoom in for like 400%, and that\u2019s it. So for me, that\u2019s something that I always love to include. That separates me from other people because it\u2019s something really time-consuming, and it doesn\u2019t make any sense to do because, if you don\u2019t have the screenshots or the source file, nobody will ever see it. But I also share the process online, and that\u2019s what people love to see. That\u2019s the main reason that I do it, and also because I just love the fact that only I know which details are in the illustration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/2F63G5tMRDJzoOwP398zqLFyy-pEIs6ljpq0oASs9TN6tLqbghbW_MybQOOspRCJmmrrn8qRcWE77RuZwLLUwMlpN0jOvsSSzjF-dkzpr_Azq2jWwqm2CXgl_MNAVoiVVSGVnm0rwsVBJ0wxXgjUv0nHTWumj41Nb64PfzCoO7149-w8pC_09ML1DHCdHg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/2F63G5tMRDJzoOwP398zqLFyy-pEIs6ljpq0oASs9TN6tLqbghbW_MybQOOspRCJmmrrn8qRcWE77RuZwLLUwMlpN0jOvsSSzjF-dkzpr_Azq2jWwqm2CXgl_MNAVoiVVSGVnm0rwsVBJ0wxXgjUv0nHTWumj41Nb64PfzCoO7149-w8pC_09ML1DHCdHg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Do you think there will come a time when you\u2019ll be able to share those in a single file?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah. That\u2019s my biggest issue with NFT marketplaces at the moment. You should be able to upload a PDF file which is also a vector, and then you should be able to zoom in infinitely because the information is in there. I hope it will happen one day because that makes so much more sense for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/PuOdLsi7NuV_Zo4ZHsQOoLKNPVIaTWeFHdawmyisMYql8YwyChjUEgvjE-1St4Y95fYigG-Qa4gwxXx89VHryRX1esKZNcx8Uy3X2OsIWupjeHyalcPIHg6ladHyZQtmJUPUFAdulZYV9PHh4_oMdPRjGwzgzlaZ8iBLloPzyEDq_ldhyx05CubZIlN8uQ?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/PuOdLsi7NuV_Zo4ZHsQOoLKNPVIaTWeFHdawmyisMYql8YwyChjUEgvjE-1St4Y95fYigG-Qa4gwxXx89VHryRX1esKZNcx8Uy3X2OsIWupjeHyalcPIHg6ladHyZQtmJUPUFAdulZYV9PHh4_oMdPRjGwzgzlaZ8iBLloPzyEDq_ldhyx05CubZIlN8uQ\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makersplace.com\/autodafe___\/tik-tok-10-of-10-87825\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tik Tok by Musketon<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Can you tell me about the inception of CryptoBro?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been part of the crypto NFT scene since the beginning of 2020, I guess. And I was kind of thrown in there, and it was all super new for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A stupid example is I had to Google some of the crazy words and abbreviations that they use. And it\u2019s a really tight community of people. Obviously, with anything, you have people that maybe go a little bit too far. I started Googling, and I bumped into the term Crypto Bro. That\u2019s somebody who\u2019s really into crypto, and it\u2019s like a religion almost.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I decided to make this illustration of a toy of how I see the Crypto Bro. So with all the stereotypes like the Red Bull and the ledger. It\u2019s just funny stuff. I didn\u2019t want to be too offensive. And the Crypto Bro illustration is being reposted by actual Crypto Bros. So they actually think it\u2019s funny.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then somebody reached out to me on Instagram. It\u2019s a girl from France, and she saw the illustration of the packaging and the toy inside. And she was like, I can make this for you if you want.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So I said, Yeah, here\u2019s the file. Go ahead. Have some fun with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And then, a few weeks later, she sent me the pictures of the actual toy that she 3D printed and painted. That\u2019s how it came to life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an illustration that I made based on the community and the culture. Then I collaborated with somebody in France who actually made the toys. Now she\u2019s making a lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/IdsSg-WkZ8GAJzxfHO2difJMhIUbpjGn5NU6xh2EmfnAK1f3r6Dj026wGaA3scW_38ns6oQUUdVaYmNWJHY1tWrQh6QkApCpvWQRQhJWsXJNr5p7_gi5-3M_Ca4Plt5-sw8kKPY6IXDHpaW4oc4KwZ7SMNJA6a-OPjRmq4HapXviXhFO5hPS-BmsOacaIQ?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"755\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/IdsSg-WkZ8GAJzxfHO2difJMhIUbpjGn5NU6xh2EmfnAK1f3r6Dj026wGaA3scW_38ns6oQUUdVaYmNWJHY1tWrQh6QkApCpvWQRQhJWsXJNr5p7_gi5-3M_Ca4Plt5-sw8kKPY6IXDHpaW4oc4KwZ7SMNJA6a-OPjRmq4HapXviXhFO5hPS-BmsOacaIQ\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>I\u2019ve noticed you\u2019re working with a lot of physical work lately. Besides the CryptoBros, you\u2019ve also made the Facebook surveillance cameras, the Dick Monald\u2019s sign, and the ass with a hat and sneakers. Can you tell me about this evolution and where it\u2019s going?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NFTs are definitely the future. But I grew up in the 90s, and then I grew up with the internet, and then I started doing my business, and I opened a webshop. And for me, it\u2019s always super fun to make people happy with actual physical stuff. If you have a webshop and people buy prints, they send you messages about how grateful they are to have your print in their living room, for instance. I always enjoyed making those physical pieces and sending them out to people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what I try to do with NFTs. I always give the collector the option to get a physical print. Some people don\u2019t need the physical stuff, but many still enjoy it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The CryptoBro drop will be the first drop that\u2019s meant to be with a physical piece. We\u2019re not giving people the option. If you collect the NFT, you can claim the toy. If you don\u2019t want it, don\u2019t give us your address and we can\u2019t send anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m hoping that we get at least a 99% rate of people that actually claim the toy. We\u2019ll see.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And for the future, I\u2019m focusing more on making objects and physical stuff. We\u2019ll see where it goes. But for now, the most set-in-stone plan that we have is the CryptoBro, and I\u2019m excited to see how it goes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/wqZCidTn6B2h2tzevNiVewyaDRXOJzZOXTecIMiE7vV0ecGIT_QDxXN-072-LT7amcI90rxA-O7KR76pxGROvOPvm5BT97e3W3So-g3ipwZeQ0aPEN8ot5mMAcbpmPDGJVLAn968oTtjHJf4AW7JPmpzK3ceMaaMxVdpSdt0WIcrjoyMZRiCFNWbLbJm1g?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/wqZCidTn6B2h2tzevNiVewyaDRXOJzZOXTecIMiE7vV0ecGIT_QDxXN-072-LT7amcI90rxA-O7KR76pxGROvOPvm5BT97e3W3So-g3ipwZeQ0aPEN8ot5mMAcbpmPDGJVLAn968oTtjHJf4AW7JPmpzK3ceMaaMxVdpSdt0WIcrjoyMZRiCFNWbLbJm1g\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Do you have any big dream projects that you\u2019re just unable to do right now that you would want that you have on your horizon in the next, say, five years?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sure. For the past 12 years now, I\u2019ve been working hard, and I enjoyed it. All the stuff that\u2019s happened has been great for me, my career, and also my personal life. It\u2019s because of NFTs that made this possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, I\u2019ve surrounded myself with different people, like a team around me, that is going to help me to focus on being creative, so I don\u2019t have to deal with stuff that I\u2019m bad at because I\u2019m still an artist, and there\u2019s a lot of stuff that I\u2019m bad at.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one thing that I\u2019m really good at, and that\u2019s creating art. So they are helping me to focus. And we have big plans to bring Musketon to the next level. And I\u2019m really excited about where it goes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But yeah, I can\u2019t say too much about it. I\u2019m putting a lot of trust in my team, and we\u2019ll see how it goes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/Qbv5Ady-mYkUa15eQdw7c2LCy5wI-HNU7OfH-iHuI1CteIgS1-JMw3OBorlU54FMEBXG4O0zoSmNAGd-H0G318rv96S10Yu4CfHOiGfwQhZNwkcoRcTjJaCav1R_eQ3FQ_H7rdsJbNeitGIJPG4lVfcRAwNduj-AvaQ2wpu_iRL3djjX77gqijQg0CsBeQ?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/Qbv5Ady-mYkUa15eQdw7c2LCy5wI-HNU7OfH-iHuI1CteIgS1-JMw3OBorlU54FMEBXG4O0zoSmNAGd-H0G318rv96S10Yu4CfHOiGfwQhZNwkcoRcTjJaCav1R_eQ3FQ_H7rdsJbNeitGIJPG4lVfcRAwNduj-AvaQ2wpu_iRL3djjX77gqijQg0CsBeQ\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s one piece of advice about creativity and art-making that you would give your 20-year-old self?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Patience is a good one. I remember being 20 years old and wanting to be the big artist and having what I have now. But if you look back at it, it makes so much sense to take it slow and take the right steps. There are no shortcuts. I see so many people get frustrated because they don\u2019t have the patience, and they give up, which is perfectly fine for those people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You need patience and the ability to wait it out and trust. Time will bring the right things on your path. That\u2019s something I really believe in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h4>For updates on all of our upcoming drops, subscribe to our newsletter below.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p><!-- Mailchimp for WordPress v4.8.11 - https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mailchimp-for-wp\/ --><!-- \/ Mailchimp for WordPress Plugin -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rare.makersplace.com\/2022\/11\/08\/interview-with-digital-illustrator-designer-musketon\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=interview-with-digital-illustrator-designer-musketon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musketon is the creative alter-ego of Bert Dries, a visual artist from Belgium. Musketon is known for his extremely detailed vector graphics that can be magnified up to 64,000% percent, which he encourages viewers to do to discover new details. 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