I have almost completed my new NFT collection: “7 Most Popular Female Athletes,” which will drop on June 1, 2024. These art pieces can be purchased as a collection, or each athlete can be purchased individually.
What is so special about this collection is that each of these 7 pieces of art represent 3 areas. AI generated the background for each respective sport. I used digital art to illustrate my character, Sippio. And I used hyper-realism to represent traditional art, which is still my favorite. I suspect that eventually more and more artists will combine different styles into one piece. However, I have not seen anyone produce this type of art as of yet. To view a sample token, click on the “Watch on YouTube” BOX in the bottom left corner of the post to visit my YouTube channel. Give me a like if you enjoy this new format. Also, you may subscribe to my YouTube to see future new posts.
My brother and I put together this video a few years ago. He does the singing, and yours truly put together the slide presentation. If you don’t mind, click on the “Watch on YouTube” button in the bottom left-hand corner of this video and hit the like button on my YouTube page. It will help us out, tremendously. Thank you and enjoy your holiday.
I was raised in New York City (New York City – Wikipedia) and for as far back as I can remember I always would draw. There in NYC I was fortunate enough to be in an environment where there was always inspiration. Museums, galleries, etc. and that fueled my enthusiasm for art. I began painting with oils at around 14 and would try to emulate the styles of the illustrators that I most looked up to such as Frank Frazetta Frazetta Art Museum Official Website (frazettamuseum.com), Boris Vallejo Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell | Official Website (borisjulie.com) as well as the classic American illustrators. After graduating high school in 1984, I was fortunate to study at the Art Students League in NYC Home | Art Students League with master illustrator Earl Mayan Earl Mayan – Wikipedia who was a contemporary and fellow Saturday Evening Post illustrator alongside Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell Archives | The Saturday Evening Post. It was an awesome experience to learn hands on with this great man. I studied painting technique and life drawing with this great man for 2 years. From there I attended continuing education classes at the School of Visual Arts School of Visual Arts | Art College in New York City | BFA, MFA, MA, MPS and Continuing Education (sva.edu) where I studied illustration and painting. Jack Potter in particular was a great inspiration. I studied at the School of Visual Arts for another 2 years. I was then 22 years old and eager to work. I was lucky enough to get a job at the then very trendy, “Unique Boutique” in the village in the artwave department alongside 7 other fantastic young artists. It was at this time that I was introduced to the airbrush. After around 2 years of employment at Unique Boutique, I landed a job at an art gallery. “Andrew Kolb and son” which was then located at 30th street and Madison Avenue NYC where I had a studio in the basement reproducing classic artworks. My supervisor was a great painter from Poland who helped to shape my painting technique even further. From there began my adventures and I worked many odd jobs but throughout was lucky enough to get good jobs where I was able to employ the airbrush. Fast forward to 1992 I landed a job at an airbrush shop in Cordova Mall in Pensacola Florida where I really dominated the airbrush. From there I went to Puerto Rico to start my own custom airbrush business which was very successful from 1993-1997. I returned to NYC in 1998 where I continued to earn a living and got a huge break working as a background artist for the Cartoon Network production, “Courage the Cowardly Dog” Courage the Cowardly Dog – Wikipedia. I was employed there at stretch films from 2000-2002. After my tenure at stretch films, I continued to work at an artistic capacity for quite a few places and would take what jobs I could. Other events led me to Puerto Rico, Argentina where I met some friends and fantastic colleagues and from there, I wound up here in Little Egg Harbor NJ Little Egg Harbor Township (leht.com). Where my father is here retired. I have set up studio and currently work.
I am super excited to announce my upcoming collection: 7 Most Popular Female Athletes. This unique collection uses AI to illustrate a respective athlete’s sport, digital art to illustrate my character, Sippio, and hyper-realism to represent traditional art.
This collection will drop on OpenSea, June 1, 2024. In the meantime, enjoy this piece on my YouTube channel and click on the like button to help me out. Thank you.
I will drop a 7-piece collection of the 7 Most Popular Female Athletes, June 1, 2024. I used an AI generate to create their sport habitat, digital art to create my character, Sippio, and hyper-realism of the subject to represent traditional art. This collection will be available on the OpenSea platform.
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In the meantime, enjoy this sneak preview of this art piece by visiting my YouTube channel. Click the like button to help me out.
Larry Bird, Muhammad Ali, Cristiano Ronaldo, Usain Bolt, Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, and Wayne Gretzky are 7 of 15 professional athletes selected by fans to be the most popular athlete of all time because of their impact in their respective sport (https://www.givemesport.com/most-popular-athletes-of-all-time/).
Unique tokens of these 7 individuals are now available for purchase on the OpenSea platform (https://opensea.io/collection/7-most-popular-male-athletes). You may purchase each token separately or make an offer for this one-of-a-kind collection.
Posting original artwork on social media is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because social media is the number one marketing platform used to spread awareness of the work of creators. It is a curse because when the work falls into the wrong hands, others can take credit for the time, talent, and effort that it takes to create a marketable piece. As a social media blogger for creators, here are the five steps that I take to give credit to artists:
Get the creator’s permission to share their work on social media.
Share a markup with the creator before posting their work on a social platform. This markup includes notification of any additions or changes to their original work.
Ask the creator to sign off on the post before sharing it on social media.
Clearly identify the person who has created the work on each and every page of the post.
Promote the creator.
Tameka Art takes a considerable amount of pride in creating and promoting work that encourages, inspires, and empowers others.
I am currently working on a new collection: “7 Most Popular Female Athletes.” In this collection, I intertwine hyper-realism with AI art to create a unique piece. Only one copy of each athlete will be available on the OpenSea platform. This collection will drop on June 1st. More details will come later. In the meantime, enjoy this piece.
Tameka Art 