专访Artgerm：和DC，漫威合作的艺术家来了，传统艺术和NFT的碰撞之旅？

雍和比特币 4月19日，咱们十分侥幸能够邀请到Stanley Lau （Artgerm）做客Whale社群跟咱们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、构思总监，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等文娱和游戏业巨子制作高品质的艺术著作。https://www.instagram.com/artgerm/https://twitter.com/Artgermhttps://foundation.app/artgerm以下是AMA问题精选：1.Question：okay, firstly, pls @Stanley Lau give us a brief intro about yourself~问：首要@Stanley Lau简略介绍一下自己吧～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.答：咱们好，我叫Stanley Lau 刘丕政，在艺术界被称为Artgerm。我是一名文娱职业的数字艺术家。在曩昔的20年里，我一向在做商业美术，我与许多闻名文娱范畴客户协作，如DC漫画，Marvel漫画，Capcom，Valve，Riot Games等。我出生在香港，17岁时移居新加坡。现在我也在新加坡开设了12个月的数字艺术文凭课程，学生来自世界各地。我的校园被评为世界十大数字艺术校园之一。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问：最初你是怎么知道NFT的，又是怎么决议进入这个范畴？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年头经过我的艺术老友知道了NFT。从那时起，咱们每天都在议论它，并十分密切地调查NFT空间。咱们对NFT的主意十分振奋，由于这是榜首次数字艺术家能够为保藏家供给 “原创 “的东西，并为数字创造带来额定的价值，这在曩昔是不或许的。咱们以为NFT是艺术家的一种新的经济方式，虽然咱们对它现在的结构还有许多疑问。可是作为一名艺术教育工作者，我以为我有职责经过进入NFT学习更多的常识，以便为我的学生，包含我的粉丝和追随者供给更好的了解和主张。这是我的一些漫画著作。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作为一个有影响力的和闻名的艺术家，与其别人比较，你的优势是什么？初入时有遇到什么问题吗？@Stanley LauAnswer：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.答：现在，NFT范畴好像和我身世的艺术界有很大的不同。我看到许多加密艺术在传统艺术商场或许做得不是很好，但在NFT商场却做得十分好，反之亦然。这是很让人惊奇的。或许NFT关于一般艺术界来说，现在仍是太新鲜了，我也期待着全部终究能够正常化，所以艺术水平更好、交际媒体重视度更高的艺术家应该在NFT范畴做得更好。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 ?问：你怎么回应Beeple的艺术品到达69,346,250美元，Nycat的榜首次发行到达656,100美元，xCopy‘s Death Dip到达2,187,000美元？你以为这是个泡沫吗？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答：Beeple和他们其别人所获得的成便是令人难以置信的。我很快乐知道保藏家们看到了他们的艺术有如此高的价值，可是我不确定这样的价值是否能长时刻持续。从我的视点来看，我的确以为这种现象是暂时的，它只适用于十分十分小的艺术家集体，所以咱们大多数人不会看到咱们的艺术有如此大的买卖。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跟着NFT的热潮，越来越多的人到这个范畴。一些艺术家或音乐人说：”艺术家应该专心于艺术自身，而把交际媒体和NFT财物整合留给第三方，比方策展人。” 你对这一点有什么观点？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.答：作为一个在这个职业工作了几十年的艺术家，我以为办理我的交际媒体（Marketing）和做艺术相同重要。就我个人而言，我的手绘著作不运用任何艺术经纪人或艺术策展人，由于我更喜爱与我的保藏家直接联络。我很享用这种 “个人的感觉”，我想我的保藏家也很赏识这种感觉。因而，我会挑选更多的亲身参加我的1:1版NFT艺术。不过我以为，假如我的NFT财物是敞开版或大批量出售的话，让第三方策展人来办理我的NFT财物是合理的。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关于加密原生演员和传统闻名演员，你以为谁会终究主导商场？@Stanley LauAnswer：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.答：就像传统艺术界相同，具有更好的艺术、更大的粉丝群以及与观众更强的情感沟通的艺术家在加密艺术商场上会做得更好。7.Question：Your art is well-known for imbedding with a strong sense of aesthetics AMPL 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 ?问：咱们看到您的著作里有许多我国元素的东西，可是商场上其实我国艺术家活着我国元素的东西并不算多，所以我想问一下：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.答：承接我之前的答复，我以为艺术家应该将自己的文明影响融入到自己的著作中，让著作在视觉上变得共同，让保藏变得风趣。我的艺术之所以成功，便是由于 “世界吸引力”，这种美感无论是东方仍是西方的观众都能享用和感同身受。关于 “老派 “艺术家来说，也要考虑学习新的技能，比方3D、VR、动态图画等，并将其融入到加密艺术空间中。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?问：当咱们说到演员自身的 “定位 “时，你有没有什么主张想引荐给咱们？假如一个初学者想成为一个艺术家，你有什么主张想引荐吗？你是什么时分觉得自己作为艺术家有“醒悟”了？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.我以为，好的艺术是树立在好的艺术基础上的。一个新的艺术家应该重视艺术基础，尽早学会树立自己的粉丝群，并以自己共同的艺术风格持续在艺术界寻觅自己的声响。终究应该会是这样的。外行现在买nft仍是会不习气，但我也看到许多渠道正在敞开信用卡付费服务，这样会让一些流程更简略，也更简单让传统出资者介入。需求一些时刻让传统艺术出资者习气这些，渐渐发觉数字艺术保藏和出资的价值。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?问：让咱们带领它到下一个问题。哪个艺术家你最敬服 无论是在NFT范畴和非NFT ream？爲什麽？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.答：现在，我以为自己在NFT范畴太新，还没有找到自己的NFT “偶像”。可是我以为像Beeple和CryptoPunk这样的艺术家树立了一个很好的典范，NFT空间欢迎一切方式的艺术，这对一切艺术家来说都是十分鼓舞人心的。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 sharemore info about it? (topic/background,etc.)问：最终一个问题：咱们传闻你预备把自己的榜首笔NFT降下来，你能不能共享一下？更多关于它的信息？(主题/布景等)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上推出我的榜首件单版NFT艺术著作。这是一件十分个人化的著作，以我自己的原创人物Pepper为主题。它是NFT铸币进程的笼统可视化，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建立Artgerm奖学金，这样我就能够资助年轻有为的艺术家到我的校园和我一同在新加坡学习艺术。Stanley Lau（Artgerm）榜首幅NFT著作画的主题是用ETH商标为基础，头上的冠是NFT的商标，眼镜横放是bitcoin的商标。整个图画代表制作NFT的进程。主持人：十分感谢@Stanley Lau 来参加今日的AMA，那咱们今日的采访就到这边完毕了，辛苦咱们！假如咱们还有什么问题，能够后续再社群发问也没问题～