I, NFT Artist: From Canvas to Blockchain, Then Lost in the Chains of Hope

Hello everyone. I am Kazuhiro, not my real name, of course. In the world of NFT, identity is flexible. What matters is not who you are, but who you pretend to be.

I used to be a street painter. Now I am a digital artist. My first work on OpenSea is titled "8 Bit Chicken Soto". Its description is profound (lie), the price is 0.01 ETH (around 250 thousand), and the result?
One like from a bot named "NFTNeko420 eth". Motivation? There is still... a little.

Then I tried to create a new collection:
"Chubby Mouse Full of Hope"
There is a mouse wearing a helmet, a mouse holding a nugget, and one wearing a gamer headset. I sell them all on OpenSea. One sold. The rest are stagnant.
Is Discord busy? Yes. But is it effective? No.

Finally, a friend said, "Bro, the gas fees for ETH are high. Move to Tezos, to objkt. There, artists are valued."

I participate. I register for Tezos, buy XTZ, upload new work:
"Identity Crisis in 24 Pixels".
Meaningful pixel art.
I set the price: 3 XTZ ( around 30 thousand rupiah at that time ).
The result?

Same. Quiet.

Then I moved again. Try minting at:
- Kalamint (close)
- Rarible ( is still alive, but quiet like a Friendster blog )
- Fxhash ( trying generative, even though can't code )
- I once jokingly minted on Binance NFT, because it was said to be "liquid."

But still, one pattern that I find everywhere: My work remains unsold.

And then, I saw this:

📸 An NFT named "Dot No 7913"
What is it? A blue pixel dot in the middle of a white screen.
Description? "The void within."
Selling price? 38 ETH.

I? Want to cry. But I'm afraid of being called sensitive on Twitter Web3.

I realize something:
🧠 In the NFT world, concepts can be more important than quality.
📣 What goes viral is not what is good, but what is absurd + lucky.
👨‍🎨 A sincere artist can lose to a casual trader using mass minting bots.

But I'm not afraid.
Because NFT teaches me one important thing: Sometimes, you are not failing... you are just not absurd enough to be considered successful.

Today I am still drawing. I am still minting. Sometimes on Tezos, sometimes on Polygon, sometimes just stored in my own phone gallery. Because now I know:
1. Great works do not necessarily sell.
2. What sells is not necessarily great.

And sometimes... the world just wants to see a blue dot worth the price of a new car.

So, if you want to be an NFT artist, my message to you is, Kazuhiro:
- Don't stop creating just because it's not viral.
- Do not follow the flow that is full of jargon without meaning.

And if someday you get tired... remember that right-clicking is still free, but the spirit of creativity cannot be copied.