Customized Art is Taking the NFT World by Storm

When an artist creates a custom work of art, they are molding their creative expression into a physical form at a specific point in time and space. As such, each custom art piece contains a unique essence, with its very own story – pieces of the artist along with the environment in which it was created. This unique essence is what makes custom artworks sought after by art collectors across the world.

Typically, customized art is commissioned by patrons, and is tailored to each patron’s specifications. This ensures that each artwork is completely unique. Even if someone were to attempt a copy of an artwork, the original would always be identifiable by its fine details, artist’s signatures, and its unique essence.

Customized art comes in many forms like paintings, sculptures, and digital works,  or in practical forms like pottery, crockery, and cutlery. Recently, the spirit of customized art has made its way onto the blockchain, with the creation of NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens. Each NFT can be identified by unique data, or a cryptographic signature, similarly to how original artworks are identified.

The creation of an NFT begins with an artist manually drawing hundreds or even thousands of custom assets that form complete images when layered. For example, NFTs in the famous CryptoPunks collection are made up of background, face, color, and item layers. Once the assets are complete, the artist will employ a smart contract to assemble the assets into unique combinations, ensuring that no two NFTs are alike. This uniqueness attracts NFT collectors, who appreciate the exclusivity provided by NFTs – each NFT is special because its ownership is cryptographically verifiable.

Unfortunately, some collectors get excluded from their favorite collections which can sell out too quickly with pricey resales on secondary markets. Often collectors are lucky enough to mint an NFT at launch, but get a generic NFT with attributes that they don’t like. Some collectors resort to screenshotting NFTs, but screenshots lack the cryptographic signatures used to verify ownership, rendering them worthless.

Thankfully, there is a solution that enables all collectors to get exactly the NFTs that they want. NFT Avatar Maker enables collectors to create their own customized NFT avatars, picking traits from their favorite collections. Their platform offers 1000s of traits, supporting billions of potential combinations. Once an avatar is minted, its combination of traits can never be used again, guaranteeing that each NFT is one-of-a-kind.

NFT Avatar Maker recently launched its exclusive “Elite Apes HK” Power-Pass in partnership with Elite Apes Hong Kong, a group that holds one of the largest Bored Ape Yacht Club collections in the world. The Power-Pass gives collectors the ability to generate millions of unique avatars using 130 Bored Ape traits in 12 different colors. Passes for multiple collections can be combined, unlocking nearly infinite customization.

It’s impossible for physical art enthusiasts to merge their favorite pieces to create their unique artwork. Owning a painting with the best characteristics from Monet, DaVinci and Picasso will never be possible, but that’s the beauty of technology. NFTs have given individuals the freedom to truly customize their art while having unfeigned ownership of the digital asset.

Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.