Art of a daydreaming techie

<h1>GM</h1> <p>I am K, or Kspaze1, a PhD grad working in the medical tech start-up space who also practices illustration. My first touch with art is via b-boying and graffiti &mdash; the two art forms of Hip Hop culture. I picked up character arts and did commission character arts for 6 years, with notable features by legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan&rsquo;s RZA and Mexican artist Adan Cruz.</p> <p>I learnt about the beauty of blockchain and NFTs in providing a frictionless platform for artists to connect, create and build. I dabbled into NFTs doing fan arts for projects, and was curated by Gamestop to be a launch artist for their NFT marketplace debut in 2022. Since then, I was commissioned as a contract artist for multiple projects &mdash; a burnt-out degen who draws PFP and project assets 14 hours a day (on top of my day job). I reinvested everything into learning more about the NFT art space, collecting 1/1 arts, learning from artists, and daydream about creating my own arts &mdash; and not illustrate-to-order.</p> <p>Opportunities smiled when I was selected as the first cohort of Avalanche&rsquo;s Avaissance Artist-in-Residence. I made great friends and was fortunate enough to work with Hyperspace on their launch on Avalanche. I am currently working on my first art pieces that I have thought about for a while.</p> <p>My interview with Avalanche is featured here:</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@kspaze1/art-of-a-daydreaming-techie-69bb88420b"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>