13-YO Becomes Multimillionaire By Selling Dinosaur-inspired Portraits Of Long-necked Women As NFTs
Meet Nyla Hayes, a 13-year-old digital artist who has become a multi-millionaire by selling her ¡®dinosaur¡¯ inspired portraits of long-necked women as NFTs. She was also named Time magazine¡¯s first ¡°Artist-in-Residence¡± in October 2021.
Joining the NFT craze and taking it to newer heights is another teenager who has become a millionaire by selling her digital art as NFTs.
Meet Nyla Hayes, a 13-year-old digital artist who has become a multimillionaire by selling her ¡®dinosaur-inspired' portraits of long-necked women as NFTs. She was also named Time magazine¡¯s first ¡°Artist-in-Residence¡± in October 2021, which was created to celebrate artists who are advancing their careers through NFTs.
Her most expensive NFT was sold for 4 ETH, or about $11,737 in August 2021, and in total her art has been reportedly sold for nearly $7 million.
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The Dinosaur Inspired Artwork
13-year-old Hayes¡¯ work depicts women, some famous and some as unknown as it gets.
She had reportedly told NBC ¡°I love drawing women from all around the world because I really like different cultures and different backgrounds.¡±
From Lucille Ball to Michelle Obama, the teenager has made 3,000 original portraits and shares many of them on Instagram, where she has more than 20,000 followers at present.
But why the dinosaur inspired NFTs? It's because Nyla Hayes loved brontosaurus dinosaurs as a little girl. She thought they were fascinating and strong and she even gave them the nickname ¡®long neckies¡¯.
As she continued to cultivate her love of drawing, the 13-year-old is now a multimillionaire, according to Today.com.
She has been selling her work as NFTs on social media and through an NFT website that trades in bitcoin. Last month itself, Nyla Hayes¡¯ ¡°Long Neckie Lady¡¯ portrait was reportedly sold on Instagram for $6,621.70. The month before that, i.e. in February 2022, she had sold another artwork for nearly $4,000.
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Support From Family
13-year-old Hayes has been able to soar to such amazing heights with the support of her mother, Latoya, and an uncle who introduced them to the blockchain.
Teenager Hayes describes her mom as her ¡®right hand¡¯, adding that ¡°Honestly, when I first heard about NFTs I was kind of like, I honestly don¡¯t know about this, but I¡¯ve been wanting to put my art out for a while, so it was a good platform to do it.¡±
Her mother had reported told Today.com ¡°I could see how passionate she was about her art, and I just thought like, if I could support her in any way. That¡¯s exactly what I¡¯m going to do¡±.
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