I just created my first NFT and listed it on OpenSea.io, here’s how I did it

Well it’s official, I now have a piece of NFT art, created by me, listed for sale on OpenSea.io the largest NFT marketplace. The whole process has been fascinating and more than anything, it has been fun to get in touch with my artistic side more. Before I dive into the technical details I’ll share a bit more about the art I created and why it’s meaningful to me.

Since I was a little kid my family and I would go to Yosemite every year, we did it for fifteen years and honestly it was probably my favorite week of the year. If you’ve been to Yosemite before you know it is absolutely beautiful and unique in so many ways. I still try to go to Yosemite has much as a I can and over the last couple of years my friends and I have been doing a really fun snow backpacking trip out to Dewey Point in Yosemite.

What makes Dewey Point so special is the view you get of El Capitan, one of the most distinct mountains in Yosemite. And El Cap, at sunset from Dewey Point is absolutely magical. The problem is, it’s hard to get that magic to translate when you look at a photograph, your mind just isn’t in the same mode that it’s in when you’re actually there.

So for my first piece of NFT art I thought, how can I make something that feels a bit surreal, that the mind knows isn’t real, so that it gets you into a little different headspace and through that maybe you can get a step closer to the magic you experience when you’re there. And thus my first piece of art was created, if you want to pause here and take a look at it on OpenSea.io feel free to: