235: Finding Success & Community as an NFT Artist with Justin Mezzell of Grim Syndicate
Finding Success as an NFT Artist
Behind every door of opportunity is someone holding that door open…
Betting on yourself, your creativity, and your future is scary AF.
Isn’t it hard to dive deep into the unknown when you don’t know what the outcome will be?
But we can’t let that deter us because, along the way, you’ll build and nurture what I feel is the most important piece of this overall puzzle…
Community.
Surrounding yourself in a community builds relationships. Building relationships leads to opportunities.
It takes one opportunity for shit to click and for you to get your big creative breakthrough.
That seems to have been the formula for my dear friend, Justin Mezzell.
He’s a modern-day savant in illustration, digital art, UI/UX design, and copywriting.
He’s also one of the ring leaders and the artist behind the rapidly growing Grim Syndicate NFT community.
But it’s Justin’s story, perspective, empathy, humor, and drive that you’re going to love today. He’s carved out his own lane to success all outside of a full-time day job and being a family man to a wickedly supportive wife and 3 kiddos.
Not only do we nerd out about the powerful present and future for creators like you and I who are dipping our tootsies into the NFT space...
But we also go deep in today’s episode talking shop on:
The importance of community and relationships.
Keeping an open mind and fearlessly experimenting.
Defining your own expectations for success.
The power of play, focus, boundaries, and constraints for a season.
Crypto, Solana, Grim Syndicate, Rogie King, and more.
My goal with this episode is to show you how trusting the process and rooting your work in play will lead to your big break one day if you stick with it.
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