ARTIST June 2022

Mad Dog Jones revolutionizes the NFT world with his creations

Michah Dowbak is the actual name of Mad Dog Jones. He is, in short, a pioneer in the NFT world because of his style of sales through auction houses.

He is a pioneer who aims to include collectors in the appreciation and acquisition of NFT. However, let's move on to learn more about this peculiar artist.

Mad Dog Jones uses both print and digital art

One thing that sets Mad Dog Jones apart from many artists is his versatility. He can interact and sell both in the physical and virtual worlds. He has sold work for as much as $4 million.

His inspiration mainly came from his father, a stained glass specialist who opened Michah's senses and enjoyed music and photography.

Digital art began as a special event since he lived as a person in the world we have known for years. His breakthrough came during a Coleman Hell tour, where Maroon 5 asked him to do illustrations for them. The public went crazy with those illustrations, which motivated Mad Dog Jones to open an Instagram with his pseudonym.

His works mix technology, nature, and urban.

Mad Dog Jones manages to combine many elements to have avant-garde digital arts. Undoubtedly the style of Mad Dog Jones is unique. It goes from the trendiest elements to combining all the creative elements that characterize him.

What stands out the most about this pioneer is the multigenerational approach that his works have. It goes from a simple drawing that he digitizes to the format that has made him famous in the NFT world.

He has two collections that perfectly represent what Mad Dog Jones is as a digital artist.

Source: Twitter

These are Replicator and Crash + Burn. Each of them reflects a story that the creator wants to tell. If that's not enough, there is another detail with the replicator collection that will blow your mind. Let's move on to the next section.

His collections produce automatic NFT

Just as you read it! The Replicator collection has this feature. Mad Dog Jones lives up to their name with such a crazy proposal. The collection will reproduce its own NFTs from artificial intelligence. This is part of their cutting-edge approach to creating NFT collections.

Source: Phillips

This new proposal encourages creators to look for novel ways to create collections. As such, Replicator is a showcase of what Mad Dog Jones is all about for the industry.

Its market value is rising weekly

This pioneer never ceases to amaze people since he has a high value in all his collections. We are talking about approximately 19 million dollars in sales. These sales were catapulted when he sold the "Replicator" project for just over four million dollars. The important thing about this project is that it can produce up to 19 new works simultaneously.

It would help if you remembered that these projects leave royalties, even once transactions have been made for them through smart contracts. Another detail that has increased the market value of this creator has been the excellent use of its social networks and website.

Source: Twitter

Some portals explain that since 2017, Mad Dog Jones has been working on increasing its popularity on social networks such as especially Instagram and Twitter. Likewise, the web in which it shows some of its collections and where you can buy them.

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His art is in the biggest auction houses

This pioneer has been able to digitize his work and even sell it through the auction scheme. As we said, this artist knew how to create expectations and place his works in auction giants like Phillips. There are also auction houses like Sotheby's, which are betting on its market value and potential to attract investors.

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His work, Replicator, had 16 auctioneers bidding from a hundred dollars until it reached the value of 4.1 million dollars in two weeks.

It is interesting to see how this creator differs from other pioneers such as XCopy and Bosslogic in creating his art. Likewise, it is fascinating to see how different ways of making your NFT and marketing it can all be profitable.

Therefore, knowing how to get into this world is crucial, and why not make a living from NFTs. Visit our blog for more content.

Sources

https://planetanft.com/quien-es-mad-dog-jones
https://www.phillips.com/mdj
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Mad-Dog-Jones/4944BC38366F9368/Artworks
https://nftexplained.info/everything-about-mad-dog-jones-an-innovative-digital-artist

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Narigon, N. (Septiembre 26 de 2019). Mad Dog Jones: At the Forefront of the Art World’s Digital Revolution. Tokyo Weekender. Recuperado de https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2019/09/mad-dog-jones

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