Episode 6: How to Pop Off with Art & NFTs

The NFT Droplets Podcast

In this episode, we speak with Matt Chessco, the creative visionary behind the Pop Art Cats NFT project. Matt is Montreal-based artist with a crazy-diverse background that ranges from industrial design and mechanical engineering, to venture capital and working on-set in the film industry! In January 2020, he went all-in on his artistic dreams, and has since gone viral on social media with over 1M subscribers on YouTube and 2.6M followers on TikTok!

After many months of hard work, Matt and his team recently launched the Pop Art Cats NFT collection, and they have some big plans for the future. We speak about this and so much more, including what it takes to make it as a modern-day creative professional, and the social media and Web3 strategies behind successful NFT projects today.

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[00:00:00] Intro
[00:00:29] Presenting: Matt Chessco
[01:33:00] Matt - Intro
[00:02:13] Matt - From Mechanical Engineer to Artist
[00:08:42] Matt - The Business of Being a Professional Artist
[00:11:11] Matt - The Artist's Journey Continues
[00:13:42] Matt - How to Leverage Social Media as an Artist
[00:18:45] Matt - Getting into NFTs
[00:21:22] Matt - Popping Off with Pop Art Cats!
[00:22:20] Matt - The Mission Behind Pop Art Cats
[00:25:25] Matt - What Role Does the Artist Have in NFT Projects?
[00:26:51] Matt - Thinking of the NFT Market as an Investor
[00:28:04] Matt - What's Next for Pop Art Cats? (Roadmap 2.0)
[00:30:17] Matt - Upcoming Events
[00:32:01] Matt - Upcoming Collaborations?
[00:34:08] Matt - Advice for Releasing Your Own NFT Collection
[00:36:47] Matt - Wrap-Up & Matt's Warning on Investing in NFT Collections Today
[00:38:56] Key Take-Aways
[00:40:02] Wrap-Up
[00:41:47] Outro
[00:42:46] Bonus - Matt's Stint in the Movie Industry (Outtake)

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