Noted “pretend artist” Shilly Preston has listed a festive NFT, titled December 1529, available to purchase via art-focused NFT marketplace MakersPlace.
Created using both Midjourney and Photoshop, the piece combines an oil-painted style with a distinctly Web3 flavour and the festive season, creating a piece that’s ideal for the period.
The NFT is currently available on MakersPlace for a fee of 0.04 ETH.
Who is Shilly Preston?
Shilly Preston is a pseudonymous NFT artist and art collector that combines AI-generated imagery with compositing and furnishings in Photoshop to create Web3-inspired pieces.
Their works – both in static and lightly-animated formats – cover a range of themes and topics, from comedic interpretations of classic scenes to commentary on the modern world.
Preston has been active in the NFT industry since 2021, and have created the majority of their works on Ethereum. The bulk of their prior works have been listed on both MakersPlace and Objkt.
What is Shilly Preston’s December 1529?
December 1529 is an NFT artwork created by Shilly Preston in December 2022, minted on Ethereum.
The piece is generated in an oil painting style, and depicts a suave characterisation of Web3’s favourite mascot Pepe the frog in medieval robes and a Santa hat, set against a sunset village scene with an animated star twinkling atop a tree.
As of writing, the NFT is currently available to purchase for 0.04 ETH on MakersPlace.
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