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S2E7 - Emily Xie, From Software Engineer to Visual Artist

July 29, 2024 SquiggleDAO Season 2 Episode 7
S2E7 - Emily Xie, From Software Engineer to Visual Artist
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S2E7 - Emily Xie, From Software Engineer to Visual Artist
Jul 29, 2024 Season 2 Episode 7
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S2E7 features Emily Xie who is an accomplished Visual Artist living in New York City.

Previously Emily worked as a Software Engineer before pursuing art full-time. Her work has been exhibited internationally in cities such as Singapore, London and LA. She also presented her artwork at the United Nations Headquarters in NYC as part of the Woman Trailblazer Award.

In this episode, Nifty and Jared talk with Emily about her inspiration and creative process when it comes to her art, the lessons she took from her time as a software engineer, her embrace of AI as an artist, and some very interesting outputs from 'Memories of Qilin.'

Prefer video? Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@squiggledao

The sponsor of this episode is NFTfi. NFTfi is the most battle-tested and secure lending and liquidity protocol for NFTs. Since launching in 2020, NFTfi has had over 60,000 loans with zero security incidents. Try lending today: https://nftfi.com/

Guest
Emily Xie: https://twitter.com/emilyxxie

Hosts
Nifty Fifty: https://twitter.com/NiftyFiftyETH
Jared Poz: https://twitter.com/jared_poz

Editor
Fnkl: https://twitter.com/0xFnkl

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S2E7 features Emily Xie who is an accomplished Visual Artist living in New York City.

Previously Emily worked as a Software Engineer before pursuing art full-time. Her work has been exhibited internationally in cities such as Singapore, London and LA. She also presented her artwork at the United Nations Headquarters in NYC as part of the Woman Trailblazer Award.

In this episode, Nifty and Jared talk with Emily about her inspiration and creative process when it comes to her art, the lessons she took from her time as a software engineer, her embrace of AI as an artist, and some very interesting outputs from 'Memories of Qilin.'

Prefer video? Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@squiggledao

The sponsor of this episode is NFTfi. NFTfi is the most battle-tested and secure lending and liquidity protocol for NFTs. Since launching in 2020, NFTfi has had over 60,000 loans with zero security incidents. Try lending today: https://nftfi.com/

Guest
Emily Xie: https://twitter.com/emilyxxie

Hosts
Nifty Fifty: https://twitter.com/NiftyFiftyETH
Jared Poz: https://twitter.com/jared_poz

Editor
Fnkl: https://twitter.com/0xFnkl

SquiggleDAO
Website: https://www.squiggledao.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/squiggledao
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/squiggleDAO
Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/squiggledao
Membership NFT: https://opensea.io/collection/squiggledao
Newsletter: https://squiggledao1.substack.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squiggledao/

Intro
Balancing the worlds of social media and creativity
Detailing her inspiration and creative process
What Emily hopes to inspire with her work
What lessons from software engineering influenced her art
Detailing the “Away from Keyboard” project
The process of and story behind having art exhibited by the United Nations
The inspiration and process of “Memories of Qilin”
What has embracing AI unlocked in terms of creativity
Where color palette inspiration comes from
What Emily looks for when collecting art
Some “happy accidents” while creating/minting works
Surprising outputs during the minting process
Two book recommendations
The best advice Emily has received in the NFT space
Closing remarks