S2E7 - Emily Xie, From Software Engineer to Visual Artist

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.'

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

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

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

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:59 Balancing the worlds of social media and creativity
• 6:01 Detailing her inspiration and creative process
• 10:01 What Emily hopes to inspire with her work
• 13:24 What lessons from software engineering influenced her art
• 18:49 Detailing the “Away from Keyboard” project
• 23:05 The process of and story behind having art exhibited by the United Nations
• 26:53 The inspiration and process of “Memories of Qilin”
• 30:01 What has embracing AI unlocked in terms of creativity
• 35:57 Where color palette inspiration comes from
• 43:07 What Emily looks for when collecting art
• 45:23 Some “happy accidents” while creating/minting works
• 46:32 Surprising outputs during the minting process
• 48:46 Two book recommendations
• 51:37 The best advice Emily has received in the NFT space
• 56:45 Closing remarks