[Boudica]

I've just read this article talking about how this 12 year old boy made £290,000 during the a break from school by making these adorable pixel art whales and selling NFTs.

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Weird Whales is Benyamin's second digital-art collection, following an earlier Minecraft-inspired set that sold less well.
This time, he drew inspiration from a well known pixelated whale meme image and a popular digital-art style but used his own program to create the set of 3,350 emoji-type whales.

"It was interesting to see all of them hatch, as they appeared on my screen slowly generating," he said.
Benyamin is already working on his third, superhero-themed collection.
He would also like to make an "underwater game" featuring the whales.
"That would be amazing," he said.

Imran is "100% certain" his son has not broken copyright law and has engaged lawyers to "audit" his work, as well as getting advice on how to trademark his own designs.

[Accident Man]

NFTs are stupid and the people who pay for them are suckers.

Change my mind.

[mothered]

NFTs are stupid

Not In the eyes of this kid.

Kudos to him for an Intelligent achievement.

[DragonyCat]

Been in the NFT space for some time. I really doubt it's his work.
Besides ofc copying that base whale design. You can legit find it online, he just copied it.
Sorry if this comes off as me being butthurt/mad, but in my eyes, they're a con. Daddy did 99% and he did 1% of copying a design.

[Yassine1070]

wow thats increadible i wish i was him lol

[Marshland]

Sorry if this comes off as me being butthurt/mad, but in my eyes, they're a con. Daddy did 99% and he did 1% of copying a design.

But that wouldn't be a fun and interesting headline

[mothered]

Sorry if this comes off as me being butthurt/mad, but in my eyes, they're a con. Daddy did 99% and he did 1% of copying a design.

But that wouldn't be a fun and interesting headline 

^

The media Is well aware that the headline plays a major role to draw the public's attention and view the article's content.

[d4ggm4sk]

I just find this to be disgusting.
how can that little shitkid have that much cash while his countrymen are starving?
egoism. I hope he gets killed.

[Dismas]

No sense in knocking someone else's wealth or accomplishments. Anyone that upset over a kid profiting off some pixelated whales, should consider doing something equally profitable.

[Boudica]

NFTs are stupid and the people who pay for them are suckers.

Change my mind.

I don't plan to. I'm still not convinced by NFTs in the slightest.

No sense in knocking someone else's wealth or accomplishments. Anyone that upset over a kid profiting off some pixelated whales, should consider doing something equally profitable.

This exactly. Whether his Dad did the work, or whether he copied a design or not. He thought to put it out there and made the money, and you didn't. No point hating on a kid for taking an opportunity. Tell me you wouldn't have done the exact same thing.