Talented 15-Year-old Makes R177K Selling Digital Art as NFTs; Spills Secret to Making Money
- A 15-year-old girl has made $10,000 (about R177k) from her digital art after turning her drawing into NFTs and selling them on various crypto marketplaces
- Mya Parker got interested in investments when her grandfather took her to buy gold and gifted her stocks as a reward for getting good grades
- After she was compelled to quit sports last September, she started marking digital art, which is now worth thousands of dollars
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A 15-year-old girl named Mya Parker has made $10,000 (about R177k) from her digital art after turning her drawings into NFTs and selling them on various crypto marketplaces.
The teenager first developed an interest in investments when her grandfather took her to buy gold and gifted her stocks as a reward for getting good grades.
Mya has since been fascinated with them, rushing home every day to check on her shares, according to her mother.
Source: UGC
How it all started
The Advocate reports that an ACL tear compelled Mya to stop participating in sports last September.
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The Louisiana teen turned her attention to drawing, using an iPad her mother gifted her to begin making digital art.
''My art comes from two ways. Sometimes I have an experience, and I create something from that experience. And sometimes, I doodle when I’m bored,'' said Mya.
Turning her drawings into NFTs
Mya converted them into NFTs, sold her drawings on various crypto marketplaces, and has made more than (about R177k) so far.
The teen now joins a list of teens profiting from crypto, including 12-year-old Nyla Hayes, who has made millions from her art.
Meet the UEW Student Combining Her University Education and Work as a Painter
Meanwhile, Briefly News reported that Lois Bailey is a venturesome student at the University of Education, Winneba, making strides in a male-dominated occupation as a female creative painter.
Despite the challenges she has encountered in her young career, she is determined to break barriers and become one of the most loved painters in Ghana.
Some of her clients undermine and underrate her judgment and expertise because of her gender, but she is eager to exceed expectations for herself.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
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