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This 31-year-old artist brought in over $200,000 selling NFTs
Elise Swopes garnered over $200,000 in about 10 months selling her art as nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. After her first sale in March for over $17,600, she thought, “‘Oh my god, my life is going to change,'” the 32-year-old tells CNBC Make It. “And it has ever since then. It’s definitely brought me a lot of opportunity.” The Brooklyn-based photographer and graphic designer lists her art on NFT marketplaces like SuperRare and Nifty Gateway. Her pieces depict animations of cityscapes that she photographs. She frequently adds elements of nature that she designs digitally to her photographs. For example, in her first Nifty Gateway collection, Swopes created multiple works that combined her…