We live in exciting times and its almost impossible, to keep up with all the new discoveries and inventions. For me as an artist, the digital world is particularly interesting for both, new ways to create, abut also to present my work in new ways online.

But there are also some very interesting new developments for art collectors. I have built a decent collection of traditional art over the years, with originals from artists like @gric and @leoplaw, as well as limited edition prints like my personal tarot card, I recently purchased from @anibas.

@twirble is a young artist from the United States, new on my radar. Her work is very original and authentic and she is quite innovative in using today's technology. She is the one who turned me on to makersplace and I am fascinated by her virtual gallery spaces.

A little while ago, I got my first piece of rare digital art. "Bob", by Dania Strong (AKA Twirble)

The price of only 0.1 ETH made it so attractive, that I just couldn't resist to give this a try. And I love my Bob! Here is the proof of ownership, one gets with the purchase through makersplace:

At the same time I thought, it would be an interesting project, to start my own store The crew behind MakersPlace is extremely fit and passionate, and whenever I had a problem with something, I got help in no time. They are constantly improving their site and are a real dream to work with.

Originally, all the crypto art I saw so far for sale was only available for ETH, which makes sense, as the art you buy is tied to a smart contract in the Ethereum network. But not everyone feels comfortable setting up a wallet. The nice thing at makersplace is, that you can also make your purchase with a credit card!

The advantage with ETH is, that it is really cheap at the moment! Although it is already recovering again, the rate is lower than it has been in a long time. One of the reasons, why I had to get a little @svdsdragunov right away:

Ok, we are not talking about excessive amounts of money here, but I am thrilled with this new way of collecting art and remember, there was a time, when someone paid 10,000.- Bitcoin for a pizza!

If you want to take advantage of the low ETH price to start your collection of rare digital art, its quite easy! All you have to do, is to get an Ethereum address. I use the metamask extension, which is available for both Firefox and Chrome browsers. On an exchange I bought some ETH and sent it to my metamask Ethereum address and can now use it to buy limited edition digital art :-)

To find my makersplace store you could go to https://makersplace.com/store/reinhardschmid/ or simply click on the image below:

The previews in the store are cropped to fit a square. Please click on the pictures there, to see them in their full aspect ratio.

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The first 3 colletors to buy any of my limited edition digital art on makersplace, get a free sunsine*

_{*original picture is 617x617px, number of piece will obviously be different than the one currently for sale in my store, as each number is unique. At this time I can only send you the token to an ethereum address, but the makersplace team is working on a way to download the connected image by the owner}

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Just in case its necessary: I am in no way giving financial advice. I'm just telling my story and show you a way to start your own collection, should you have the wish to do so.

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If you like my work, of course I appreciate your upvotes and resteems

All photos/scans by me of my own artwork, except for the artists mentioned

Please let me know, if you would like to see a particular work of mine published on MakersPlace. You can see a good selection of my art on BeScouted

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I simply couldn't resist, and just got myself another one 😎

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