After ghostwriting a book about blockchain technology, cryptocurrency mining, and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in 2021, I became rather expert on the topic. Giving traditional banks the middle finger by going with digital currencies that are not reliant on any central authority appealed to my sense of independence.
CURRENT PROJECT
Mention the acronym ‘NFT’ and it’s likely that the first image that comes to mind is that of one of the funny pixelated Cryptopunks created way back in 2017. One of these (CryptoPunk #5822) generated $23.7 million (8,000 ETH at the time of selling). The total value of all sales to date (as of October 2025) exceeds$3.8 billion. In 2025 alone, CryptoPunks outsold all living contemporary artists.
Well, if basic pixel art can generate that kind of revenue, imagine what other kinds of shit could be sold as digital art NFTs! And I’ve taken that literally by compiling a series of Turd digital illustrations, initially designed as vector art using Adobe InDesign.
I started this project in 2021 with a bunch of NFTurdy collections, like Animal Turds (EleTurd, LionTurd, RhinoTurd, etc), Career Turds (ArchiTurd, DocTurd, VeTurd, VampTurd, etc), Character Turds (MummyTurd, PirateTurd, etc), Dog Breed Turds (HuskyTurd, PitbullTurd, etc), Food Turds, Fruit Turds, Habit Turds, Horoscope Turds (AriesTurd, ScorpioTurd, TaurusTurd, etc), Insect Turds, Plant Turds, Sickly Turds, The Turd Dimension (Picasso styled turds), Turdy Nations (AmeriTurd, AussieTurd, AsianTurd, BritTurd, etc) and The Turd Reich (imagine a Hitler-like turd).
And then my iMac crashed along with my backup drive. About 50 NFTurdy designs disappeared with no way of being recovered. Since then, I haven’t had the energy or inclination to recreate the lost artwork. Until recently that is. Now, with the advent of AI, creating digital art takes mere seconds instead of hours and hours of skilled labour. I may try this at some point, so watch this space (or the NFTurdy.com website).