After I put Tech Rats 🐭 on @opensea last week, I got a lot of questions/DMs asking how I did it.

I taught myself/Googled everything but here’s my guide:

✨Generative NFT Art Collections 4 Dummies✨

Step by step instructions on what I did as a non-technical beginner

Disclaimer: I’m not an expert. There’s probably an easier way to do this, but this is what I could find online and do with my limited skill set :)

STEP 1: Decide on what kind of project you want to work on. I was inspired by Pudgy Penguins but you don’t have to stick to animals.
STEP 2: Start creating all the layers for your pieces.

I used Adobe Illustrator for this. You can use other programs as well, but Illustrator worked the best for my concept.
What do I mean by layers? Here’s an example breakdown:

Layer 1: Background
-10 colors

Layer 2: Animal Body
-5 colors

Layer 3: Head accessory
-10 items

Layer 4: Face accessory
-10 items

The random combination of these layers results in thousands of unique images.
In this case you’d need to create:

- 10 images of 10 background colors

- 5 images of your animal in 5 different colors (transparent background)

-10 images of head accessories (just accessories nothing else)

-10 images of face accessories (just accessories nothing else)
STEP 3: Now it’s time to generate all the different variations of images for your collection.

This YouTube video is super straightforward and explains everything step by step.

https://t.co/XU49mPkpA6
Video Brief Overview

1. Download GitHub folder, Node.js, Visual Studio

2. Swap out your images with ones in GitHub folder, modify code, order layers

3. Set the number of images you want created (ie 100, 500, 1K, etc.)

4. Run it

5. Your files will appear in the output folder
STEP 4: Minting & Listing NFTs

Ok so this is where it gets a little tricky. From my research, I found 3 options

1. Your own smart contract (what most do, hard for non-technical folks)

2. Automation software (ie Leapwork & create a flow)

3. Manually (time-consuming but easy)
For a non-technical beginner the easiest option seems to be to just create a smaller collection (50-100 images) and manually list them.

If you’re really set on a bigger collection, you can spend more time exploring the first two options or find a friend who can help :)
STEP 5: Make an @opensea account.

OpenSea charges a one-time registration fee. I paid ~$120

Gas fees for each NFT aren’t paid until item sells.

Buyers -> pay gas fees when buying fixed-price items

Sellers -> pay gas fees when accepting offers
STEP 6: Manual Upload: Create a new collection & add your work to it.

You can pick a set price, bid, or other pricing option.

And that’s it! You can start selling NFTs from your collection.
If this was helpful or if you’d like to support me going down the NFT rabbit hole, check out Tech Rats 🐭 on @opensea

648 rats in total (releasing more weekly)

I’d also appreciate you sharing NFT-related resources so I can learn more šŸ¤“ (v new to this!)

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**Thread on Bravery of Sikhs**
(I am forced to do this due to continuous hounding of Sikh Extremists since yesterday)

Rani Jindan Kaur, wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh had illegitimate relations with Lal Singh (PM of Ranjit Singh). Along with Lal Singh, she attacked Jammu, burnt - https://t.co/EfjAq59AyI


Hindu villages of Jasrota, caused rebellion in Jammu, attacked Kishtwar.

Ancestors of Raja Ranjit Singh, The Sansi Tribe used to give daughters as concubines to Jahangir.


The Ludhiana Political Agency (Later NW Fronties Prov) was formed by less than 4000 British soldiers who advanced from Delhi and reached Ludhiana, receiving submissions of all sikh chiefs along the way. The submission of the troops of Raja of Lahore (Ranjit Singh) at Ambala.

Dabistan a contemporary book on Sikh History tells us that Guru Hargobind broke Naina devi Idol Same source describes Guru Hargobind serving a eunuch
YarKhan. (ref was proudly shared by a sikh on twitter)
Gobind Singh followed Bahadur Shah to Deccan to fight for him.


In Zafarnama, Guru Gobind Singh states that the reason he was in conflict with the Hill Rajas was that while they were worshiping idols, while he was an idol-breaker.

And idiot Hindus place him along Maharana, Prithviraj and Shivaji as saviours of Dharma.
Following @BAUDEGS I have experienced hateful and propagandist tweets time after time. I have been shocked that an academic community would be so reckless with their publications. So I did some research.
The question is:
Is this an official account for Bahcesehir Uni (Bau)?


Bahcesehir Uni, BAU has an official website
https://t.co/ztzX6uj34V which links to their social media, leading to their Twitter account @Bahcesehir

BAU’s official Twitter account


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@BAUOrganization @ApplyBAU @adayBAU @BAUAlumniCenter @bahcesehirfbe @baufens @CyprusBau @bauiisbf @bauglobal @bahcesehirebe @BAUintBatumi @BAUiletisim @BAUSaglik @bauebf @TIPBAU

Nowhere among them was @BAUDEGS to find