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)