I put together a framework to create and mint your own Generative NFT Collection like Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks. With this template (steps below), you will be able to:

• Generate thousands of AI images with unique characteristics (also called "properties") via DALL-E
• Upload .jpg metadata to IPFS via Pinata
• Create + deploy basic ERC-721 Smart Contract via RemixIDE using Solidity and existing Ether.js, Web3.js libraries (this may change in the future, please chec OpenZeppelin for most recent templates if encountering errors)
• Bulk mint on OpenSea marketplace as a publicly available NFT collection

Tools and technologies used: DALL-E, IPFS, Pinata, RemixIDE, OpenZeppelin, Ether.js, Web3.js, Smart Contracts, Solidity, Hardhat, OpenSea.

1. Create an account here --> https://vanity-eth.tk/
2. Acquire ether via Ropsten test network --> https://faucet.egorfine.com/
3. Make .env file with Ropsten url and private key
4. Deploy to Hardhat network (local dev blockchain)
   npx hardhat run --network localhost scripts/deploy.js
5. Deploy to Ropsten
   npx hardhat run --network ropsten scripts/deploy.js
6. Mint the NFTs at these endpoints (10 total):
   https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmS416JXfsW8kUJ5fcvabbaeabvd5g1n8pfnkt9Wk4pJLE/1.json https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmS416JXfsW8kUJ5fcvabbaeabvd5g1n8pfnkt9Wk4pJLE/2.json https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmS416JXfsW8kUJ5fcvabbaeabvd5g1n8pfnkt9Wk4pJLE/3.json https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmS416JXfsW8kUJ5fcvabbaeabvd5g1n8pfnkt9Wk4pJLE/4.json https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmS416JXfsW8kUJ5fcvabbaeabvd5g1n8pfnkt9Wk4pJLE/5.json https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmS416JXfsW8kUJ5fcvabbaeabvd5g1n8pfnkt9Wk4pJLE/6.json https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmS416JXfsW8kUJ5fcvabbaeabvd5g1n8pfnkt9Wk4pJLE/7.json https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmS416JXfsW8kUJ5fcvabbaeabvd5g1n8pfnkt9Wk4pJLE/8.json https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmS416JXfsW8kUJ5fcvabbaeabvd5g1n8pfnkt9Wk4pJLE/9.json https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmS416JXfsW8kUJ5fcvabbaeabvd5g1n8pfnkt9Wk4pJLE/10.json