Winkelmann thought it was a beneficial way to sharpen his drawing skills. The project was inspired by Tom Judd, who did a drawing every day for a year. Since then, he has not missed a day Winkelmann has discussed keeping it up even on his wedding day and the day of his children's births. Winkelmann started 'Everydays,' which involved creating a piece of art every day, on May 1, 2007. Winkelmann graduated from Purdue University in 2003 majoring in computer science. His father worked as an electrical engineer, and his mother worked at a senior center. He grew up in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and retains the Wisconsin accent. In early 2021, Beeple released the 5000 Day Selects as a commemorative piece to the Christie's auction with 105 editions. The auction house had previously sold Block 21, an NFT with accompanying physical painting for approximately $130,000 in October 2020. It is the first purely non-fungible token to be sold by Christie's. Everydays: the First 5000 Days, a collage of images from his 'Everydays' series, sold for $69,346,250 on March 11, 2021, making it the third-most expensive artwork by a living artist.

He is known for using various mediums in creating comical, phantasmagoric works that makes political, social commentary while using pop culture figures as references. Michael Joseph Winkelmann (born 1981), known professionally as Beeple or Beeple Crap, is an American digital artist, graphic designer, and animator.

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