Next Earth is a metaverse that allows users to buy virtual land and build on it, much like Second Life or World of Warcraft. Today we have digital art mediums like NFTs that allow us to create completely unique works of art that are impossible with traditional media. We’ve certainly come a long way since Pac-Man first appeared in 1980s arcades. Next Earth takes care of everything else, including listing the artwork on their NFT marketplace and handling all payments and delivery. To sell this piece of land art, I simply selected the “put it up for sale option” option from the land art and entered my price. I chose to buy some ocean tiles and draw a Pac-Man ghost as my first piece of land art on Next Earth, and I wanted to put it up for sale as well.
With Next Earth, you can make money from your art, without having to sell it for pennies on the dollar at a gallery. The “starving artist” is a common trope in the art world, and it’s something that I’ve thought about myself.
