The Line, NEOM

AI-assisted digital painting

The Line, NEOM — a mirrored horizon carved through the desert of the future, glowing at dusk

The story behind this piece

The Line, NEOM is a digital painting that depicts the proposed linear city of The Line as two parallel mirrored walls stretching across a desert landscape at dusk. The composition is vertical in format, with the mirrored facades catching the last light and dissolving into the horizon, framed by low desert ridges and a warm sky of orange, peach, and blue. An AI-assisted digital artwork created as a unique edition for collectors, and as inspiration for digital artists shaping their next piece.

The Line is the centerpiece of NEOM, a planned megaproject in the Tabuk province of northwestern Saudi Arabia, announced in January 2021 as part of the country's Vision 2030. As designed, it is a linear city 170 kilometers long and 200 meters wide, with two parallel mirrored walls rising 500 meters, intended to house around nine million people with no cars and high-speed transit running beneath the full length of the city. NEOM's name combines the Greek word neos, meaning "new," with the first letter of the Arabic word mustaqbal, meaning "future." The project is planned to run entirely on renewable energy.

It is listed for sale at rarible.com/gambocco, and the artist's page on that marketplace shows current availability and price. For those who admire the artwork but do not collect NFTs or Ordinals, the exact AI prompts used to create it are available to buy through ko-fi.com/gambocco.

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About the author

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When I grew tired of life as an educated accountant, I packed a bag and travelled the world. After the pandemic, I pondered what came next — and I found that path through art, turning my travels into digital art on the blockchain in the hope of leaving the world a little bit better.

I've found my niche: creativity and accountability through AI and blockchain. As a hobby, I create digital art and mint it on-chain as NFTs or Ordinals.

Blockchain has revolutionized the world through transparency, simplicity, and resistance to corruption. It has revolutionized art too, making true digital ownership and trading effortless and instant from anywhere. It's a future worth embracing, and this blog invites you to be part of it.

Get the prompts behind my digital art on Ko-fi or own a piece on the blockchain via Rarible.

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