MONOLITH Alpha #21

One thing I’m really enjoying about editions is how much people are experimenting with it. It’s not a new format, but I think the combination of Manifold making it much easier to create editions and low gas prices are creating a fertile ground for new ideas that reach a broader audience. It is even getting non-artists to experiment with creating NFTs, like Vincent Van Dough with his “Pepe checks” edition, which is a derivative of Jack Butcher’s “Checks”. Then others made derivatives of VVD’s derivative. It may seem trivial and inconsequential, but what I like about it is that people are having *fun*.

So I wanted to support people who are experimenting with editions like my friend Maria Fynsk Norup, who just released her editions on the new Babylon platform. Also as I was writing this issue, my friend Omar Z Robles launched his “checks” derivative, so wanted to support him in joining the fun with “checks”.

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Second Skin by @mariafynsknorup

Street Dancer by @PelinGenc_

A MOUNTAIN OF OCEAN by @jasonophoto

EXPLAIN WHAT I FEEL by @Kx________

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CHECKS by @Vince_Van_Dough

NOTABLE PEPE by @tommy_wilson_

CHECK PEPE by @Elisprii

CITY-CHECKS by @OmarZRobles