earth.tattoo

What is earth.tattoo?

Tattoo the earth, one pixel at a time. An interactive art project where anyone can claim a patch of Earth and paint it. Your artwork becomes visible to the entire world on a shared, live globe. The entire surface of the Earth is divided into approximately 510 million tiles, each representing a roughly ~1 km² patch. Each tile contains a 16×16 grid of 256 pixels. Every registered user gets exactly one free tile every hour. Click any unclaimed tile on the globe, claim it, and start painting.