June / July '17 Lite Challenge: Inspired by Malacandra

[Mouse]

Cool, really cool. The only suggestion I might have at this point is to reduce the size of the cliff face texture.

Thanks Wired. I was thinking of doing that, but somehow.... I just like it that way. The landscape Lewis describes is by modern standards wildly outlandish, and I feel the scale of the stonework reflects that and enhances the graphic expression of that outlandishness - cartoonish

I can change it without much trouble, but I'll leave that decision to the end when I can see what the whole of the map looks like

The map has a great feeling to it ! A little remark here, and I hope you cannot unsee it The red dots kinda look like a blood splatter. (seats back in his armchair, stroking his white cat and grinning in the dark)

ROFL! Revenge at last!

I was wondering when you would get me back for that dragon I couldn't un-see in your treasure map

Thanks Thomas

[HadrianVI]

This looks great so far

[Mouse]

Thanks Hadrian

However, I'm about as likely to finish in time as fly to the moon, so I'll have to continue it in a WIP thread after the Challenge is over

Your entry is looking very fine, and you are far closer to being finished with it than I am with mine

[Mouse]

I lost 6 hrs work earlier when I tried to stroke the path (shown blue below), and crashed GIMP.

I've more or less caught up with where I was, but I'm not even going to finish the cliffs (never mind the trees) before time's up

### Latest WIP ###
Malacandra 11.jpg

EDIT: sorry - didn't realise the path wouldn't render, despite being visible.

This is a screen shot to show the offending path. I've crashed GIMP three times now trying to stroke a very straightforward dashed line along it.

Path.jpg

[Bogie]

Looking Good Sue! Software problems s-ck! My wife & I broke Facebook loading vacation pictures & videos.

[Straf]

My wife & I broke Facebook...

Amid much rejoicing

[Mouse]

LOL! I guess you must be pretty famous, Bogie I don't think I know anyone else who can make that particular claim!

To be perfectly honest I'm not that keen on FB, but I do use it just to listen to the global grapevine and keep up with everything that's going on

Thank you. I will try to get as much done as possible, but I have other commitments this morning that I promised to fulfil several weeks ago, and there's just too much to do to be able to finish it now that I've had that set back.

Never mind! I tried

[Mouse]

Log book record:

GIMP crashes: 7 - seriously!
Stupid mistakes leading to the above: 4
*palm face* incidents: at least 5

Here's a total remix on the colour palette

### Latest WIP ###
Malacandra 14.jpg

[Chashio]

Ouch. You've done wonderfully keeping at it

[Wired]

Weird, I don't remember GIMP being this unstable. Hope you can still put in the finishing touches on this marvellous piece, Mouse!