Chichen Itza, Mexico

When starting Mexico, I wanted to combine the pre-Colombian culture with modern Mexico. I had an idea to have an aztec warrior with a dia de los muertos style skull. When I finished it and started working on the rest of the tile, it was more distraction than complementing. I really like the skull, but it had to go. The bacground, that became to focus of the tile, was a pyramid of Chichen Itza. With no warrior, I spent more time on the shadows down the front. It is a simple design, but iconic. Enjoy.

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Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

I remember a friend telling me about a beautiful lake with stunning reflections. (An interested conversation because they were Chinese and there is a similar place in China called Qinghai.) I found a good image of the lake, dried and showing the salt flats. With a lot of time and a limited color palette, the final tile is complete. Enjoy.

Lesotho, in depth

I have been working on a few new tiles and I wanted to go through a little of the process of of putting one of these together. Let's look at my tile for Lesotho. Lesotho is famous for its ponies and majestic Drakensberg Moutains. I sourced a few pictures: - a horse and rider (to be adjusted with a Basotho hat) - misty mountains - and the Three Rondavels (famous mountains in the Drakensbergs) The misty mountains have the color scheme and some the mountains. The silhouette of the Three Rondavels become the rest of the background and some of the foreground. The horse and rider silhouette with a proper hat finishes the tile.

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