Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Sometimes, it's not the image you struggle with, but the slight shade tones to perfect. I had decided to not use gradients, and this is technically not, but doing this is much more tedious. I like the result, but part of me wonders if this is too close to using gradients.

On a side note, I have challenged myself to recreate some of the US National Park hex tile as a fun way to challenge myself and learn to use just black and white.

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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.

Torres del Paine, Chile

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.

Luke Bash

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