Gullfoss, Iceland

I am struggling with a nighttime tile. I looked into a northern lights style, especially since I had a few Scandinavian countries left. I found a great picture in Iceland with the famous Gullfoss Waterfall. But after completing the ground, I struggled with making the aurora look good. So, I decided to keep the falls and change it to a daytime scene. I like the falls and will have to find a better scene for nighttime.

This gets me to 47 tiles, just 3 short of my goal. However, I have been slowing down because I can't find/decided on the right image for the next countries.

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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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