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    Default Oct / Nov 2015 Lite Challenge: River City

    A last minute entry! And only my second here, though I am nowhere as pleased with the result this time.

    The concept was to create a simple, bold map of an industrial city with a complex waterway network. Kind of a cross between London and Venice. I also wanted to do a linocut, and I haven't done many of those! Additionally I creased up some paper and dipped it in tea-leaves to get more texture. I scanned the print and the paper and combined the two in Photoshop.

    River-City-WIP-1.jpgRiver-City-WIP-2.jpg

    I started this late last night and finished it today. I even had to take a trip to PC World in the pouring rain to get a new scanner!

    It would have been nice to make this more detailed, with sharper lines. It also occurred to me that I could have scanned in the lino (before putting ink all over it) to get a kind of terrain-map. If I had time, I might have redone this with that in mind. I definitely liked the look of the lino more than the end result. Also with more time I would have researched river cities a bit more. While I was making this I looked at Paris and saw a lot of interesting features I wish I had included. (I was also watching the Paris news! )

    Anyway, this is my final entry. It doesn't deserve to win, but I think I should get some points for the concept.

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    Last edited by Foomandoonian; 11-14-2015 at 12:47 PM. Reason: Typos

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