Thanks Ive, I really appreciate your comments.

Personally, I am not too concerned about these issues and, to be frank, 
I do not see the floor as a problem at all :-) This image is an 
illustration, nothing more, and I do not pretend nor want to reach, 
photorealism or anything else, certainly not perfection. That last would 
seriously hamper my creativity and productivity. While I agree that 
there needs to be some consistency within the image (like the blatant 
image maps for arch and street of which I had been aware but pushed away 
for later) I sincerely believe that other and more subtle types of 
discrepancies like the tiled floor fall within the "artist's liberty" of 
interpretation ;-) and the more so as they will all but disappear with 
the introduction of the figures inside (which will generate other types 
of problems unfortunately.

I often look at those illustrations accompanying the books of Jules 
Verne. There are numerous inconsistencies to be traced, but who cares? 
They fall within the limits (or my limits at least) and can be enjoyed 
fully nevertheless.

Still, your comments are important to determine where I draw those limits.

Thomas

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