"Mike the Elder" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Being a great Escher fan, I love it. One idea did occur to me that I'd like to
> share. Many of Escher's illusions worked all the better for the fact that the
> images were either monochromatic or rendered in a limited color palette. The
> bright blue background, although appealing for such a scenic image generally,
> may be wowrking against the illusion. The high-contrast diagonal between the
> land and sea cuts right across the bit where the "trick" occurs and tends to
> focus the viewer's attention just in the wrong spot.  As the various landscaping
> elements used in the land area are quite attractive, why not use them for the
> entire background and allow the illusion bit to blend in? Just a thought - great
> image either way.

Happy to hear that you like the image. Your suggestion is interesting, and I
like to give it a try. I'll post the result once I have done so (which may be a
while, as I am busy of the next couple of days). It's actually a bit similar to
the plan I first had. My initial idea was to let the grass slowly morph into an
abstract tiling pattern that would slowly fade out. That's also quite Escher
like. I discarded that without actually trying it out, however, because I
thought it would distract from the main illusion. Your suggest would probably
work better in that respect.

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