Ashrem
Oh Wise One
When art violates the rules of perspective (and even the laws of nature), it creates an uncomfortable illusion. Some artists violate perspective deliberately, Escher being the most noticeable. The new backdrop violate both rules of perspective and nature, and apparently by accident
Wide, pale, sandy beaches are the result of salty water and tides, which inundate the soil twice a day, pounding it and bleaching it until little is left but faded grains of the very hardest rocks (mostly variations on granite).
Palm trees are successful because they have evolved to occupy a niche that few other plants inhabit. They are efficient at removing salt from water, and so grow exclusively in areas that are wet with salt water and in salty soil (i.e., very close to the ocean)
At the back (top left) of our cities, to the left of the rocky-cliff down to the spire island, we have palm trees growing (apparently) many feet above the ocean, in a thin layer of soil on top of a rocky cliff. Behind them, we have out of focus mountains and wide, light, sandy beaches, implying a substantial distance down to the ocean (apparently hundreds of feet).
At the front of our cities we have more palm trees and light sandy beaches, plus a giant shell which appears to be of deep-ocean origin. There is also a giant rock, with no evidence of where it came from, and possibly perched on a tiny cliff with sand inland of it, implying mysterious high-altitude sand of random origin.
On the left of our city, more sandy beaches (implying ocean) (but at least no palm trees), deciduous trees growing right up to the water (implying fresh water), but a pile of giant clams, implying deep salt water.
On the back right of out cities, a slight slope down to what appears to be a third different level of ocean.
At the far right are a series of bridged-chasms, which appear to be at a lower altitude than the front ocean, without any water in them.
I'm pretty sure that the first three beaches are strewn with the shells of giant clams, or brightly painted, curved, surf-boards, but, again, either implies that we are seeing three salt-water beaches.
Overall, it looks to me like they either imposed crazy rules on the artists, or let go most of the artists that actually try to be professional about their work.
(Edit: because someone will bring up the other types of palms: These are all clearly coconut palms, not the other kinds of palms that grow in jungle and temperate areas.)
Wide, pale, sandy beaches are the result of salty water and tides, which inundate the soil twice a day, pounding it and bleaching it until little is left but faded grains of the very hardest rocks (mostly variations on granite).
Palm trees are successful because they have evolved to occupy a niche that few other plants inhabit. They are efficient at removing salt from water, and so grow exclusively in areas that are wet with salt water and in salty soil (i.e., very close to the ocean)
At the back (top left) of our cities, to the left of the rocky-cliff down to the spire island, we have palm trees growing (apparently) many feet above the ocean, in a thin layer of soil on top of a rocky cliff. Behind them, we have out of focus mountains and wide, light, sandy beaches, implying a substantial distance down to the ocean (apparently hundreds of feet).
At the front of our cities we have more palm trees and light sandy beaches, plus a giant shell which appears to be of deep-ocean origin. There is also a giant rock, with no evidence of where it came from, and possibly perched on a tiny cliff with sand inland of it, implying mysterious high-altitude sand of random origin.
On the left of our city, more sandy beaches (implying ocean) (but at least no palm trees), deciduous trees growing right up to the water (implying fresh water), but a pile of giant clams, implying deep salt water.
On the back right of out cities, a slight slope down to what appears to be a third different level of ocean.
At the far right are a series of bridged-chasms, which appear to be at a lower altitude than the front ocean, without any water in them.
I'm pretty sure that the first three beaches are strewn with the shells of giant clams, or brightly painted, curved, surf-boards, but, again, either implies that we are seeing three salt-water beaches.
Overall, it looks to me like they either imposed crazy rules on the artists, or let go most of the artists that actually try to be professional about their work.
(Edit: because someone will bring up the other types of palms: These are all clearly coconut palms, not the other kinds of palms that grow in jungle and temperate areas.)
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