This is my entry into the Gaugan Contest brought to us by 
Sorry I haven't kept up on the entries, Jimbo... I've been a little uninspired for the past few weeks. But, I need another image for a book cover, so I decided to make it again.
I chose this output for various reasons including the well-formed cloud and the fact that it didn't make the foreground sand look like water. I could imagine this place existing in Wyoming - which was what I was looking for as I am nearing completion of a romance which takes place in this area.
How I Made This Image
I visited the Gaugan AI art generator which takes paint strokes and interprets them with real-world imagery to create amazing photoreal images. It's not perfect, but it does an excellent job at creating awesome art.
This time, my goal was to create a landscape that might occur here in Wyoming, arid, mountainous, but still beautiful. I began by changing the "sea" part of the template into "sand". Then I added mountains, trees, a small river, bushes, some flowers for color and a few clouds to make the sky less uniform.
Due to "cookie cutter" effecting on the sky, I added an extra cloud in the middle to break it up again.
Other Results
I did a few extras this time since I'm looking for a book cover image... Which one is your favorite?
Crossposted on Uptrennd.
Previous Entries
| * indicates a win | x | x |
|---|---|---|
| Week 23 Cloud Burst | Week 24 Kanagaroo Mountain | Week 25 Evening Shoreline |
| Week 26 Gaugan Slough | Week 27 Brownsmead Mountain | * Week 28 One Evening By the River |
| * Week 29 Yacolt Inspired | Week 30 Mountain Hermit | * Week 31 Falls on the North Platte |
| Week 32 Evening River Bridge | * Week 33 Casper on Another World | Week 34 I Saw Three Ships |
| Week 35 Yosemite, perhaps? | Week 36 Waterfall Rock | Week 37 Independence Day Fireworks |
| Week 38 Coastal Idyll | Week 43 Mountain Lake Morning - 2nd | Week 44 Evening Mountain Homestead - 1st |
| Week 45 Coastal Cove - 1st | Week 46 View From the Barn - 2nd | Week 47 Smuggler's Cove - 3rd |
| Week 48 Ghost Ship | Week 49 Alpha |
Lori Svensen
author/designer at A'mara Books
photographer/graphic artist for Viking Visual
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