Did divine judgement finally fall on "Sin City," or did the desert just reclaim its territory when the regional water supply dried up? It's hard to say, but there's nobody left to tell the story...
A wonderful gallery of creations on what our most famous landmarks might look like after a hundred years of neglect! For round 5 we're going more extreme... but first, let's congratulate the top creators from round 4:
I truly loved the creative look at how things might deteriorate! Thanks to all of you who entered and voted! I'm anxious to see how you handle this assignment:
Surreal post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, dreamlike and painterly. The fallen Welcome to Las Vegas sign lies cracked in the sand, glowing faintly with broken neon. The toppled Vegas Vic cowboy sign slumps to the side, its smile distorted, colors faded into rust and shadow. Ruined shells of the Tropicana and ...
Workflow
Expanded original creation to the left to include more of sign, exported the result to do unspeakable things with eraser and smudge brush, and cropped the edited image to 16x9 dimensions.