It took a couple of hours to put this together, and it felt like I was in a trance. Practically assembled itself, just flowed so beautifully. Too bad it didn't turn out that great, but it felt good to get it done; it's been a long time since I've been that absorbed in an image. Hope you guys like it. The basic idea came from a landscape that was gonna be in a story I never wrote: it starts out as a suburban sprawl, then becomes salt flats, which gradually become sand dunes, which gradually become covered over in a thick fog, and then there's a giant drop off the edge of the world. I have no idea who this person is supposed to be, maybe they got lost. They come from this great pic by OmirOnia of stock.xchng called "The End", and I've used them a fair amount -- you may remember them from "this is not happening". You know, I've been posting my photomerges in the Mixed Medium gallery for a long time, but since they created the Photomanipulation gallery I'm wondering if I should post there instead. The only reason I don't is because that category is in the Genre section instead of the Gallery section, which I think is a mistake because it's just as much a Gallery category as Mixed Medium is, and also it doesn't let you point out what kind of thing you were going for (it'd be much better if you could post something in "Photomanipulation & Surrealism", for example). Anyway, adios, and thanks for giving "tilt" so much love. Credits: Shadow person by OmirOnia Sand dunes by ngould Cracked mud by Robmania Sky by Mayang's Free Textures Paper texture by brokenarts EDIT: i shouldn't be assuming people's gender identities. i apologize. edited to fix that.