In the frame
A small reddish-brown octopus spreads its arms across pebbles in a shallow rock pool. Green seaweed, rounded stones and tufts of red algae surround it on every side.
This dive cuts the picture into 48 pieces on a 8 × 6 grid: 24 border pieces and 24 inner pieces. The cut is fixed, so every player gets exactly the same pieces.
Dive plan
- Start with the easy part: the octopus and its curling arms.
- Almost every part of this frame has detail. The least distinct part is the smooth grey pebbles at the bottom, and even that has texture to go on.
- Switch on Edges to keep only the 24 border pieces on the table, and build the frame first.
- Press Sort to tidy the loose pieces into rows around the board, border pieces nearest — handy once the frame is done.
- With this much detail you can build small islands around single features and join them to the frame later.
- Build the frame, then fill in from the strongest feature outwards.
Colours of the picture
Main colours, measured from the picture's pixels: brown (37%), charcoal (37%) and olive (26%).
- brown37%
- charcoal37%
- olive26%
How deep it goes
Depth 1 of 5 — a calm paddle.
Reef dives sit in the middle: enough pieces to need a plan, never so many that a phone screen feels crowded.