In the frame
A bright red crab stands on a tangle of olive-brown seaweed at the edge of the sea. Smooth dark pebbles lie behind it, and small white waves wash in across the top of the picture.
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 red crab in the centre.
- Almost every part of this frame has detail. The least distinct part is the white foam of the waves, 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 (36%), charcoal (25%), grey (18%) and slate grey (11%).
- brown36%
- charcoal25%
- grey18%
- slate grey11%
- sky blue10%
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.