This is the color idea from the pattern (sort of)
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But, I went kayaking again this morning and there are way way way more darks than lights out there--the lights are from shallow water and sun streaking through all the way to the bottom... and it's mostly greens! And that's when one happens to be looking down. If the gaze is across the top--it's dark and more uniform.
so...based on my research, I made a change....
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One more comparison before you tell me you love it! (You do love it, right?) I think the original flows into the circular effect better because our eyes are drawn to the diamond shapes created form the triangles and in the new one a star pops out--but the new idea is more...well, lake like. :roll:
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