Sorry for the late start on the challenge, people. Since it IS a late start, we're going to do an extended-length one that will run to the end of September.

As an extra incentive, and a nice way to wrap up summer, there will also be an extra prize for this challenge: a $15 Amazon gift card. This is in addition to the fantabulous Golden Compass and the buckets of envy drool from your peers.

So for this challenge, we'll revisit an old challenge idea from 2018 and 2009, but this time with a twist. Your mission is to map the passage of time on an environment, but in a specific way - either from 'normal to ruin' or 'ruin to normal'. By this I mean you could show:

-- a castle or dwarven city at both its most magnificent and then in ruins

-- part of a galaxy after the collapse of an interstellar empire, and then after rebuilding begins and cultures are reaching out to each other

-- a region before some kind of apocalypse (natural or manmade) and then after. Or vice versa!

The challenge will run through Friday, September 30 and will close at roughly 8PM US East Coast time. Don't forget to do the usual; title your thread like so: August/September Challenge: << your title here >> Also don't forget to add this tag before all of your work in progress pictures (especially the last one!): ### Latest WIP ### There is a WIP button in the toolbar. If you have any questions or concerns, let me know.

Happy mapping!