Removing the Texture

After the texture was removed

After comparing the original sketches to the tile as it exists right now, I decided to smooth out all the texture that was created when I sculpted the raised parts. It was just too hard to see what was going on with that much busy-ness on the surface. That took pretty much all afternoon, but now I can really see the contours and decide whether or not I want to change some of the elements, including the outer contour. Right away I'm bothered by the vertical bars at the top, the wider bar especially. One the one hand I don't want to get into a kind of boring regimentation, but one the other hand I feel like it looks awkward like it is. The upper left corner looks better than it did but I'm not happy with the shape overall. Also I want to bring up some of the repeating shapes that step into the distance in the pattern sketch. There's plenty of work to do before it gets cut and dried.