Welcome to the sixth week of the Connect-The-Dots and Coloring event lasting 12 weeks with 2 new Connect-The-Dots challenges each week!

Previous Weeks: Big Ben, Eiffel Tower, Sagrada Familia, St Marks Square, Bridge of Sighs, St.Peter's Basilica, Neuschwanstein, Parthenon, Kizhi Pogost, Taj Mahal
Voting and Leaderboard Thread is HERE.


This week the landmark is:

The Great Wall Of China (JPG Format)

The Great Wall Of China (PDF Format)

Simply print the JPG or PDF (or use paint software), complete the Connect-The-Dots and submit your finished picture in this thread! By participating you will be invited to a special Steam group for GA rewards!

Update From Nordhbane: Due to scanning error, dots 2 and 3 are missing at the top of the image. Feel free to complete the frame in whichever height you want to there.

Here is an example:

If you want to accept the ultimate challenge, then add some coloring to your picture because the next week's voting will be done on colored submissions for winners and special GA entry!

Check HERE for details on your submissions and the event!

And don't miss out on the other challenge this week of Pyramid Of Khufu!


The Great Wall Of China Challenge!

Where: China
What: The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest sights in the world - the longest wall in the world, an awe-inspiring feat of ancient defensive architecture. Its winding path over rugged country and steep mountains takes in some great scenery. It was built in different areas by different states / dynasties to protect different territorial borders.

Interesting Number Facts:

  1. The official length is 21,196.18 km (13,170.7 mi) - 6+ dynasties' worth.
  2. Most of today's relics are the Ming Dynasty Great Wall: length 8,851 km (5,500 mi).
  3. The Great Wall is more than 2,300 years old.
  4. The Ming Great Wall crosses 9 provinces and municipalities: Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu.
  5. Badaling is the most visited section (63,000,000 visitors in 2001). And in the first week of May and October, the visitor flow can be up to 70,000 per day.
  6. The average height of the Great Wall at Badaling and Juyong Pass is 7.88 meters, and the highest place is 14 meters high.
  7. Nearly 1/3 of the Great Wall has disappeared without trace.
  8. Since 1644, when the Ming Dynasty was overthrown, no further work has been done on the Great Wall (for military purposes - some has been restored for tourism).
  9. Great Wall reconstruction and protection began with Badaling in 1957.
  10. In December 1987 the Great Wall was placed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

More Interesting Facts:

  1. The Great Wall of China cannot be seen from space by the human eye without aid.
  2. The Great Wall is not a continuous line: there are side walls, circular walls, parallel walls, and sections with no wall (high mountains or rivers form a barrier instead). In the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), glutinous rice flour was used to bind the Great Wall bricks.
  3. The Great Wall labor force included soldiers, forcibly-recruited peasants, convicts, and POWs.
  4. The First Emperor of Qin was not the first to build the Great Wall. He linked the northern walls of the states he conquered.
  5. There most popular Great Wall legend is about Meng Jiangnv, whose husband died building the Wall. Her weeping was so bitter that a section of the Wall collapsed, revealing her husband's bones so she could bury them.
  6. The Gubeikou Section of the Great Wall has bullet holes in it, evidence of the last battle fought at the Great Wall .
  7. During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), many Great Wall bricks were used in building homes, farms, or reservoirs.
  8. The northwestern Great Wall sections (e.g. in Gansu and Ningxia provinces) are likely to disappear in 20 years, due to desertification and change in human land use.
  9. The Jiankou Section of the Great Wall, known for being steep and winding, enjoys the most appearances on Great Wall picture books and post cards.
  10. The most famous section of the Great Wall - Badaling - has been visited by over 300 heads of state and VIPs from around the world. The first of which was Soviet statesman Klim Voroshilov in 1957.

Hidden Interesting Fact: The Great Wall is Donald Trump's inspiration for the construction of the wall between the United States and Mexico to make America great again!

Due to natural erosion and human damage, about 2,000 kilometers, or 30% of the Ming Great Wall has disappeared. To prevent further loss of the Great Wall, the Chinese Government has taken measures to protect it:

  • Laws to protect the Great Wall.
  • Funds for protection, restoration, and maintenance.

As individuals, the following can be done to protect the Great Wall:

  • Plant trees to keep the Great Wall slopes protected from erosion.
  • Don't litter and graffiti / remove trash and graffiti.
  • Don't damage the Great Wall / take bricks home (it's illegal).

GOOD LUCK with the challenge! Create some breath-taking Great Wall pictures for some awesome GA wins!

Countdown Timer to the end of submissions.


Here are some great pictures of the Great Wall:

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The Great Wall has been moved to Japan... Strongly inspired by Hokusai :)

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Wow, that is so cool! Amazing job! :)

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Thank you :3

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The Great Wall meets the Great Wave off Kanagawa. :)

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Yes pretty much (check the "over" of my submission) Even though it was the original idea (the great wave is my favorite painting) I had to use other of the mt fuji's series of paintings to "color" the great wall, because the shapes weren't fitting well.

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I looked at that one as well for inspiration before deciding what I wanted to do. You've done a remarkable job on capturing it within the shapes given.

If I may offer one bit of critique, you could have made the sky a bit grittier with some texture, and it's a bit too smooth in the gradient. If you look at some of his works there's often a very short gradient at the horizon, and then sometimes one at the top as well, often going into a completely different and darker colour. That is if you want to emulate his work. :)

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Yeah I totally agree also constructive criticism is always welcome :) about the sky (and to be honest the boats too). I wanted something with lighter clouds like in the great wave one, but somehow after trying several stuff, nothing was satisfying and I got very frustrated with myself so I left it at that pseudo gradient thing. I might correct it before the deadline but I'm not sure.

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I get where you're coming from. Sometimes you just have to say to yourself, enough is enough, and let it go. My pyramid feels a bit flat, but I knew that it would take me a bit too many hours to get the shading the way I truly wanted it, so I just let it go. The important thing here is having fun, learning some stuff and enjoying each others ideas and creations. :)

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It like an illusion!

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Simple, but I like the colors. Good job! :) And who is that guy creeping? Aren't you forgetting something?

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It's from a popular anime about walls.
Nope. I was just being sneaky as you can see.

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But... That's impossible! Those walls aren't 50 meters tall!

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maybe he's laying down. Or maybe the mountain is covering him.

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I think it's more like in MediEvil 2.

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It's a pretty nice touch either way :)

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That is so creepy, and awesome. :)

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My wall =)

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Did you sponge the forest? Looks absolutely brilliant!

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I would have if I had a sponge. I did it with a bristle brush.
Thank you :)

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Couldn't you just take one of those you do the dishes with? :)

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I've got a dishwasher, but you are right.
I will get a sponge for the next pictures :)

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But there's so much stuff you can't put in the dishwasher! Like crystal wine glasses and some pans. :)

I almost made a joke about me also having a dish washer, but she refuses to do the dishes, but then I felt bad about it, and I'm the one doing most dishes anyhow. :P (both using the dish washer and manually)

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What do you mean "almost made a joke".

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That's good, nice job! :)

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Mine :)

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Love the details. Great job! :)

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Is that lightning? Powerful!

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This looks really good! Nice job! :)

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Wow! Deep and rich colors!

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This week I only have a really lazy didn't have time version

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If that's too far from dot -to -dot
Here is the previous step.

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I will have to take this, the lines are missing too much from the other version.

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Much better. :)

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Nice shading. Love how you've added a bit of the colour from the wall to the shadow, like how light naturally bounces off of things and colouring them.

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Love the shading as well. Good job! :)

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Lovely touch with the foliage. :) And good idea with the branches in the bottom right. I'm still not sure exactly what they are meant to be, but you added something that makes sense to them!

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Haha love that. Nice job! :)

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Looks like there's a storm on the horizon. Nice way of showing transition within the image.

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Don't forget your brolly!

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My what? =)

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Umbrella!

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Aliens approach! I know it's a storm, but looks like an alien spaceship arriving. :P Great job! :)

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They come to rain over us :D

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I decided to put some colors in mine. Let's see if I can make it in time. :O

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A little over an hour left, depending on how/what you colour, that's time enough. :)

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I was using Illustrator, so it took me a couple hours to color it with all the details, even though I used simple colors.

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I live on the edge. Don't know if it qualifies with some of the changes I made.

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Nothing unusual

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Nice fog rolling over the hills.

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I like to use clouds and fog.

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I like the fog effect. Almost out of time, nice job! :)

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Nice one!! (Also are you adding yourself an additional challenge to post right before the deadline? )

8 years ago
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Actually not, it sucks and I could do better if started earlier. (Nope, create post for next week and forgot to post this). Also I wanted create Necron's Monolith out of Pyramid of Knufu, but result sucks even harder.

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No more submissions will be accepted

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Heh, I almost forgot to post mine.

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Closed 8 years ago by rafaelgomesxyz.