Boardwalk Showers part 16

Dropped by the Studio today after my day job and put in about 90 minutes on the current block. Today I moved on to the next column of tiles that frame a shower stall, to the left of the one I completed last time. Like the one to the right, all the square tiles had been individually drawn, but before I began cutting today, I erased out bits of the drawing, so that most of the squares are broken on at least one side or corner. (the rows immediately below the black row are a notable exception, but it's because they will be colored darker than rest of the wall) There are a few reasons for this, but the main one is that the second column is about 25% smaller than the first (due to perspective) but it squeezes in the same number of tiles. This in turn means that including all the tile edges would result in a higher proportion of black to white, shifting the overall value balance. The goal of removing some bits and pieces is to return that balance while still providing the necessary information for the viewer to still feel the effect of the perspective. Even if it's not perfect, it's all just background anyway, and I imagine that most of the attention will go to the figures. I'll treat the little bit we see of the last column the same way, and when I do a rubbing of the whole block before printing I'll find out if it worked.