A little time-lapse photoshoot of how addons are made.
First, I set down a solid-colored flooring so everything is easy to see. Then I lay out all the various items that I may need for creating the addon. After that, I start putting down a base for the addon, so that it will have a nice solid look when finished.

This is roughly 1 hour in.
Then I just start slowly adding things to it, testing hues, raising/lowering/relocating bits as I go.

About 2 hours in

3 hours in

Well over 4 hours later, finally pretty much done. From there I walk away for awhile, then come back and look at it later. If it still looks good, then I remove the black floor tiles and bind it into an addon, which is then copied over to the live shard by +C
