I don't have any pics of mine, and my tank isn't photo worthy right now, I'm at war with algae.
Okay, no sand works too.
You just have to keep moving it around until you like it. A pain, yes, but worth it once it looks nice. Islands are really nice. I had islands, but don't have enough rock to make it work right, so I went to three piles connected by arches. You should be able to make a really nice island type aquaspace though.