(WIP) Arch City of Nessa'Mor

[XCali]

Hey XCali

I use all kinds of software - GIMP is in my toolbox too

The water is definitely an improvement. The hard edge of it is quite a lot les dominating than it was before. Have you tried using a layer mask and manually masking the edge on the mask?

If you don't know what I'm talking about just say

The trees are all quite similar, which is just a tiny bit distracting when the city itself should be the focal point, but that might just be the way you like them.

The hills do seem to be floating just a bit. That's because you have a shadow that goes right underneath them. Try adjusting the shadow or removing it (as long as that doesn't also remove the hill shading on the side of the hill) and see what you think?

Hmmm,

Okay so took away the worst of the shadows, so the Chocolate hills looks better. But the trees thing is bugging me. I like creating brushes for my forests so that I don't have to do an entire forest by hand. So, I'm not sure how I should tackle it.
I did create some more trees. Maaaybe that helps?
(Are the trees in the city below okay like that?)

But anyway the big thing I'm testing on the experimental build is if the CHOCOLATE HILLS work?



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I checked out a tutorial on Layer Masks today, so I understand the idea of it. But how do you create a better ocean with it?

Thanks in advance.