Sambria: Night and Day

[XCali]

Great work XCali. There are so many fun elements in these maps. I believed I mentioned this in the WIP but I like how you've done the trees, the time you spent rendering them really paid off, they look very nice. I also like the lighting effects of the night piece, especially those little pixies or fireflies or whatever they are that you've sprinkled here and there.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

Thank you. I had fun going to work on each element of the map. And yeah, I was happy with the trees too.

I really like how you are developing a style that is extremely clearly you - I don't believe I've ever seen a map quite like this before. You know how much I like darker tones, so the night view in particular looks sweet to my eyes. And just the idea of having a separate night and day view is a really cool idea in general.

If I had to nitpick on something, I'd say the scale is maybe placed a tad oddly. Looking at the whole piece, I think it probably is at the exact halfway point of the image, but with the islands so close on one side and further away on the other, it still ends up looking like it's unevenly placed. I'd maybe move it to the bottom, as there is more empty space to the left of the compass.

Like I said, a very unique map and interesting style. Congrats on finishing this, I'd imagine it took quite a while to complete.

Ah, thanks a bunch. I am glad you liked it.

Regarding the scale, I really see what you are getting at. I had a difficult choice to make. I really really wanted the Angler Fish Monster in the Dark sea and because of that I couldn't place my compass there. And because I couldn't place my compass there, I had to find a more symmetrical place to add them both. Thus the whole dead centre of them both.

Still, I feel I can maybe see if it would work at the bottom left. It might really.

Thank you for the feedback, really. (Nitpicking is welcome, because it gets one to consider different things and experiment maybe to see if can work a different way.)