@Kellerica
Nice to read that my map can be an inspiration for you - since it's the same for me with your maps which all convince me in their own way and style!

It's interesting that you call the color scheme "unnatural", since indeed the world is artifical (it was created by little steampunk robots for an AI that's running around in the body of a giant robot spider in the inside of the world - but that's another story).
But I also don't have a calibrated monitor. (your own maps look definitely more natural compared to this one)