[WIP] Winter Solstice

I was going to hold off posting this until December, but I might use it to make Christmas cards, so decided I needed input sooner. (There may be other holiday maps coming, too -- a winter village celebrating yuletide, maybe even a Santa's Workshop?)

For this one, I designed a "Winter Solstice" scene using Spectrum Overland. I have attempted to do both daytime and nighttime versions. (This is the map I was seeking an image of the moon for.)

Here's the daytime version. I wanted to use the henge symbol (very solstice-y!) but at first paused because it's on a dirt background and there isn't a snowy version. Then I figured: maybe elven magic consecrates that area and protects it a bit from the weather, like Lothlórien and Rivendell. I added the tundra terrain below it, and the less snowy trees around it to show that the henge is a bit warmer than the rest. I love the ice fissure but maybe it's a little much? And I just noticed how large the hill between the mountains in the background and foreground are -- should I reduce those ones (or at least move them down a little)?

Anyway, I also tried to do a few nighttime variations. (For the night ones, I may change the border color to be black.)

Here's one with just stars, no moon. And it doesn't have lighting effects.

Here I've added a public domain image of the moon. Is it too realistic? Would the moon image in CA80 that Ricko recommended work better?

And here it is with nighttime lighting. (Since the symbols have built-in shadows, should I move the moon more to the left side?)


C.C. CharronQuentenLoopysueRickoMapjunkieRalfGlitchShessarMonsenScottAand 2 others.

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