Another one that I should wait for December 1st for, but I couldn't hold myself back. A country inn has decorated a nearby tree for Yuletide celebrations.

I was going to try to find little balls and add lighting effects, or maybe just use candles from one of the sets of dungeon symbols...but the varicolor Will-o-Wisps from Creepy Crypts are actually perfect.

Okay, I think it was just one mountain that was mirrored and needed to be switched so the shadows were consistent. I tried to look at all of the hills and trees, too -- please let me know if you spot any with aberrant shadows.

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?)

It doesn't look like it, from reading the description of the offer, plus the bundle includes a lot of things I already have. But when the offer was emailed, it included a discount code for folks who want to buy something else instead, so I plan to take advantage of that opportunity.

I probably won't be able to watch this live next week, as it is Thanksgiving in the U.S. and I may be running around getting ready to go out of town to see family. (But who knows, if I'm super organized, maybe I will have time to catch it before I leave.) If I can't watch it live with all of you, I will definitely watch it later.

I loved Christina's anecdote when she tackled this style for All the Annuals about how she used this to design a tavern in the middle of a gaming session! I may give myself a little speed test to see how quickly I can whip something together. Good practice if I ever do find myself needing to pull something together in a hurry.