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WIP - Floor 34 - Shadowrun map
Getting lighting to look right and yet still leave the map usable is a tricky balance from my limited experience. In an environment such as you've drawn so far, the lighting would be likely good and fairly uniform flat, or largely none at all, for each particular area, so it may be worth asking how many lighting effects you really need before embarking on setting it all up.
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The 'NoDucks' version 3
The obvious answer is to make one or more really a cockatrice:
[Image from this Monster Fandom Wiki page.]
And use the illusion idea to disguise the fact until someone examines the "right" one closely enough - oops...
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(solved) Trying to recreate cliff effect shown in advertised map
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(solved) Trying to recreate cliff effect shown in advertised map
I think this may be what you need to see/read.
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Cloud Cover
Sue's advice is excellent for adding your own clouds.
If you might be interested in using symbols instead - or as well as - you may like to see the Alyssa Faden style pack, which was part of the Cartographer's Annual in 2014, as that comes with a number of cloud symbols designed specifically for use on overland maps.