Starting to have a bit more shape.

Do trees really have longer shadows on a slope if viewed from directly above?

Experimentation with rocky bits and patches of possible mud and tundra.

I hope it looks like the village that isn't there yet is on a steep slope.

Ok. The streams stay :)

Can't have the were-elks wandering away in search of water.

Still playing with map size and composition, but soon it will be time to start looking at the rocky north and the tundra plain in the south.

I'll do the map at first all in Winter Village and modify it where necessary once the basics are in.

There aren't any rivers marked on the area map. Should I take these out?

LOL! Where would I be without you, Wyvern?

I know! I know! Some-were-elks, I guess.

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I don't usually do a preparatory sketch, but I was waiting to drive my mum somewhere, so here's a quick sketch of the basic idea.

I'm going to use Winter Village for the base, and add from other styles to create the brighter colours of the tundra in the low area to the south of the map. The whole village is on a slope with higher ground to the north.