I'm not entirely happy with the dirt patches and may modify them to be less like large grit, but they are already little more than dots in the original graphic. Maybe I will dot a larger patch and then reduce it in size...

Mushrooms are a great idea. This time I think more realistic ones. The Creepy Crypt ones were really huge!

I've done a couple of dirt patches. Not sure if these look all right, though.

Thanks Joe :)

I'll have a think about it, since those aren't placed quite as randomly as they might appear. I placed them paler ones towards the edge of the path and in groups of 3.

Thanks Quenten :)

The water... rivers, waterfalls, and all those kinds of things, will be worked on in part 2 ;)

I just put those there to play with the effects a bit while I was thinking about everything else.

I think I've also cracked the grass situation, using terrain patches (a blobby patch of grass texture created as a symbol for each of the 10 grass textures). The full grass textures are also available, but I like the more natural looking terrain patches better, so this map only has grass as symbols.

I've made a new problem for myself, though. I now need to make a few subtle pebble cluster and dead leaf patches for the dirt because it looks too plain.