Here's the new one with the beach looking a little better. But there's another problem. I have the outer wall shadows of the monastery blending with the long outside wall shadow (under the wall), blending with the highest tier of the cliff shadow. That isn't right. If I remove the outer wall shadow (the short one on the wall itself), then I won't have any wall shadows inside the building either. The only way I can see to address that is to draw a shadow by hand and then split the outer wall into two sheets, one with a shadow one without and hope that this doesn't look like I have a split wall. I guess I could do some kind of a floor mask, but I don't like what that's going to do to the whole map. It's a conundrum.

Hi, Glitch and Loopysue! Glitch, I'll send you a message on where that set can be purchased.

I love doing maps that show levels in elevation, though it's challenging. I could have made the elevation levels blend together using shadows and edge fades, but not on this one. I like the feeling of hard shelves sometimes. I feel like an elaborate monastery like this one could be used anywhere, with symbols changed out to fit the new occupants. This particular monastery is dedicated to an insect deity (those are bee hives in the gardens). Any thoughts or suggestions are most welcome.

I've had such a wonderful time creating maps with the Darklands sets. In the past, I've been gravitating to Schley, but I wanted something that was a bit more natural. Having the sheets already prepared in Darklands made it so very helpful. Thank you to those of you who made that possible. The following maps are in the order that they were created.

Occasionally I decided to pull a few symbols from other sets to make them stand out, but almost everything is Darklands in these.

Finally, I was asked to create a map for an aquatic elf town on an island. I wanted to give it a feel of the Bahamas meets the Forest. So I created a symbol set that combined two: Darklands and Marine Dungeon. I fell in love with Marine Dungeon and found that it could be used just as well for a city map with some modifications. Again, when it came to the buildings, I pulled some symbols from other sets.

Marine Dungeon and Darklands are absolutely amazing!

Wow! Beautiful job. Congratulations to the winners and everyone who offered such incredible maps. It was nice seeing how they progressed and changed until the final results. I've learned a lot by seeing all the different styles. Thanks for hosting this fun contest.