Looks cool.
I also found skygeirr outer a very easy tileset to work with. You can literally put everything in and it will turn out ok. Ill post some screenshot once i get home.

sCnDiamond

Germany340 Posts

June 05 2013 19:03 GMT

#482

from my latest map Tropical Marshes:

Samro225am

Germany982 Posts

June 05 2013 21:51 GMT

#483

@spinnaker: stylistically this Looks excellent. Is there an overview or a Mapthread?

sCnDiamond

Germany340 Posts

June 05 2013 22:01 GMT

#484

@Samro225: Yeah, the map thread can be found here. I'm not to happy with the layout, but i learned a lot in terms of textures. I finally learnt how to use certain textures which i thought are awful, but which help a map shine if they are used correctly.

a176

Canada6688 Posts

June 06 2013 19:53 GMT

#485

On May 29 2013 22:10 eTcetRa wrote:

this looks kind of confusing actually. the hard transitions kind of makes me think there are cliffs there when obviously there isnt.

a176

Canada6688 Posts

June 06 2013 19:56 GMT

#486

also regarding the snow, the noise brush has saved me. i was trying for a long while to figure out how to merge the different textures but it never ended up looking good because of the 1) falloff on soft brushes 2) snow/grass terrain isnt so well suited to hard transitions. noise brush's randomness is exactly what i was looking for.

SiskosGoatee

Albania1482 Posts

June 26 2013 01:18 GMT

#487

On June 07 2013 04:53 a176 wrote:

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this looks kind of confusing actually. the hard transitions kind of makes me think there are cliffs there when obviously there isnt.

Maybe, but it does look very pretty, I want to try it some time.

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Coppermantis

United States845 Posts

June 28 2013 22:59 GMT

#488

NewSunshine

United States5938 Posts

July 03 2013 05:50 GMT

#489

I've made a totally useless discovery, guys: the inspiration Blizzard used to create their only 3p map, Elysium.

+ Show Spoiler [The Win Button] +

Problem?

eTcetRa

Australia822 Posts

July 03 2013 13:59 GMT

#490

On July 03 2013 14:50 NewSunshine wrote:
I've made a totally useless discovery, guys: the inspiration Blizzard used to create their only 3p map, Elysium.

+ Show Spoiler [The Win Button] +

Problem?

Blizzard do good.

:D

sCnDiamond

Germany340 Posts

July 08 2013 18:26 GMT

#491

I had some time to spare and decided to start with some doodads on my new map:

IronManSC

United States2119 Posts

August 01 2013 20:49 GMT

#492

Uvantak

Uruguay1381 Posts

August 02 2013 00:28 GMT

#493

How do you guys manage to surpass the feel that your maps look like crap? i always get that feeling when i'm about to publish my maps even with maps such as Cloud Atlas (probably my best regarded map acording to looks), and that i could improve them even more, even tho when i don't even know how.

Some pics.

Crystal Empire

Frozen Valley

SiskosGoatee

Albania1482 Posts

August 02 2013 01:16 GMT

#494

I don't surpass it, but thinking every single map looks like crap happens to help.

Let's face it, SC2 as a game looks like crap. Blizzard isn't known to make lookers. They have always favoured clarity over eye candy.

eTcetRa

Australia822 Posts

August 03 2013 10:55 GMT

#495

Possible retexture:

before

after

Is that a bit easier to look at?

sCnDiamond

Germany340 Posts

August 03 2013 11:14 GMT

#496

Yes, it looks much more settled now.

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

August 03 2013 12:12 GMT

#497

1st version looks man made, 2nd version more natural and also just looks better, also at nat nat and 3rd its more clean = better. Good changes.

SiskosGoatee

Albania1482 Posts

August 03 2013 12:47 GMT

#498

I liked the hard edges more honestly.

skdeimos

Canada155 Posts

August 06 2013 23:40 GMT

#499

I like the new texturing a lot more, eTc. One of the only problems I had with Yeonsu was those hard lines, they make the map look so man-made in my opinion.

Quidios

Sweden74 Posts

August 07 2013 01:04 GMT

#500

One year on Mars