That's pretty simliar to how I do my terrains I scroll down the list, find pretties, put em out of the map bounds, and then find them again when I need them
Same here. However, there's a difference between looking for ideas in the doodad palette and just scrolling through it and plumping down ten of every doodad that looks like it would fit. No offense meant to ThePhail, but it's something I often notice in people new to terraining; they have no real plan and just throw down what seems to be good. This works to an extend, but do it too much and you just get a chaotic look where there's 10-12 doodads that you'll find in every area of the map.
Your stuff is alright, but your style is a bit... chaotic. It still seems a bit too obvious to me that you're just scrolling through the doodad lists, going "ooh, this one's nice" and jotting down 50 of those. You might want to do some more planning. I did really like your spore bog though, that's an interesting theme you've got going there. I reckon the rocks can work, but you need something to back them up, not just use them as backdrop. Either a mountainous area or a less-swampy bog.
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Same here. However, there's a difference between looking for ideas in the doodad palette and just scrolling through it and plumping down ten of every doodad that looks like it would fit. No offense meant to ThePhail, but it's something I often notice in people new to terraining; they have no real plan and just throw down what seems to be good. This works to an extend, but do it too much and you just get a chaotic look where there's 10-12 doodads that you'll find in every area of the map.
Your stuff is alright, but your style is a bit... chaotic. It still seems a bit too obvious to me that you're just scrolling through the doodad lists, going "ooh, this one's nice" and jotting down 50 of those. You might want to do some more planning. I did really like your spore bog though, that's an interesting theme you've got going there. I reckon the rocks can work, but you need something to back them up, not just use them as backdrop. Either a mountainous area or a less-swampy bog.