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    Help! I need help!! Anyway, I have always had trouble shading mountains.. Definitely with finding a right color palette..

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    I like the third one. it's pretty similar to the type of palette i've been using. and the linework helps define the shading.

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    Much also depends on the colours of the rest of map too....kind of hard to comment on the colours in isolation. Maybe one thing to try is to use a complementary colour of your lights to make the shadows which may help to make things 'pop' a little more.

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    I like the color of the first one, but it looks unfinished...there is at least one valley that can be shaded in that I see. The extra detail will bring it in line with the style of the third one.
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    What about this for buildings? (woops.. Forgot the highlights.)

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