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The entire ground area won't all be sand! I usually start out with a simple base texture, and then begin adding others as I add the objects/elements. And yeah, that little area is supposed to have steps! I feathered the edges too much and didn't use a large enough drop shadow. That's why it came out looking a bit...odd. It's fixed now, and looking all sinister and spooky (or at least, I hope so).
