ya I don't know how I did it but I'm tryin' to recreate that same style and effect but with little head way, but practice makes perfect. But this is after 3 months of working with gimp, I like the 2nd winter map myself, sense I did it all by hand (no copying and pasting at this point). I just did some more work to it and all I can say is it looks awesome imo.
But yes I have to say the first map is one of my best. Maybe repible???