Train Depot WIP

[Virgil Vansant]

Okay, here is my updated version. Still lots of work to do, but it's coming along pretty nicely. I still need more clutter on the map, especially on the platform. Another flowerbed needs to be added along the sidewalk. The sidewalk itself needs some work to make it less uniform, and I think I will add a little driveway from the road to the dirt on the southern portion of the map. Some segue between the grass and the dirt, and some freight-type clutter along the ramp. I'd like to add a truck there if I can find or make one, too.

The shadows around the platform were both the hardest and easiest thing to do. Technically, they were easy enough to make with gradients. But I kept thinking that the shadows had to be consistent and coming from one light source in one direction. Making a top-down map required a different mode of thought for me, where the shadows are needed not to show lighting, but to demonstrate height and depth.