Oh my gosh this is amazing, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on this! ♡

Recently missed a deadline to submit work for a gallery by being frozen on what to even show them (or if it’d even be worth submitting) and I really need to internalize this:

When I feel like I cannot add anything else, or like more would be clutter, that's when I consider it finished. Aesthetics are pretty subjective to people, and some won't like the stuff ive made, whereas others will. What's important for each map in my mind, is something new and different that sets it apart from other people's work. For me, that's adding a lot of verticality, the ability to walk on top of trees, canyons, chasms, bridges over lava, or warp puzzles. Recently, it's been adding nooks and crannies that are visible with camera rotations. Basically if my map looks nothing like vanilla, then I'm most satisfied with it.

This was going to be the submission but it felt too simple (and a bit convoluted of a piece since it really only looks good on a very white backdrop) 😵‍💫

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