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Originally Posted by KingGigli
heres some screen shots of my garden i sorta went more natural look apposed to developed
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Next time, I suggest you:
1: Use the Noise tool on the terrain; it makes it hilly, and then use the Smooth Tool to make it less sharp. That will add some natural effects to your terrain
2: Take better terrain Screen shots. A good way to get good terrain picture is to put the screen down in the picture, at a Warcraft unit Eye level. It will look even more impressive, even if you are a newbie terrainer (Not that you are.)
3: Use more Environment doodads will add to your picture a lot, such as the Shrubs, Bushes, Rocks, etc. It always helps, especially in a Garden.
4: Use less units, and more doodads.
5: Follow the terrain challenge. This challenge was Zen Garden (An asian-style garden), not a forest challenge. You made a forest with a river and a blood mage and archers and whatever else. That doesn't fit this catagory.
6: Use more terrain tiles instead of just grass and rocks.
7: Use dirt for paths. Rock tiles don't work for paths in a forest. What works is Dirt, unless you are making a village.
8: Use little groups of trees in the foreground, and large clusters in the back. It adds deapth to your picture.
9: Be spontanious and natural and unsymetrical, especially in a forest, a garden, or any other Natural location when terraining. Your path is a solid rectangle that runs down the middle of the forest.
10: Use layers, with hill tools or cliff tools.
11: Learn how to use fog effects
12: Take pictures that include the sky to make it look more real.
13: Use custom doodads and try to be original using them, like in my Zen Garden Picture, where I used the custom trees and those lanterns scaled up to look like an asian house.
