3:4 perspective sand tiles

[fingas10]

How is this so far? The top of the walls are a bit lacking at the moment but not entirely sure what direction I want to go with it yet. What about the sand? any suggestions?

[Cherno]

Looks more like mountains seen from a great distance (like a map) to me. Real sand at this scale doesn't throw small dunes/waves like that, especially not with such peaks.
Al,so, why are the details of the walls so blocky?

[fingas10]

Walls need work still, unfinished. Need more ideas on how to proceed with them actually.

I thought the same as you about the dunes being too aggressive but I wanted to give it a bit of an alien feel, extreme conditions. The setting for the game is space so I figured it should be a bit different from earth.

[fingas10]

Updated the tops of the walls.

[BatElite]

I haven't drawn sand much myself, but here are some doodles as to how you could approach yours.

Also, the grid in your sand is rather obvious: The larger dunes are on the same height; there is a lighter streak right above the large dunes; and every dune ends at the edge of your tile, giving a good indication of where the edge is.

[fingas10]

Thanks for the tips on the grid! I will see what I can do.

Honestly I like what you drew with the sand but want to avoid the typical earth-like sand that we seem in almost every video game and concept everywhere. I want people to know it is sand but give it a bit of an edgy, alien look. Maybe I need to tone mine down a bit but I don't want nearly that much open space or flat featureless terrain in the tiles.