Had a little fun with your mockup!


-Pineapples: I felt the leaves were too strict even for a cubey aesthetic, took outlines away and made them more notorious trough better use of their pallete....I dare you to tell me they dont stand out now!
-Trees: a different take on the leafs...you can have more variation than you think...just the cubey theme doesnt mean they have to be so predictable
-clouds: You should do these trough code, have them overlap on eachother like this...gives a little flashback of Mario clouds.
-water: a slight fading effect
-dirt: Some fun with tile variation
-Croc: I played with his proportions according to the boring mood you talked about in your last post....dont you give up and outline everything!
-Background: Your problem with clarity is using the same tones for EVERYTHING, dont use the stock green just because what you're drawing is supposed to be green! croc got all the neon-ish greens, I made the foreground yellows into green so they dont blend with croc's. Made the BG layer all light blue tones