I have an idea for another tileset I'd like to draw, an underground mine. However, this time I will show my progress here for feedback and suggestions. If you can endure my painfully slow progress, I promise you a better tileset for everyone.

My idea for this set is that the ground will be very dark and the background will be light by a lava river to contrast the ground tiles. A bit like Damn, but with more mine features such as mine rails and crystals of various sorts. It would also be fun to have some things burnt by the lava, like holes in the rail or parts of it collapsed.

Here's a sketch of how I imagine some of the tiles:



I've also gone ahead and drawn the background cave tiles (for layer 5) along with a torch animation already:



I'm using some photoshop brushes this time (than pixel by pixel) which should give a better look and speed up the progress, but on the same time eat more palette colors. However, without a textured background and other various color requirements, there should hopefully be enough.

Let me know what you think of the concept and if you have any ideas for tiles and eye candy.