I'm not quite sure I like the mushroom idea. It doesn't blend in well with snow.

On a similar note, I did some research on Arctic plants. Wikipedia has never been more appreciated. I've been working on converting them into some pixel art version ever since. I'll probably borrow the colors off Jazz to keep the number of colors low.

On another somewhat unrelated note, I'm going to keep with the ruined Roman city thing and start breaking everything. In the meantime, here is a poorly drawn and poorly dithered snow-blanketed ground. And some flowing off the sides.



Just erase the bad text too.

EDIT: Behold, my best contribution yet.



I am especially proud of the way the columns turned out. I am actually at most an amateur pixel artist.

I also added the blanketing snow to fill up onto a wall, and some other stuff going on.

And if you guys really don't mind, please, fill in the space marked with a vine. I am terrible with vines.