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One useful tool for building unique areas: relief maps.
Sound stupid? Just spend some time staring at relief maps and visualizing the roll of the hills, the view across the river, or the feeling you would get after leaving a forest to arrive on the shore of a beautiful lake.
Another idea if you build a lot of cities: take a walk in a major city and just let the crowd pull you along, turn a corner, view the skyline, then look straight up and feel the immense awe at such creations. Take those feelings and use them as a shaping stone for whatever ideas you have in your realm. I know personally I am much better at rural areas because I live in a very rural area. I know personally some builders who are awesome at describing large cities that they have never seen. They know the "essence" of a city is not the buildings within the city, but the effect the city has on the people walking in its midst.
Open your heart, close your eyes and dream a little dream while Life inspires you.
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