All it takes is inspiration, practice, and patience.
Inspiration is from half-life and tremulous.
Practice is from several years of making high-tech maps
Patience...is something we all seem to run out of when we need it. Just kidding. Just stick with it and eventually it will look good.
Should the ceiling lights be more than 4 sided per tube?
Hmm....now I just gotta decide what will be in the NEXT room. Oh well, I have all the time I need...
You can't see it in the shot, but the ceilling above the player's position is "damaged", as well as the center pipe. But I can't seem to make effective looking wreackage.
It sure looks odd to see the pictures of the room at first (completely empty) and to see it now.