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OGrays Pearls - Main Challenge Winner of the Summer Two Month special in August/September 2017
What a huge map - and what an imagination! I really like it - this is the sort of map that makes me wonder over far possibilities - and it's also sort of sad. Makes me glad I'm living on earth ;D
Thank you, MMM I'm glad you like it - even if there is a note of sadness about the fate of the characters. (If it helps, they do eventually get home... kind of )
Very impressive map. You did a good job of creating the illusion the globes are at different distances from the viewer. I like the way your achieved the concave effect on surface of the primary globe.
Thanks Jay the illusion of distance is a lot easier than people generally think it is. Perspective, overlapping objects, shading... there are a few rules of thumb and that is all. The concave effect was done by shading an otherwise flat area with two layers of black set to overlay or multiply - same principle as any other shading
