Thread: Feb Entry: Brigatines Rest

I've had the same thought, good suggestion! Although the lower part is beneath the sand, so I won't 'blue' that... And I will get to that at the tweaking stage at the end. I've created a single mast with torn sails added to this version - the other masts and sails have been cut off past the cross-section. Next sea life...

GP

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Great colors.

Thanks, Kier - it's kind of a water color palatte.

For Mearrin69's sake, I included a partially exposed skeleton of the pirate captain trying to retrieve his sword before drowning and burying in the silt, as part of the cut-away view.

Sealife done. Note the cool, giant octopus in the cave.

Edit: I see some of the plants and sea life are beneath the main drawing layer, so I need to fix that, but do in the next update...

GP

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The art portion of the map is complete. I added some birds (looks like pelicans), and an English style manor house on the hill.

Tomorrow I'll do any labeling, borders, maybe a storybox with some backstory info, and the legend. Almost done.

GP

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I love the speed off your comp, and the effects of the refracted light from the water!

making me want to make sure I stay on top of mine. as soon as I get done with this move over the next couple days Im back to the grind stone...

I do have one complaint, there seems to be a lack in the representation of space... not sure how you will fix this, but if you can make it seem less flat I know who I am voting for!

Originally Posted by Pryme8

I love the speed off your comp, and the effects of the refracted light from the water!

making me want to make sure I stay on top of mine. as soon as I get done with this move over the next couple days Im back to the grind stone...

I do have one complaint, there seems to be a lack in the representation of space... not sure how you will fix this, but if you can make it seem less flat I know who I am voting for!

I'm known as the fastest mapper of the Guild - ask any of the CL's. Although I've spent two days on this so far, really I've only got about 5 hours in it total - which is slow for me. I usually create maps in a matter of 2 or 3 hours. Illustration maps tend to take more time. Although a grid placed on the sea floor might help infer the space that you seem to not comprehend well. I plan to create an inset map of the top down of this same area, adjacent to this illustrative cross-sectional chart, with the legend and story box below it on the final composition. The top down map should alleviate any issues you and Mearrin69 have mentioned. I don't want to place a grid, as the sea floor is busy as it is, and a grid might clutter up the design.

Question: if we assume 1 square equals 10 feet, does the placed grid on the seafloor help alleviate the spacial recognition issue?

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Alright now that is sick, I love the map lines, curving with the rolling waves. Very picturesque.

I love the water's surface; it reminds me of Hokusai.

I had a hard time parsing this one, too. I think my expectation of sand adjacent to water meaning "beach" was causing me problems. Once I read a little and realized that it's an elevation, everything snapped into place for me and it made sense. I wonder if perhaps adding some sort of vertical scale might help? I don't care for the grid on the sea floor, and it really didn't aid me at all.