June 2014 Entry: The Land of Evening's Shadow

[Tomalak]

Lostatsea's 'The Corruption' looks so lonely there in the thumbnails section alone! Here's something to keep it company.
So, the title is something I tagged on there because I have no idea where I am going with this one, but the base map itself really caught my imaginations, so let's see where this takes us, shall we?

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ChalMo June 14-1.jpg

Most of the colors are just placeholder layers while I figure out how I want the hills & grasslands to look.

[Tomalak]

I've been working with some of the features, experimenting with styles. Here are some mountains and a grassland pattern I'm playing with. I'm not tagging either, as they are just experiments.
I'll take a look at them in the morning with fresh eyes before making the call on them.
ChalMo June 14-2.jpgChalMo June 14-3.jpg

[- Max -]

Lostatsea's 'The Corruption' looks so lonely there in the thumbnails section alone! Here's something to keep it company.

Great! Hopefully we'll get more soon

[Tomalak]

I like the mountains, but not the grass. So I redid the grass a different way. I'm happier with this version, but it might be too bright. I think I'll revisit the grasslands after figuring out what to do with the hills.
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ChalMo June 14-4.jpg

[Meshon]

Great work so far! I like the mountains a lot, and I think it might look really good if the hills got a similar treatment. I like the grass texture north west of the mountains more than the rest. Maybe the texture is too strong, it sort of looks like the area to the east is a vast but slightly indistinct conifer forest. Keep it coming!

cheers,
Meshon

[Tomalak]

I am working on the hills, but they unfortunately take much more detailed attention than the mountains. I'll try to get them finished today.
I wanted to try to vary the assorted areas, so they don't all look the same, but I cannot for my life recall exactly how I blurred the western section exactly that way. I'm hoping some combination of blurring, burning, and tinting will give me the 'varied but cohesive' look I am after.

Thanks very much for your input - it helps alot to have another point of view!

[Tomalak]

Here's the latest version, now with illuminated hills and consistent grass effect.
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ChalMo June 14-5.jpg

[- Max -]

The grass looks VERY bright. You might want to desaturate it! :::

[Katto]

Good job so far!
Have a closer look at the mountains, the background is peeking through.

[Tomalak]

Good job so far!
Have a closer look at the mountains, the background is peeking through.

I am trying to figure out a way to turn that into slope vegetation. If I can't, I'll have to remove it.