how long would you say it takes you to get a set of mountains finished for a map this size?
Time to post a new WIP here. The current project is a fantasy continent named Selvarin. The map is 26"x36" ( 7795x10866px) - uploaded WIp is 50% sized. There's nothing that much done but the land mass (colors are temporary, to delimit the sea/land) so this first post is rather to start the thread than show an advanced start. I'm currently working on compass, borders and a fresh new set of hand-drawn mountains.
Selvarin.jpg
Hmm..hard to say. I already started to draw last week, I did it when I had some spare time and I didn't really check the total time I spent on it. So far I have 400ish mountains (hills includes) but it still needs a bit of work and I'll probably add more
*Gets popcorn*
Work your magic Maxie!
ok so let's go Started the first mountains ranges and rivers in southern region and also started to work on the heraldry and tested out map's main icons.
Last edited by - Max -; 07-19-2014 at 08:16 AM.
That heraldry is mouth-watering. I see you like circular symmetry like I do. And those map symbols are excellent.
Love the heralds. Great work. I really like the color palettes. Rustic.
I agree, the shields are awesome! Not such a big fan of the mountains. It will be interesting to see how this will turn out. Keep it coming, Max.
I'm trapped in Darkness,
Still I reach out for the Stars
Thank you guys Still have a few more shields to do.
Sure : draw the basic shape of the shield in PS, duplicate it to make and inner outline, first one set to normal, second one set to luminosity at 40% opacity. Add a textured layer/adjust color behind them (each shield has a specific textured layer(s) ), add distressed/aged touch all around the shield with one or two layers brushed with several brushes. Then add symbols ( a mix of vectors/PS drawing work) and you're done
@Eilathen : Personal tastes or something bothers you about the mountains? Most of the time, I use to draw a new set for each map I make and I needed a lot of them for this map so I went with more classical ones for it since I want to focus more on some other things on this map ( heraldry,territories borders, labels...) but I'm pretty satisfied of how they turn for now.
Last edited by - Max -; 02-24-2013 at 07:47 PM.