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    Wip Fellwick - WiP

    This is pretty much my first attempt at making a town map. I've just got some stuff laid out right now.

    I drew the coastline in Photoshop along with the graph paper lines, and printed it to draw on by hand so I could work on it while I wasn't at my computer. When I got home, I scanned it and traced it, and now I'm procrastinating because I don't know how to draw the farms, but I'm sure I'll get over it.

    Once I figure that out, I'll start with the colors.

    Edit: Er... oops. That mess in the upper-left corner was me experimenting with ways to make trees. I'll go delete that. Hehe....
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    that's actually a neat way of doing it. now that my scanner is working, i may give that method a try..

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    Great start, can't wait to see some more progress!
    Check out my City Designer 3 tutorials. See my fantasy (city) maps in this thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gandwarf View Post
    Great start, can't wait to see some more progress!
    Ditto that...
    My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Still poking around occasionally...

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    I like your boldness in pioneering a unique style. It's not there yet, but obviously you're developing the technique. I'm interested.

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    I really like the trees that ended up in the actual map. This is looking great so far

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    Very nice layout so far. I will watch the thread to see the progress.

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    I've started working on color, building placement, and the like.

    I'm not sure about the wonky paper texture. It's just sort of there because I didn't like how smooth everything looked without it. (Though, I liked the water better without it so I masked that....) I'll probably replace it later, but with what I'm not sure.

    Hummmm... I was going to say more but I forgot.

    Oh, right. I should distinguish elevations at some point, heh. I'm not sure if I want to do it with shading or what. I still don't know how to draw farms. Haha.

    I'm working on the walls now. Hmm....
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    Right! I know what I forgot. Thanks everybody, for your interest.
    Quote Originally Posted by Coyotemax View Post
    that's actually a neat way of doing it. now that my scanner is working, i may give that method a try..
    Thanks! There are just some things that I do better by hand. A tablet can't mimic the texture of a pencil on paper, so it's just not the same....
    Quote Originally Posted by Gandwarf View Post
    Great start, can't wait to see some more progress!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steel General View Post
    Ditto that...
    Thank you both!
    Quote Originally Posted by Immolate View Post
    I like your boldness in pioneering a unique style. It's not there yet, but obviously you're developing the technique. I'm interested.
    Unique style?
    Quote Originally Posted by Gidde View Post
    I really like the trees that ended up in the actual map. This is looking great so far
    Thanks! I hope they look okay once I texture them and whatnot....
    Quote Originally Posted by Katto View Post
    Very nice layout so far. I will watch the thread to see the progress.
    Thank you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by StarRaven View Post
    A tablet can't mimic the texture of a pencil on paper, so it's just not the same....
    And thank goodness for that, lol ... anything I do on actual paper looks like a 5-year old drew it

    This is looking really cool, keep it coming

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