Thanks for the all the comments. I will tweak the trees.
There will be some places, like the tree that will be locations, the locations will stand out, not sure about the current glow.. but something.
The client is a friend, and I know that given the time he could do it. I do a fair amount of work with them and they new that I would produce something of good quality in a fair amount of time.
I like it a lot. I think the river could go thinner in the distance. At the moment it breaks the illusion of depth a little as it stays thin for a long way. Also, it needs to fade into the background tones a little, it's a bit dark in the distance.
I actually rather like the trees, and the colour palette is fantastic. Great work so far.
Ooh, that's looking nice Devin!
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
Here is this weeks progress. There are times when I really doubt my process and I think I do more work than what is really needed just because I try to work too quickly.
I think if I were to do this map again I would mock up the perspective in a 3D app. Nothing with any detail, just the general shapes.
I plan on painting over most of the trees, blending and shading to make them look a bit more painterly. And I'm drawing back in a lot of the line work I was trying to eliminate.
I love the sense of scale and the feel you get about time-to-travel to a place. I look and I can see how long it will take me to walk there and it pulls you into the setting.
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Thanks Ascension, I think the scale is off, it's supposed to be an even greater distance than it appears. Andugus or myself may come back and create a directly overhead version for a better scale.
Here is the final map.
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