Hand-drawn personal fantasy campaign setting map

[gbsilverio]

Well, my E looks like an inverted F, so...

And Feast sounds like a direction I would love to follow!

[gbsilverio]

Started creating the parchment texture I'll use, take look:



And here is a simple test using my last drawing tests:



Bye!

EDIT: Just having some fun:



And yes, I do tend to get sidetracked (it's quite a problem, actually!)

[Diamond]

Hey, that looks really great with the color thrown in there. Nice job, keep going!

[gbsilverio]

Thanks, Diamond!

Progress is kinda slow today, but going. I'll probably hava an update later, though.

Also, I updated my blog. If you want to know about the setting more than the map-making side, check it out!

See ya!

EDIT: the setting has been named: the continent of Thyrdain!

[gbsilverio]

Hail, folks!

I haven't been able to work on the map much lately (finals coming soon, you know how it goes), but I do want to share what little I've done.

First of all, for those who didn't check my blog, the setting now has a name: Thyrdain.

About the map itself, as I've said, I haven't managed to work much on it beyon more and more tests. I'm now tracing the coastlines on the computer, and trying out a style for them:



wich is kind of inspired by this map of Middle Earth:

http://www.woodge.com/books/maps/map...iddleEarth.jpg

I'm trying different styles, but for now that's what I've come up with!

Bye!

[priggs]

It looks like you're making good progress. I like the look of your mountains.

For river style ideas, here are some possibilities:




For your shorelines, here are two ideas for the ocean:

[gbsilverio]

Hi priggs! Thanks for the references, they're pretty useful!

Anyway, this week and the next I'm having my finals, so the project has been progressing a little slowly. I have more time to write about the world than to draw the map, and even that is pretty limited.

But it IS still going, so I though I's show a little teaser of what I'm currently working on:



Currently drawing all the mountains and rivers! After everything is drawn, I'll give the parchment a slightly more worn look (not nearly as worn as my last text, though).

Anyway, that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by!

See ya!

[gbsilverio]

Some more progress:

[arsheesh]

This is looking nice so far gbsilverio. In terms of constructive criticism I think the hatch marks you are using to represent shadows on the mountains could be a bit more uniform. Otherwise I'd say you are off to a good start.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[gbsilverio]

In terms of constructive criticism I think the hatch marks you are using to represent shadows on the mountains could be a bit more uniform.

Haha, that's mostly due to my terrible drawing skills!

Thanks for commenting!