Inn on the cliff

[Redrobes]

We had a december challenge where several of us done an Inn on a cliff top. Might be useful...

http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=1342

[torstan]

Ah, that was when I was having a cartography break. Missed that one. They were some really great entries! That was fun to look through. Very handy.

[torstan]

Okay, so I had a little more time for mapping this weekend before having to accept the week might have started. Got the basic lines in for this map and created a new background to have a shot with. Not sure how this will work with the colours, but it will be interesting to give it a shot. Hopefully the cold background colours will lend a wintry chill to it.

[torstan]

Another quiet evening - now got the trees in. All elements have their own masks as well - a lot less painful this time.

Anyway, here is the map in its current lineart form:

[torstan]

And here's a version with the first colours added!

[Badger]

I'm betting that snow maps offer a bit of a challenge in that just by default ... show can be pretty devoid of anything, it blankets everything .... so trying to compliment an otherwise plain and uninteresting scene with enough eye candy to keep it from being 'boring' ... ooooooo..... a thought... you could easily have some interesting things 'under' the snow that are hazards the players can't readily see ....

Its looking great .. but you already know that.... I like the cool ice-octopi inhabiting the surrounding area .... oh.. wait... nm, those are trees....

[torstan]

Thanks. Actually the snow is proving to be a pain because light colours don't yield so well to dodge and burn. Here's the current iteration:



I've got a few floating rock issues and the cliffs need quite a lot of work. A task for tomorrow now. This is proving to be harder work that I thought - but that's what I get for messing with this style. Learning some useful things though. I'll be very grateful for any C&C on this.

[Ghalev]

And here's a version with the first colours added!

I'm still new here and all, but that said: this map (at this stage of development) is the nicest thing I've seen here at the Guild. Just thoroughly inviting, evocative, clearly informative and likeable.

[RPMiller]

Yup. Pretty much all of his stuff is. I don't think I've seen a single map come from him that wasn't.