Yes, indeed, Butch Curry got me started, but I'm already to the point where I've taken off into my own world. Heh. Good eye.
So here's the next portion, complete with sea, roads (that I'm not thrilled with. Yet.), building wannabes, and some FIELDS! How do they look? Is the style maintained? The object clear? (I mean, no one is going to be mistaking those fields for mountains or something, eh? LOL)
(Alas, Del, no scale. Sorry!)
I *swear* I am cursed by the Attachment Manager! My picture is in there ::pointing:: but it never ever ever posts with my first attempt to post it! AUGH!
It's marvelous! The fields look quite right to me, and I like the font you've chosen--it matches the style quite well.
Are you planning on painting the roofs? The silhouette look is at odds with the rest of the map, but not so much as to make it look bad.
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Try, when in advanced mode:Originally Posted by StillCypher
after you attach and either close the window, or come back to the advanced reply, then click on the paperclip Icon at the top middle, the arrow drop down, and highlight the attachment you just uploaded... you should have a couple of ATTACH Tagswrapped around a number...
see if that doesn't insert it in on a first try
Thanks!I feel better already! The font is Brandywine. Really nice, old-fashioned calligraphy-ish style. And no, I don't want to leave the buildings as silhouettes, but I'm getting to those!
Okay, Delgondahntelius... here goes nothin'! ::closing eyes and crossing fingers, and if it works I'll love ya forever!::
Your right.. the buildings now detract somewhat from the feel of the map... I don't know how big you originally had planned for this map ... mainly cause there ISN'T ANY SCALE
If you have your buildings on a separate layer, I would just go ahead and either get rid of them and start over, nestling them around the forest... and try for a different more complimentary style of house.
And, probabyl me being a nitpick... but the water needs to be reworked... I can see the brush pattern you used... maybe this is the effect you were going for but it looks as if it was just kinda ... slopped over... or.... you just ain't got that far yet and i'm jumping ahead of myself
Glad that inline attachment worked... maybe upgrade you browser ? did it post alright before? or have you always had to post twice to get a pic to show up?
One of my favorites, and of course there's always something groovy about using a font published by an RPG designer (in this case Ysgarth's own Dave Nalle, he who masters the Scriptorium) to decorate a fantasy-gaming map
I miss the silhouette buildings
I should have remembered it was his! LOVE his fonts, and I dream about dropping boatloads of money over there...One of my favorites, and of course there's always something groovy about using a font published by an RPG designer (in this case Ysgarth's own Dave Nalle, he who masters the Scriptorium) to decorate a fantasy-gaming map
Okay, so... I increased the scale of the trees to better suit my imagination, I added Del's requisite SCALE, I messed around with the water a bit -- though I'm not sure I like it better than the first one. I rather liked that 'painterly' quality -- and I played around a bit more with the buildings. Again going for that 'painterly' or 'illustration' quality, I sketched the buildings in with a skinny little 'noisy' brush (completely by trackpad!). Blurred a tad, and treated to the same displacement map as the rest of the elements. I don't know about you guys, but I really like how it turned out!
What, no symbol key? No compass rose? No grid of latitude and longitude? No indication of which exits have a Burger King/Rest Stop/Filling Station/Alchemist?Okay, so... I increased the scale of the trees to better suit my imagination, I added Del's requisite SCALE
For my own tastes, this is one of those maps where the elements and their arrangement can strongly suggest the scale all on their own (and it can lend a note of authenticity, depending on whether the map is meant to feel "in-setting" or not). I don't think the scale bar harms anything (I wouldn't want to earn the ire of Del, anyway, since it obviously means a lot to him) but I think this map could get on just fine without one. Heck, I don't think I've done a fantasy map with a literal [physical] scale in years, now (I tend to use chronographs when I provide a scale at all).
I think the buildings went and got awesome. I liked the water pretty much equally both ways.I messed around with the water a bit -- though I'm not sure I like it better than the first one. I rather liked that 'painterly' quality -- and I played around a bit more with the buildings.
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