WIP: Fallen Shore

[Ilanthar]

Thirded ! Those trees are gorgeous.

[Sharpsmile]

Thanks guys!

Here is another update:

-- more tree work
-- some water work
-- some land shading





~ Sharpie

[a.coldyham]

I'd like to know more about the gear shaped gap in the walkways mid right. It looks interesting

[Chashio]

That's looking nice Sharpie! How close do you think you are to finished at this point? (Just curious.)

[Sharpsmile]

Thanks Chashio, I am not sure how much longer I have on this map, I am still teaching myself the ins and outs to of Photoshop and I have never attempted a map like this before. I would say maybe a couple of more updates and around 10 hours or so, I could be way off tho . Every time I look at the map I see things that I want to do better or change, but I am sure that is a feeling that most of you have felt on your projects right?

~ Sharpie

[J.Edward]

It's looking really good Sharpie. I really like how you've rendered things.

[Sharpsmile]

Thanks J. it's been a fun process so far.

one thing that I am finding is that I am having hand fatigue during my shading process. On my next map I need to figure out how to achieve a clean shading workflow, I know I must be doing something wrong, I might be just over doing it on the shading. I have my pen settings set to pressure sensitive, between 10% - 20% so that I can layer my shading. I know that when I draw on paper I apply varying levels of pressure with my pencils to achieve a feather and then I will blend to eliminate hard edges. One of the things that I love about your maps and Larbs maps is that you guys just have a single shade tone and it's super freaking clean looking, I actually tried to emulate that on the building roofs on the land area, anyways thanks for the feedback and I will continue to try to elevate my skills.

as for an update, here you go, I think I might be done on the land stuff, well I might need to do some work on the road. Time for the water work, both surface and underneath the surface.

Feed back is always appreciated.




~ Sharpie

[Chashio]

Every time I look at the map I see things that I want to do better or change, but I am sure that is a feeling that most of you have felt on your projects right?

Absolutely.

[J.Edward]

Hey Sharpie, how are you doing the shading? I do it several different ways depending on the style of map I'm doing.
But one way that may be easier for you is to create a layer and set it to multiply. Then use a mid to light grey and paint in all the shaded areas.
Once done, use a good smudge brush and blend/fade the edges of the shadows, except where they come close to a hard structure.

That's one way. I do a number of different ones. Sometimes I'll have several different multiply layers with differing tones of grey.
I'll add that my hands do hurt some after drawing for a number of hours. I grip too tight when I work. It's a bad habit.

[Meriba]

Very cool idea!