Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: My KotS WIP and RFC

  1. #1

    Help My KotS WIP and RFC

    Using RobA's excellent script and some tips from here or there I started on my version of Level 1 of Shadowfell Keep. It's still early in the process but I welcome any advice.

    I'm still experimenting with how to handle curtains (I like the wavy lines but I can't make them nice with Gimp yet), good ways to draw, or grab barrel images, etc.

    I'll probably concentrate on the upper left and top as this map is destined for Maptool and that's where the players left off last time around.


  2. #2
    Community Leader Facebook Connected Ascension's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    St. Charles, Missouri, United States
    Posts
    8,392

    Post

    I really like how the background of rock doesn't dominate the whole thing. The floor coloring is also well done and together they both blend well together to make a unified whole. All I can really say is that the doors might need some work but this is a very appealing map to me. Gimme some more
    If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
    -J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)


    My Maps ~ My Brushes ~ My Tutorials ~ My Challenge Maps

  3. #3

    Post

    RobA's script really makes it easy (and makes churning out quick maps for a session achievable).

    I futzed with the doors for quite awhile and finally just settled. Any advice is definitely appreciated.

    I'm going for a slightly cartoony (that's not exactly the right word but the connotation is there I think) feel rather than realistic. For those that have seen the map style in D&D 4e material that's more or less what I'm copying. I'm not an artist so I have to borrow wherever I can

  4. #4
    Community Leader Facebook Connected Steel General's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Ft. Wayne, IN
    Posts
    9,530

    Default

    @jgerman - This is coming along very nicely and I agree with Ascension on the color scheme.

    If you haven't checked them out already, I would suggest the Dundjinni forums as a place to find about anything you could possibly need. Unless you really want to do it all by hand.
    My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Still poking around occasionally...

    Unless otherwise stated by me in the post, all work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.



  5. #5
    Professional Artist Turgenev's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2008
    Location
    Toronto, Canada
    Posts
    872

    Default

    I like it. I think it has a lot of promise. Keep up the good work.
    Cheers,
    Tim

    Paratime Design Cartography

    "Do infants have as much fun in infancy as adults do in adultery?" - Groucho Marx

  6. #6
    Community Leader Facebook Connected Ascension's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    St. Charles, Missouri, United States
    Posts
    8,392

    Post

    Ok, here's a door I made up for ya. I made it a rectangle instead of a square, put a roof thatch pattern on top and then a brown color overlay, and a black stroke (to try and keep the feel you were going for). The first one I made was too dark and blended in too well so I put a soft white layer on top to lighten it up. Use if ya like or disregard if it looks bad.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version. 

Name:	door.jpg 
Views:	394 
Size:	94.0 KB 
ID:	6775  
    Attached Images Attached Images  
    If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
    -J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)


    My Maps ~ My Brushes ~ My Tutorials ~ My Challenge Maps

  7. #7

    Post

    Quote Originally Posted by Ascension View Post
    Ok, here's a door I made up for ya. I made it a rectangle instead of a square, put a roof thatch pattern on top and then a brown color overlay, and a black stroke (to try and keep the feel you were going for). The first one I made was too dark and blended in too well so I put a soft white layer on top to lighten it up. Use if ya like or disregard if it looks bad.
    Wow, thanks!

    I appreciate it, especially the explanation of the steps you went through. I'm actually enjoying making maps as much as I do playing the game.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •