WIP - Mordor

[Sarithus]

Edit: This thread has been taken over by the Dark Lord.

[Deadshade]

You are missing the 3rd dimension - the height.
If you want to draw a relief map in perspective, you must start with the foreground objects (trees, hills, mountains).
It is the size of these that will give you the scale of the objects that will be in background.
In this sketch the foreground mountains are clearly too small compared to the mountains on the horizon and the box (?) if it is a tower would be almost invisible if it is not several km high.

[Sarithus]

You are missing the 3rd dimension - the height.
If you want to draw a relief map in perspective, you must start with the foreground objects (trees, hills, mountains).
It is the size of these that will give you the scale of the objects that will be in background.
In this sketch the foreground mountains are clearly too small compared to the mountains on the horizon and the box (?) if it is a tower would be almost invisible if it is not several km high.

As I said the boxes were just me playing around trying to get a sense of the perspective, they aren't there now.

[Sarithus]

That looking a bit better?

[arsheesh]

I think adding a slight curvature of the earth/planet would help as well.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Sarithus]

I noticed that the mountain range I had curved in almost exactly like Ered Lithui so I decided to go for it. I present what I hope to be the map of which I'm most proud of when it's finished: Mordor. (perhaps only north mordor)

Could a community leader change the title of the thread to WIP - Mordor, please?

[Sapiento]

I noticed that the mountain range I had curved in almost exactly like Ered Lithui so I decided to go for it. I present what I hope to be the map of which I'm most proud of when it's finished: Mordor. (perhaps only north mordor)

Could a community leader change the title of the thread to WIP - Mordor, please?

Cool. I was actually playing with the idea of doing a Middle Earth map.

[Sarithus]

Maps are fun again! My aim is to make this map look as painterly as possible as if it wasn't made digitally. I love this style.

[J.Edward]

Cool. I was actually playing with the idea of doing a Middle Earth map.

Now that would make for an interesting monthly challenge. Mapping Middle Earth.
I would have to get in on that.

[- Max -]

Now that would make for an interesting monthly challenge. Mapping Middle Earth.
I would have to get in on that.

Dang. I was also thinking about mapping something of ME aswell Why not going for a friendly "challenge" here, each one would pick up a part of it and map it? Looks like Mordor is already taken