I agree with Zhar2. The map looks spectacular, but the blue and orange colors are a bit too much for me. What's up with the blue mountains anyway?
I agree with Zhar2. The map looks spectacular, but the blue and orange colors are a bit too much for me. What's up with the blue mountains anyway?
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I see what you mean.
The original colors in the CC3 drawing were softer, but they got "emphasized" by the GIMP effects that I used to give a tattered feel to the paper.
There is no actual background justification for the blue color on the montain.
I just saw the maps done by Sarah Wroot on the ProFantasy website and decided that I wanted to try the eponym style available for CC3.
But you are right to say that the blue and orange are now too distracting, so I lightened the colors in the CC3 drawing and imported it again to the GIMP (original post updated with modified drawing).
I think that the blue and orange are less dominant, with more of the paper texture showing through.
Thanks to both of you for pointing it for me!
I like this quite a bit! It reminds me of some of Tolkien's own original illustrations.
http://www.norphil.co.uk/2004/2004im...trblokbull.jpg
Some of the calligraphy looks hand-lettered. Is that accurate, or if not how did you achieve that effect? (For instance, the lettering is imperfect and doesn't lie on a completely straight line; the two s's at the end of the word "pass" are different, etc.)
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I think it's a really great player's handout map. I think the colours are pretty effective too. I've seen the Sarah Wroot style, so maybe I'm biased(?), but I like it.
Well done.
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