Maps & Illustrations Together - A Personal Journey

[Ashenvale]

The PCs climb to the cathedral ruins.

I built this elevation in Photoshop much later, using the floor plans for each of the cathedrals layers. I dropped the floor plans into isometric perspective, then connected the walls up around them. This one has a TON of layers! Walls in front of other walls, effects on top of other effects, and so on.

I distorted the building into three-point perspective after completing the elevation. It took about two seconds to do what would have taken me a week to get correct with a pencil and ruler. Don’t you love Photoshop?

I like this elevation, but wish I'd made it darker, more sinister. The golden sunlight works effectively, giving me a nice temperature change across each turning surface, which helps them create a sense of space. But snow, shadows, and darkness might have better created the mood.