August Entry: Spearmen & Dragon of the Rose

[pyrandon]

I don't know why you'd care, but I enjoyed seeing everyone else's "process" images that I thought I'd post mine too.

The first is a scan of the individual stick figures; the second is the "in the works" line tracing.

Take care!

[ravells]

Thanks Don! I find the thoughts behind maps and the works in progress as interesting as the final result.

[RobA]

Very clever! THings like this show who the real artists are here

[pyrandon]

Okay, I thought the spearmen rose was my August entry, but I like this one much more, so...disregard the spearmen.

My original idea was to have a top-down view of the dragon breathing fire due north, with its wings being E & W, & its tail being south, but my sketch-ups, while workable, were not dramatic enough for my tastes. So I just goofed around & came up with this. Perhaps it's unusual that it "points" west (vs. north), but I'll risk the wrath of the cartography police. Call me Danger Seeker.

Below are the WIPs & two color variations on my new, shiny, improved dragon compass rose. This was a "blast" to draw (hehe...bad pun, sorry.) All done in Photoshop from a scanned sketch.


Thanks for peeking at my goofing around. Take care!

[pyrandon]

And just for fun--here's a way this may be interesting as the corner of burnt parchment.

[Ishmayl]

That looks great, pyrandon. I'm confused about the Dragon being a compass rose, but it's still a great little drawing nonetheless. Your actually entry (presumably the two soldiers) looks like it would fit really well in the bottom right corner of an old city/regional map.

[ravells]

I love it! Using West as the main Cardinal - why not? Great thinking, and another beautiful drawing ! I love the way the curves of the W follow the Dragon's wing.

Ravs