Reply With QuoteI do have one question: These look as though you draw them from scratch in ink, no pencil sketch to lay them out am I correct?
You should enter. I bet a lot of the guys making beautifully rendered maps are just as mystified about your techniques - I know I am (though I don't make beautifully rendered maps!)
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I do have one question: These look as though you draw them from scratch in ink, no pencil sketch to lay them out am I correct?
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"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere."
Yep, the only "construction" I did was to lay down a couple of perspective lines in pencil then everything else was by eye.
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As an artist I envy people with that talent! I've been drawing since childhood, and seriously as a draftsman and cartographer for over 25 years and that's a skill I never acquired; I always need to rough out a drawing before finalizing it. I once knew a guy that could draw out entire pages of comic-book style action scenes with just a ball-point pen, boy was I was green with envy lol.Originally Posted by PlumCrazy
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"Good teachers love inquisitive students."
"Great societies demand quality conversation."
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere."
Yeah, that always gets me too. I'm more Beethoven than Mozart...start with a framework then make edits and refinements rather than plop out perfection on a first go. I really appreciate that sort of genius/gift.
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)
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Here's two I did today at lunch...
Amazing talent! Keep at it. Thanks for sharing!
Heh, at least you are Beethoven. I'm closer to Brittney Spears . . . do the same no talent things over and over, give them to pros to remix and hope no one notices.
Oh, and PlumCrazy, these are totally wicked. You should definetely enter some stuff in contests. If you can merge the contest requirements with your unique style you will destroy your competition.
These are REALLY good. I have a hard time with modern/sci-fi settings, which is one of the reasons I've taken on such a setting for my current world project. These maps are almost exactly like what I'd like to do someday. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, and I just realized that I bumped a really old thread. Sorry about that, but I had to say something. Thanks again. Bump!
Bump away, we don't mind. It's good to bring stuff back into the light for those who haven't seen them.
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
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