September Entry: Hornbeam's Device

[RobA]

Here is a quick test-shot against a weathered parchment BG.

Still just playing with transparency/etching styles at this point... I didn't bring all the engravings over into GIMP.

[RobA]

I still need to add the rest of the map detail, but this gives a feel for what the final result will be.

Might have overdone the sand on top, but we'll see...

-Rob A>

[ravells]

That's a really masterful use of masks, Rob!

Ravs

[RPMiller]

Yes, it is a bit too much sand, but I agree with Ravs, you seem to have a great master of masks. Well done. It feels very real.

[RobA]

I've tweaked the sand (less on top, and a bit more granular looking) and think I'll leave it...Now to finish the underlaying map...

-Rob A>

[RobA]

Hopefully in time for the cutoff-

The finished map. This is Hornbeam's field map where he jotted many of his notes down as he was constructing the device. The critical mark is a survey line he placed from Copperhead, facing due east (4 o'clock on his map). This allows him to compensate for the erroneous compass reading seen in the Glass Ocean. The shoreline to the sea is roughly sketched on the east side of the map.

The alignment symbols around the device correspond to the astrological symbols used (and are actually based on a distorted Inuit font). The image depicts his map on the sands of the Glass ocean, lined up for a reading, with the wind blowing on the map, and drifting around Hornbeam's device.

-Rob A>

[ravells]

Beautiful, imaginative and brilliantly executed - all the hallmarks of a RobA map!

[pyrandon]

Amazingly creative! Wow--what a neat idea!!!! Great work, Rob.

[RobA]

Thanks for the feedback! I felt a bit rushed, but wanted to have a (more or less) complete entry.

BTW - attached is a photo of the concept sketch I made in the beginning...