this is looking good and getting betterfor the sea colors i'd go with a little darker blues, especially further from the shores to indicate some more depth. Also a nice idea on the coastline-waves, makes me curious how they'd look on the colored version... cheers!
More mountain tests. The lines are closer together, and the upward "face" of the mountain has longer lines.
With and without peaks:
I think the basic structure of what I'm trying here would work better with better "lashes" - they feel a little artificial, espc. when next to the waviness of the water "woodcut".
Thanks!
Koewn
Like Coyote says; if ya want it to look hand-drawn ya might as well hand-draw it. So I agree about it looking a bit artificial. It's not bad but it looks a little too perfect.
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Yea, I know. I so love letting the program do the work for me thoughIn no small part because I'm really bad at drawing.
One more try at a style. Redid the coast effects. Four different mountain attempts. I think the one on the right may work out the best, espc. if I'd thin it out more like the one on the left. It's a selection stroked with a 10% spaced version of the lines I was doing before, then a inverted, blurred selection mask made from the same selection. I think I may like this if I can work up a better brush to stroke with.
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