Those are both awesome beginnings Hadrian I love your technique and perspectives.
So, here's my latest WIP. It's a screen shot taken from CC3.
### Latest WIP ###
Hanging Garden CC WIP I.JPG
Did you really do your hanging garden in CC3? WOW! I thought you were experimenting with GIMP
Nice job
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Thank you, Chashio and Sue.
Yes, this is entirely done in CC3+ (no addons) - well, except for the scanned drawing.
So here's yet another update. There's still a long way to go and I hope I manage to finish it in time.
### Latest WIP ###
Hanging Garden CC WIP II.JPGHanging Garden CC WIP IIB.JPG
In the left version I only used CC3+ (including addons) and in the second version I added textures from textures.com.
I'm not sure which path to follow. What do you think?
Although its a very fine texture you have there, I don't think it goes very well with the drawing work you have already done.
If you keep it, then might I suggest using an overlay blend mode on it , so that the drawing becomes dominant again, rather than the texture?
The other thing is - I can see that you have done a very fine drawing, but it is so small that the detail is being lost to us. Since you are presumably rendering this from CC3, a bigger picture would be better to show off what you have done
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Definitely the one on the left, the one on the right looks very cut and paste and takes away from the charm of the original version. I would remove the photo texture all together, I really don't think it suits, but I agree with Mouse that if you are going to keep it then it needs to be toned down quite a bit... It will be interesting to see what you do with it, I really like the idea of everything being on the side of the cliff like this.
Thank you, Sue and Kacey for your comment. I never intended to use the texture on the right without further modifications. And I was not sure whether I should invest more time to implement it. But Sue gave me a great advice with which it can be implemented without too much additional work. I just tried it out:
### Latest WIP ###
Hanging Garden CC WIP III.JPG
I put the texture on a separate sheet and used the overlay blend mode. I adjusted the saturation so the cliff does not turn too orange and added a slight blur to break up the sharp edges.
Also, I will post the map in higher resolutions but at this point I just make screenshots, because I have not yet done all the details and I do not have the time to wait until it is rendered in a high resolution.
I can see I need to learn to keep my mouth shut! LOL!
Seriously - this is a strong contender, Hadrian. You are not allowed to give up now!
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No, please don't.
I won't give up. I am going to finish the map in any case - independent of the challenge.
But as you know, I run on 3-4 hours of sleep per night at the moment. And looking at the other great challenge entries, including yours, I am tempted to give myself a break and maybe not finish the map in time for the challenge.:p