Ilanthar's tests & sketches

[Falconius]

Oh I like the frame sides up there. Pretty cool.

[Ilanthar]

Thanks, Falconius!
I did some changes/improvements on the asterian.

And I realize that I'd better post some mapping-related stuffs instead of those personal worldbuilding illustrations...

[Ilanthar]

I finally decided to seriously try to work a map on paper. It's more a test than anything else right now, but I have an idea of a big map I could do on paper.
Here's where I am right now.

[Arkidemis]

Not a bad start. Do you have plans on coloring it or keeping it black and white?

[Ilanthar]

Thanks, Arkidemis!
I really don't know about colors. I'm just testing things here... I'm doing the shading on the paper too, so, I don't know how digital colours will work (since I don't have the stuff to do it on paper).

So... I realize it's a bit blurry, but I began forests/coasts and details on the mountains in the top left.
### Latest WIP ###

[Ilanthar]

Some more. The shading is quite hard to do properly.
And I clearly have difficulties to obtain a good picture without blur...
### Latest WIP ###

[ThomasR]

Si je puis me permettre, ça a du groin (et c'est intraduisible)
If I may, this has swagger !

[nopkin]

Wow, those mountains look really neat! And the city symbols, they are so tiny and crisp... What size is the paper?

[Ilanthar]

haha, merci Thomas! Tu peux tout te permettre, t'inquiètes, même l'intraduisible .

Thanks Nopkin, it's a A3 sheet.

[MistyBeee]

I just discovered this thread : nice start for a traditional map (for me, it's incredibly harder than digital o_o) ! I especially love the tiny towns and trees.
Also had a look to the frames you posted some time ago and I adore the one with the lizards ^^