Thuvar Continent (World of Eldoran)

[Ilanthar]

Ok, after some scribbles in the general & miscellaneous mapping thread, I'm starting seriously to work on this continental map.
First, I'm starting to curse my PC for not being powerful enough...

I will go from the North-West to the South-East, line by line.
I'm quite glad of how it turns out (it takes a lot of times, though), but I think I'll have to do something a bit different for the more hilly areas...
Thuvar.jpg

[ThomasR]

This style is great ! If I had a tiny proposition to make, it would be to slightly blend the ridge lines into the paper (or lightly reduce their opacity).

[Eilathen]

Interesting start and project! Very curious as to how this will turn out. I will certainly keep coming back here

[Voolf]

Looks very interesting. I like this kind of top down view styles.
Is is a crop of a larger continent?

[Ilanthar]

Thanks everyone!

So, I reworked the western part, which you can compare with the eastern one, and I would be glad to have your view.
### Latest WIP ###
Thuvar.jpg

@Thomas : I reduced the lines from 40 to 35%. Is it enough?
@Eilathen : Hehe, glad to see you lurking here.
@Voolf : yup, it's based on my Eldoran world and more precisely Thuvar is here
Local.jpg

[Ilanthar]

I know I'm gonna sound like a grumpy man who's never satisfied... but I didn't really liked what I got. So... I restarted it again...
It's more smooth. I like it better, but it's not really fitting the continental scale.
Thuvar A1P.jpeg
Don't know what to do with it, so I'll probably do a break with this.

[MPG]

Good colours and i like the relief work on the mountians. I am working on a similar approach; a world map taken down to smaller areas, even down to towns and streets, so will watch and learn.

[Ilanthar]

OK... I'm gonna try to resurrect this.

I started over again. Finally, I'm just working at x2 in size, in order to keep the scale right and not lose myself in unnecessary scribbles/details.
I've worked on this late afternoon. I think it's already a better start. The green color for the lands is more a placeholder than anything else right now.
### Latest WIP ###
Thuvarbase north.jpeg

[ThomasR]

Pretty good looking but it seems to me it clashes with the rivers, I dunno why ...

[Ilanthar]

Thanks for the feedback, guys.

Some more. I decreased some the base "topography" layer in order to have something even more appropriate to the continental scale (or so I think).

By ThomasR
Pretty good looking but it seems to me it clashes with the rivers, I dunno why ...

I added some shading for the rivers in the NW part and decreased the opacity of the lines a bit, is it better?

Thuvarbase north.jpeg