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    Map Yanuma Stronghold

    A map of a Stronghold from another age

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    Pen and watercolour on paper (14,8x21 cm)

    It depicts the next location for a small Numenera scenario i'm puzzling together (the first is the "Bereth-Ahal Enclave" i posted earlier this year). It's heavily inspired by the marvelous works of John Stevenson, Miska Fredman and Jabba the Hutt
    Although i planned not to spam the finished map thread with my smaller maps, i gotta say i'm particularly proud of this one and i decided to break the rule before i even established it properly.

    Btw.: the area in the bottom-right corner is deliberately left empty to add a legend/key to it at a later date when i got the details of the scenario together.

    Hope you enjoy it as much as i do,

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    EDIT: i forgot to say many thanks to MistyBeee and OldEarth for their helpful tips about the water in watercolour! ...i managed to paint that sea rather unpatchy ... although with only one brush for now
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    Really cool looking stronghold. You did well with the watercolour. It has a nice feel
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    Another nice one! It's great to see this surge of Abu Lafia maps lately.

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    Wow, you're right to be proud of this one. It's absolutely gorgeous! Can't rep you again so soon, but this is actually my favorite of the watercolor pieces you've shown us so far. Great work Abu, you're nailing this!
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    The shading work is astounding ! You've got quite hte output these days

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    Shading, color, lineart, everything is excellent! And I like a lot the originality of your maps .

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    That's very cool Abu
    The color and subdued feel remind me of old Heavy Metal imagery, which is sweet.

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    Honestly, if you asked me I'd probably tell you to spam away! I'm really enjoying your work! Your style and saturated and very clean and clear watercolours and line art is really, really great (and quite frankly and inspiration for me to strive toward)!

    Glad the tip helped!
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    A thousand thanks for the nice feedback everyone! I greatly appreciate it.
    I think i have to tweak the colour settings of my scanner. Although i like the saturated tones of this scan too, the vibrancy of the colours from the original piece got a bit lost here.
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    Very nice and unique design. Your watercolour skills are also improving!

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