March 2015 entry - The Lost Blacklock Mine

[Jaxilon]

Ok, I finally got around to posting my work on this. I will back post the steps for those who like to see how it evolved.

I'm currently working on putting together the text portion which tells the story etc. I have too many ideas going on and I'm not yet decided on what I want to include or will have room for.

Posting here will make sure I get 'er done.

Cheers!

First the sketches (pretty sure I haven't done anything this style before) -
onepage sketch.jpg onepage 0.jpg

Now for some color-
onepage 1.jpg

Introducing the Mine area & changed orientation -
onepage 2.5.jpg

[Jaxilon]

And because of the thumb scrapper acting wonky here is

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onepage 3.jpg

[Larb]

That is really pretty looking. Love those torches/lanterns.

[Gamerprinter]

Looking good, so far!

[Chick]

Very nice artwork!

[ChickPea]

This is great! I love the zoomed-out perspective, then the artwork from inside. And agree with Larb's comment about the lighting. It's looking fantastic.

Bonus points for including skeletons. You can never have enough skeletons!

[J.Edward]

That's looking very cool Jax.

[Jaxilon]

Started getting some text down. So much to do, we'll have to see how far I can get.

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Blacklock.jpg

[Jaxilon]

Well, I've had an unhappy evening because I somehow flattened my entire psd file into a single layer and saved it, basically destroying my work.
I just about threw in the towel and was trying to be thankful it wasn't a commission I had wrecked when I remembered I had done some work on my Cintiq tablet a couple days ago. I booted it up and was able to get back much of my layers although I still lost about 2 days worth of updates. Feeling really angry about doing such a stupid thing I forced myself back into my chair and just started going forward with what I had.

So here is where I am now. Had to do some more squeezing of my artwork to make room for the text I have yet to get on here. That's been a challenge and I really wish I knew how to use Scribus because manhandling text in PS isn't great and eats to much of my time although to be honest I am getting faster now. I almost attempted it anyway but figure the last thing I needed was frustration of trying to learn a new software while coming up to a deadline. Hopefully I'm still going to make it even with the setback. Grrrrr!!

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[Gamerprinter]

Looking good. And great save on keeping most of your work. I've had to completely redo a map for commission because the file had somehow gone corrupt - its a pain. I have given up on a few personal maps over the years due to some software tragedy, or blunder on my part. I hate it when that happens.

I think making some more room for text was a good idea, at least to best meet the requirements of the OPDC.