May 2018 Entry: Trade Stamps of the Lulth Nation

[Ben King]

I searched "old russian stamps" for some inspiration and found some simple graphics to emulate- thick marginalia patterns with 2-3 color line art.

I'll be shooting for 4 stamps: A regional map of a coastal volcanic or meteor impact chain, a map of a palace garden complex, a portrait of Countess Mirtchdir: Master of Sovereigns, and a landscape of a planar gateway to the Feywold along a main road.

I'll flesh out some of the world details as I go. I've got a slot for a currency value on each one, and a bit of space dedicated to a short name or description. Here's some of the basic margin art I drew earlier in the week for now.

Gate and Coastal map in one image, Portrait and Palace gardens in the other.

I plan to do as much of the stamps as I can on paper barring any text, then scan in the drawings and add text, coloring, and detailed shading in GIMP if I can. Never used GIMP so I may stall out entirely at that point... or earlier.

May 2018a WIP 1.jpegMay 2018b WIP 1.jpeg

[ChickPea]

I like the sound of this one! You're off to a good start and I'm looking forward to your next update.

[Ben King]

I've added a bit to the interior of 2 of the four stamps- the Feywold Gate and Coastal map. Still no text, shading, or coloring.

I'm trying to come up with a plan for the margin design still.

Timallen's martian stamps have similar color and shading to what I'm hoping to emulate, and their Martian postcard WIP is pretty inspirational.

May 2018a WIP 3.jpegMay 2018a WIP 4.jpeg

[damonjynx]

Great start Ben. What you've done so far is really good.

I know it's early days yet, but don't forget to insert the *** Latest WIP *** on your future updates

[MistyBeee]

Hmmm, that's really a fantastic start you're showing, Ben !! Can't wait to see the next steps !

[Vobland]

Coolest tree here!

[ChickPea]

These look great! I love the one with the tree.

[aeshnidae]

Beautiful work! I second (or third?) the tree comment.