Jack's Camp - last commission project

[kosmic dungeon]

Hello everyone;
Jack's Camp is a small lumberjack camp, there is the famous Drunk'n Griff 'n inn, a few woodcutter huts and a stone circle where druids perform their rituals ... this map was commissioned by BrutalRPG.com, a free and great indie Rpg

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[Josiah VE]

Very nice!

The inn seems quite small.. but oh well. Have some rep!

[kosmic dungeon]

thank you !!after another look, actually the inn would ask to be a little bigger..
I agree with you, I must be careful for the next ..
it's a magical inn; she is present in several location (map) and it allow you to travel instantly !!

[Josiah VE]

Well, if it's a magical inn maybe it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.

[arsheesh]

A fine looking piece. I'm a sucker for nice smooth semi cartoony B&W pieces like this. I like how you represented the elevation and light and shadows of the trees.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[kosmic dungeon]

so, after a chat with my customer, we decide to change the size of the inn ... Hand drawn on paper and add it with computer soft !
i think it's better.
what do you think about it guys
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[Korash]

I like this map quite a bit too...has a nice smooth feel to it.

I do have a problem with the shadows though...They are nice and subtle, but the orientation is not consistant. If you look at the buildings as a clock, the building at 3 oclock has its shadow to the west, the building at 5 is off to the South west, at 1 it is more north than west, at 10 there is none, the trees at 3 are to the north west, and the inn itself has shadows in 2 directions...

Sorry, but it is shadows that usually jump out at me...Otherwise, NICE map

[kosmic dungeon]

the light source should be on the right !! i know i have some trouble with the shadows .. but hard to stay focus after many hour of work !! and i noticed that I make mistake when I turn my sheet to be more comfortable !! have you an easy way to identify the areas that should be shaded ?
i used the real light source (my desk lamp) when i painted some miniatures (warhammer), but on paper it's impossible ...

thanks for your comment anyway

[Korash]

the light source should be on the right !! i know i have some trouble with the shadows .. but hard to stay focus after many hour of work !! and i noticed that I make mistake when I turn my sheet to be more comfortable !! have you an easy way to identify the areas that should be shaded ?
i used the real light source (my desk lamp) when i painted some miniatures (warhammer), but on paper it's impossible ...

thanks for your comment anyway

on paper you can do something simular...draw a light arrow to indicate which direction the light is coming from and run your shadows parallel to that. A ruler would come in handy here for the rough guides. if you are doing the shadows on the computer, just draw the arrow on an other layer and copy it to any point on the map that would be casting a shadow. Once you have those guides do the shadows withing then as you see fit...In the attachment I show what I mean. I put some guides at the high points of the roofs because these points should be longer in shadow than the lower parts of the roof to show height.

Hope that helps

[ThomasR]

I think you can only use references. Maybe go to NASA's website. They've got pretty detailed satellite photos that can help you. I go there when I want reference pictures on shadows, and National Geographics is a goldmine too. Voilà mes deux centimes.