Apr/May 2019 Lite Mapping Challenge: Drala's

[Kier]

Just a place holder for now to ease ladiestorm's mind.

I am in. I hope to get a sketch up later tonight to begin the process in earnest other than the million images bouncing around in my head.

[Bogie]

Welcome to the Challenge Kier!

[Kier]

Alright, so the sketch was just too horrible to put up, lol. So this is a first draft.

I have no doubt I will be able to finish, but have sufficient doubt that I will be able to pull off exactly what I want.

I am Not really happy with the cliff, I think I need to go higher somehow without taking too much of the map up. And also my resolution is off.
The grass is just to have something down. The first of several layers to come.
Struggling mightily on the trees. Right now they are just place holders as I fight for their positions and try to get the color right. I don't know what it is with green leaves, so damn hard to get right, and they blend in with the grass. But maybe once I get the full grass layers on, bringing in some taller weeds in the brown spectrum, that might set off the green leaves better. If not, I will be forced to go full Autumn mode with the colors from the left side.

Drala's house will be a stone cottage tucked under the boughs of the trees.

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CliffWithTreeOutlines2a.jpg

[bkh1914]

The cliff looks good to me. The deep shadow tells me that it is pretty tall vertical drop.

The leaf size and texture of the tree on the right are different enough from the grass that it is clearly visible to me.
But if you're worried about the contrast with the grass, maybe mid to late summer when the grass is going to seed and turning brown...

[ladiestorm]

Yay! someone to join me in this challenge!

I think this is looking great, so far! I love the trees! Those colors really pop, and they look great together
And I don't see anything wrong with your cliff!

[Kier]

Thank you everyone.

It was funny I spent a couple days working on the cliff, making it taller, and perspective, etc. And... Well after that I shrunk the trees a bit and like the cliff posted best of all, lol. There is 2 days I wont get back.

I am beginning to think the houses secret might be that it's invisible. Can I get away with that?

But, truthfully I have a couple things I need to hit up in the next couple days, but hope to get another pass up Monday or so.

Thanks again for the comments.

[Bogie]

Great terrain map, looking forward to seeing the building added in.

[Kier]

Thanks Bogie.

Have been very busy of late working on the waters around SkullRock, and starting to map the interior now.

But I found some time yesterday and today. Brought the house in, worked on the grass, added some boulders, still moving the rocks and trees around.

The secret is the black circle, still working on that, not sure I can pull it off as well as I see it in my head, but going to give it a shot over the next couple days.
Still need to flesh the interior of the house out. Cot, bed, rocks around the duel chimney, symbols in the dirt floor. Yes, its dirt floor, very common back in the pioneer days. You could wet them and draw designs on them to decorate. Thinking, its perfect for magic symbols, and casting of magic items from the fireplace.

### LATEST WIP ###
CliffWithTreeOutlines8.jpg

[ladiestorm]

I think it's looking good so far! I'm wondering what that circle is!

[Bogie]

Nice update Kier! Ahhh, the mysterious circle, the circle of life perhaps....