Chromeus - By Tiachren

[Tiachren]

Good Evening Everyone!

I am very new so I hope my formatting is okay. Unfortunately I didn't have the foresight to create a WIP thread as I made my map so I am just going to put it here.

I consider my map finished, but I would really appreciate anyones thought's and critiques incase I decide to make changes in the future.

Medium - Mostly krita (digital painting software) with watercolour and acrylic elements. Final touches in GNU manipulation Program (photo editor). Painted with a Huion tablet.

Ah what else? This was painted for a personal world-building project which I have been adding too over the past few years.

I love art and I am not good at writing so I figured attempting a big old map would be a good place to start.

Thanks Chromeus Final Map Small JPG.jpg

P.S I edited this so the map had my signature at the bottom.

[Jaxilon]

I do like the painterly style of it. Way to jump in right out of the gate! Thanks for sharing and I hope to see more.

[Arimel]

Very unique style here and yet still very recognizable! Great color choices!

[Tiachren]

Thank you both! If anyone asks for it, in the future I will make a guide explaining my proccess so other people can incorporate it into their own styles perhaps.

[Kellerica]

I'll have to echo Arimel, this is certainly a very unique style. It has an almost dream-like look to it that I really enjoy, makes the whole place seem mysterious somehow. I enjoy the shape of your coastline as well. I look forward to seeing what you'll do next!

I am very new so I hope my formatting is okay.

Perfectly okay as far as I can see, fear not Welcome to the Guild (if I haven't said that to you already)!

[ThomasR]

WOW ! Very evocative style ! It feels to me that you applied abstract art to cartography and it is beautiful !

[UnstableGunEnthusiast]

This style is absolutely gorgeous. But even the beautiful colours aside, the map itself is exceptionally well made, with just the right amount of details.

[Tiachren]

Thank you everyone for your replies! I am not sure if I will do a completely new map but I will try a different rendition (maybe a more traditional ink and water colour version).

Also I plan to turn this into an interactive map using leaflet.js so I might do a more detailed version (eventually xD) and some icons to go with, which I will post to the forums.

Have a nice evening and cheers : )

[Ilanthar]

Very nice painterly style! It makes me think at Loïc Muzy's work on the Lovecraft Dreamlands... which I love.
And welcome!

[jshoer]

That's really cool. It would be neat to see a map in this style that had a full set of icons, labels, borders, roads, and the whole shebang. I guess I will challenge you to come up with a style of iconography that matches the underlying painting!