The Aisling Sea

[Dimension Door]

While it has been a while since I've really been here, I've not been idle. I missed it! So I want to share a map I've made for the author Vanessa Rasanen and her book 'On These Black Sands'. It was a real breakthrough for me when it comes to depth and style. I hope you like it!

Tools used:
Procreate
Affinity Designer
Photoshop

Aisling Sea.jpg

[Narwen]

Borders are awesome!

[Arimel]

I agree with narwen. The shading around the mountain foothills also turned out really well.

[Adfor]

Such depth to that terrain, wow! I love the perspective of the compass rose as well.

All around wonderful.

IR

[Noenoer]

This is such a fantastic looking map! The shading is beautiful and drawings near the frame are so cool.

Will you add color eventually or keep it sepia?

[SMoresRUs]

Such an awesome map! The tiny details really bring the entire piece together. Very sleek!

[MistyBeee]

Really lovely, Gerralt ! I love the contrasts and the feeling of a constant motion due to the scrollwork

[Naima]

While it has been a while since I've really been here, I've not been idle. I missed it! So I want to share a map I've made for the author Vanessa Rasanen and her book 'On These Black Sands'. It was a real breakthrough for me when it comes to depth and style. I hope you like it!

Tools used:
Procreate
Affinity Designer
Photoshop

Aisling Sea.jpg

This is a great map , I love the detailed frame!

[Misjay Maps]

beautiful. your maps just keep getting better and better
that frame is wonderful... but the compass is my favorite part, I love how it is on the same plane at the landscape, rather than a flat circle 'plunked on' the 'surface'

[Dimension Door]

Borders are awesome!

Thank you Narwen! When there are pirates, sirens or pocket watches to draw I'm in

I agree with narwen. The shading around the mountain foothills also turned out really well.

Thanks! And yes! Something clicked when I made this map when it came to depth I'm glad you noticed 😅

Such depth to that terrain, wow! I love the perspective of the compass rose as well.

All around wonderful.

IR

Thank you! The isometric compass rose was an idea I think I stole from John Stevenson

This is such a fantastic looking map! The shading is beautiful and drawings near the frame are so cool.

Will you add color eventually or keep it sepia?

Thanks Noenoer No.. Color would be awesome but to be honest.. I would not dare putting color on this one.. I'm so afraid to mess up the values.. Color is still so daunting.

Such an awesome map! The tiny details really bring the entire piece together. Very sleek!

Thanks Mores! 1 hour lining the coastline and mountains and 40 hours of details, details and some more details. 62000 brush strokes were made.. 😅

Really lovely, Gerralt ! I love the contrasts and the feeling of a constant motion due to the scrollwork

Thank you Bee! I've looked closely at the subtle value changes you use in sepia maps so thank you! Yeah, I went a bit overboard with the scrollwork but I learned a lot.

This is a great map , I love the detailed frame!

Thank you Naima!

beautiful. your maps just keep getting better and better
that frame is wonderful... but the compass is my favorite part, I love how it is on the same plane at the landscape, rather than a flat circle 'plunked on' the 'surface'

Yes! I love playing with perspective. It gives a lot of headaches though. I just stared for hours to wrap my head around the orienting lines. And afterwards I saw I messed up a bit.. But it really works overall so I'm okay with a little error.