Nov / Dec 2015 Lite Challenge: Charleston Coastal Chart

[icemaneli186]

After watching these challenges play out for the better part of a year now I figured its about time to dip my toe in, so here goes.

The map i'm going to do is of a small town on the West Coast of NZ called Charleston. It was once one of the biggest settlements in the country due to a gold rush there in the late 1800's, but now you can drive through it in about 30 seconds. Its does however have the only sheltered harbor for about 30k's up or down the coast and as far as i can tell, was quite popular in the early days (seems crazy for how small it is). With this in mind I started with the intention of producing a nautical oriented map, although at roughly one hour in (pic below) I've included a lot of the inland details too.... I guess I'll just see where it goes.

p.s the map is probably around 3km from side to side to give a sense of scale.

### Latest WIP ###

Charleston Map start.jpg

[ChickPea]

Hi icemaneli186, welcome to the challenge!

Good choice of subject and you're off to a great start. Looking forward to seeing how you develop it.

[Bogie]

Welcome to the challenge icemaneli186. Good start!

[icemaneli186]

Spent another couple of hours on this. Got some initial colors down and sussed out some bathymetry. Still not sure on what style to head towards so keeping all the paints on separate layers. Adjusting further down the track should be easier that way.

### Latest WIP ###
Charleston Map 2 (Large).jpg

[ChickPea]

Oh nice!

I do like what you've got so far, and I hear ya on keeping everything in layers in case you change your mind (something I do *all* the time!) The colour palette you've chosen is very attractive. What software are you using to do this?

[icemaneli186]

Thanks ChickPea! Everything so far has been done in PS and with a Wacom tablet.

[icemaneli186]

Another update with a bit more color, depth soundings and the beginning of labeling.

### Latest WIP ###

Charleston Map 3 (Custom).jpg

[AzurePlanet]

Welcome!
I like what you have done so far. Nice pencil-colours.

[Diamond]

This is pretty fantastic - perfect font choice too.

[J.Edward]

This is awesome. I love what you've done so far icemaneli.