Sagus Cliffs

[Mouse]

This is most interesting. How long does each stage take you, Hugo?

[Hugo Solis]

This is most interesting. How long does each stage take you, Hugo?

My longest process is precisely the base coloring, and more often than not is because sometimes I can´t decide on the colors and I waste a huge amount of time going back and forth deciding.

Also it doesn't help that I like to add lots of different colors, in the end is the same amount base coloring but my palette indecision adds to the looong process of base coloring.

BTW texture laying count as base coloring for me.

Lets say that if a map like this takes me about 16 hours to do, 6-8 of those hours were using base coloring.
Some 2-3 hours sketching and some 4-6 hours finishing and lettering the map.

For me, base coloring is a most tedious and boring process, I enjoy sketching (the creative part) a lot and then the finishng because there's when I see the map come alive. Some times I even get a bit discouraged on the base coloring because it can look quite crappy, but I've been long enough at this trade to know that the end result will be MUCH better.

[snodsy]

Thanks for sharing your process, really nice seeing this come together. beautiful work!