Forsaken Empire - Commission

[DaggerAndBrush]

I, too, love the colours (great water colour look) and how you depicted the mountain ranges. Does the final map have locations on it or is the map showing an untamed wilderness?

[Warlin]

Great work. The color and shading are very good. Just some nickpics : imo the shadow of the forest is a bit too large (as tilt said) and the shore need to be less flat. Repped.

[Matthew VE]

I agree with tilt, the colour version is more appealing. I like your use of shading for the forests and your combination of ridgeline and individual mountain peak techniques.

The islands indicate scale well. Perhaps you could include a scale/distance key?

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Thanks OldRed! About the scale key, the client just wanted me to make the actual map, and he was going to add labels and such.

Clean lineart, desaturated colors, what's not to like there?

Thank you, Wired.

Everythings to like here, Wired is completely right =) I have one nitpick beside what is said, but it is personal preference and could be intentional the way it is: I get the feeling 'thats it', since there aren't any mountains reaching outside the or touch the borders, making this seem as they would end near the edge rather than continue. Repped! =)

Thanks Steffen!
You're right, I probably could have done a better job with that. I'll make sure to keep it in mind for next time!

As always, a fine map ! What can I say more : I love your style, and try hopelessly to achieve a map that would merely look so cool !!! So thanks for this new inspirational map, that I'll study closely when I'll draw my next regional map !

Thank you so much, Jo! I really appreciate it.

I, too, love the colours (great water colour look) and how you depicted the mountain ranges. Does the final map have locations on it or is the map showing an untamed wilderness?

Thanks so much! Actually the client just wanted the map, and he was going to add labels and such.

Great work. The color and shading are very good. Just some nickpics : imo the shadow of the forest is a bit too large (as tilt said) and the shore need to be less flat. Repped.

Thanks Warlin! I'll keep that in mind for the future.

[ChickPea]

Beautiful maps, Matthew. My preference is for the colour version, as I find the other one just a little too 'bright' in some places. Your shading is fantastic and I love the mountains and forests.

[Matthew VE]

Beautiful maps, Matthew. My preference is for the colour version, as I find the other one just a little too 'bright' in some places. Your shading is fantastic and I love the mountains and forests.

Thanks Chickpea!
The non-color version was never really intended to be a final version, but rather it's the map without the color, and a few tweaks to make it more presentable. If the final version would have been without color I probably would have played around with it some more to get it looking a little better. Thanks for the input!

[ladiestorm]

Hey Mattew! I love this map, it's beautiful, and it's one of those that isn't very busy. I have to admit, I prefer the version with color, because I get a better sense of what are lakes, rivers, forests and what not... with the shaded one, it's not as clear in some places.

But over all, I really love what you have done with them!

[WorldAnvil]

Is the coloured map a layer over the shading?
I love the mountains the look like they were pinched up from the soil if that make sense.