The Riverlands

[jshoer]

I took a much brighter photo - here's the result with the texture, and with the color layers skewed to match (though I think I have some work ahead of me fine-tuning them):

Riverlands_color_texture_2.jpg

[ChickPea]

This looks great, Joseph. I think the lighter version is an improvement. The map itself is lovely.

[jshoer]

BLAM-O! A first cut at coloring most stuff. I do plan to differentiate the undergrowth foliage from the background grass.

Riverlands_color_texture_3.jpg

[Ilanthar]

Even better with colors. And some shades of green in the grass areas is what I would have suggested.

[KCRileyGyer]

What a lovely image. I especially love the detail of the semi-transparency of each of the waterfalls.

[jshoer]

Thanks, Ilanthar. I'm going to work on more variations in the grass green, but in the meantime, here's some more overall work (including effects on the waterfalls and the wood smoke):

Riverlands_color_texture_4.jpg

[ThomasR]

As it is, it makes a perfect map for a hi-res 8 or 16 bits game of old. I'm sure you'll sort your color problem with some shading. Keep up the great work !

[jshoer]

Here is some more work on the border to finish out the coloring, and I added some bright highlights (after seeing ChickPea post Tilvarel Valley on the twitter account). I also added some yellow to the grass under the pine trees to make it more of a fallen-pine-needle color. What advice do you all have for adding variation to the open grassland? I was thinking of taking a mottled brush and doing some burn/dodge on it, but I don't quite think that's the full answer...

Riverlands_color_texture_5.jpg

[jshoer]

Here's a little more weekend work - still happy to hear any suggestions!

Riverlands_color_texture_6.jpg

[jshoer]

Looking at the version from the last post, I got the feeling that the coloring makes the map seem a little too cartoonish for what I was hoping. What do you all think of that version compared to turning the opacity of all the color layers to about half of what they were?

Riverlands_color_texture_6_reducedOpacity.jpg