The Garnok region of Baldimar

[RPMiller]

Well, I have to agree with RPMiller... what?

[mmmmmpig]

for consistency I think you need the linework in the mountains. that way the style matches that of the forest and other areas. I think the black inks are a bit too strong though, so I took the liberty of color-holding the blacks and making them a kind of burnt sienna or raw umber color to de-emphasize them.

I think outlining stuff in brown might be the happy medium between outline and no outline. That being said, it is your map and what you say will be the decision.

[jfrazierjr]

Thanks everyone for the comments(and rep and help)! At this point, I just think I have to have some lines for definition, so my last update will be what I keep for the mountains. And I will go back and fix up the shore, forest, and grassy hills to get a consistent looking line width across the whole map.

[RPMiller]

Boo, hiss, boo... I gave you a challenge and you failed.

J/k

I look forward to seeing the next iteration. I think you should definitely stay away from the purely black lines though. If you have your lines on a separate layer you should be able to use one of the blend options to get a contrasting line without them being dominant.

[Gamerprinter]

I'm late with my opinion, and JFj even asked for me to comment! Tough call really, but I'm of Mmmmmpig's opinion mostly. Brown on forests, light grey on snowy mountains and dark brown or black on the dark mountains.

Because I don't use GIMP (much), and I'd probably hand-draw it pen & ink in black / scanned I might have completely different issues than this. So its difficult for me to comment, other than what I've already said.

Sorry its not much of a comment - I wish I could say more...

One thing, though, I like your forest, however next to the mountains, they seem really tall?! I'd soften the shadow, and somehow lessen the bevel effect so that its only a slight bevel. I think it would balance better with the mountains. Just my opinion - though I like this map very much!

GP

[jfrazierjr]

Am I missing it, or are there no tutorials for making mountains in this style here? If there are none, is this something that people would like me to write up a tutorial on???

[Midgardsormr]

Well, there was Hapimeses' hand-drawn mountains tutorial, but that's as close as we've come so far. Have at it!

[Gamerprinter]

Go for it, JFj! I do like those mountains.

GP

[Steel General]

I agree, we need more tut's on this kind of stuff.

[jfrazierjr]

Slight update... I added a compass... I hope the style fits. Also, I changed the outlines to all be fairly faint on all the areas.