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    Wonderful project! It's amazing how much details you manage to show on these tiny maps. The whole layout looks very cool.

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    Thank you! I'm a stickler for detail. At some point the thought of getting a magnifying glass crossed my mind so that I could fit more detail in, but I will leave that for the future.

    All the best with your Mapvember project! I'm looking forward to seeing your creations.
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    I started working on building the world of my 4th story. The other 3 I haven't written yet but I do have extensive notes on each of them. In short, the 4th story came into being because I decided to explore the world of the 2nd story (a vampire story) through a series of short story. The 4th story is about dragons and I seem to find a place for all the maps I have drawn thus far. Anyway, the initial setting of story no. 4 is an archipelago. I wanted to do it in a different style as I still have to identify places of interest -- enough for an isometric feature map. So, I decided to go with a top down map style.

    Please critique my map especially the style of the mountain which I think still has too many lines. The maps will be grey scale (india ink wash) as I'm focusing on the basics for now. I will move on to colour and colour theory at a later date.

    This particular map is 1 sq. inch and coloured with grey markers.
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    Here are the mountains on a larger scale.
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    Edit: I finished inking the map. The next step is an ink wash. I decided to do a nameless map because I'm trying out a new style.

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    The sea is done. I might darken some areas later. Next is the shading of mountains, forests and hills.

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    Zooming in on the islands that comprise Khig Darim.
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    A top down mountain range I am finally happy with. The ridge lines do not need to be jagged. The lines are merely suggestions. Less is more. Use wet on wet for shading (not done in the pic below). The moutain range was drawn with Hunt nibs 102 and 104.

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    Following are my first two dungeon maps ever made. They were made in preparation for the Dec '21 - Feb '22 Lite Challenge. I am still to decide whether I will make a village or a dungeon. Anyhoo, I thought I'd share my first two dungeons. These are photos. I need to learn how to remove the unused dots from the page. The dungeons were inked with a dip pen.

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    This week is dungeon week for me. I practiced using the following random watabou dungeon:
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    Here is the pencil sketch:
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    And the inked map (no shading):
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    I finished the border of Norsandway Village, my entry for the Dec/Feb '22 Lite Challenge. Next is the ink wash.

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