Gidde is right, the symbol you used for grass is traditionally used to describe swamp terrain, however, I've seen grassland symbols that look like what I posted below. Just an idea for symbol replacement!
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Heheh
Well, I'll take it as a compliment that people are starting to take my ideas and run with them. If I've inspired someone, that makes me happy
Well, I got tired of drawing and put some work into the parchment textures. The one for the regional map will stay more or less as is, perhaps a bit more aging and a close encounter with the mudflats at the river ford
Speaking of river ford, that's the first encounter map. It's still not done, I ended up running errands and taking a break from drawing this one out today and worked on other projects. I resized the regional map a bit to give some room around the edges for comments, I might do something similar with the smaller maps, but less likely - I'll be using those more like insets (hrm, now that's an idea...). So consider the parchment texture on the encounter map as being a temporary thing
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Gidde is right, the symbol you used for grass is traditionally used to describe swamp terrain, however, I've seen grassland symbols that look like what I posted below. Just an idea for symbol replacement!
GP
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Ah, maybe that's what i was trying to do.. I seem to recall the swamp one having a flat line across the bottom so I avoided that.
Ok! Ramah is now officially in swamp country
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I like the style, particularly the lettering.
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Well, i decided to work on the main map for additional inspiration before I do the bandit camp.
As if Gromet wasn't cool enough already, he's developed a bit of a sarcastic streak I think he's been influenced by Alwen more than he's willing to admit... (Incidentally, Alwen seems to have mellowed out a bit since the last map)
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"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
Very funny... I should start hanging out with Gromet more often.
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I like the fighting guys!
I'm seriously considering calling this done.
I was thinking about grunging it up a bit, but I got some feedback along those lines, and I agree - it's fine the way it is, there's enough going on I don't want to distract from.
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