Random sketches by Thomas

[Skaald]

Hi Thomas ! I really liked your last maps so I put them in my inspiration folder and tried to mimic your style ! If you want to have a look, it's here : https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...225#post436225

It was a pleasure to make !

[ThomasR]

Hi Thomas ! I really liked your last maps so I put them in my inspiration folder and tried to mimic your style ! If you want to have a look, it's here : https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...225#post436225

It was a pleasure to make !

Thanks Skaald ! It's a solid map ! Glad to have been of some inspiration. Cheers !

[ThomasR]

Let's do a little bit of necromancy and resurrect this thread, it might motivate me to experiment more


Here's a part of a map I'm currently finisshing. As usual, a special interest to the compass rose is to be noted

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Hope you like it Cheers !

[J.Edward]

In your map making process, when do you decide on how you will approach the compass rose?
Do you generally know early on, or is it a later stage thing?

[ChickPea]

Oh, it's fantastic! The compass practically leaps off the page. Looking forward to seeing the full map. It'll be a stunner!

[ThomasR]

In your map making process, when do you decide on how you will approach the compass rose?
Do you generally know early on, or is it a later stage thing?

I guess it depends. I always think about the compass early. It is kind of my happy place in mapmaking so, on a map like this one where there were a ton of islands, the coastal details got tedious so, I jumped to the compass design for a breather. Sometimes it is right in the middle of the mountains (my second step after the coastlines). It is an early thing for me, at least in the intention and planning. The execution is something that is usually spread out through the whole project.

Oh, it's fantastic! The compass practically leaps off the page. Looking forward to seeing the full map. It'll be a stunner!

You said leap ? Just for you, Ruby, here is the cast shadows first version

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I wanted a compass that is laid upon the map but I'll have to change the shadows as the client wants it to hover above it instead

Any thoughts to make it better (besides shading the dents, that's planned already) ?

[ChickPea]

Looking even better!

[ThomasR]

Looking even better!

Thanks Ruby


Something else today with a little map I started on a Sunday morning at breakfast this Summer. I wanted to play with pressure with my Kuretake brush and what I got pleased me so, I kept at it and by the evening the map was done. I quite like how it turned out and will likely (if time allows it) color it one day.


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[Blaidd Drwg]

That looks good, Thomas

[Ilanthar]

Looks great! You always have such cool compasses.
The shadows looks just right!

And that volcano is a beast