June-Aug '21 Lite Challenge: Western Amiro Empire

[Adfor]

Second on the border design, the simple approach and lifted effect are an eye catcher. Cool ship!

IR

[Bogie]

The mountains and forests are looking good.

[Andarr]

It looks very promising Arimel. Do you plan to fill the void of the desert with something or its just sand all around?
Good Job.

[Arimel]

Thank you everyone!

It looks very promising Arimel. Do you plan to fill the void of the desert with something or its just sand all around?
Good Job.

A slight problem with the quality of the photos here! There will be a mix of different desert types through the map. The western side is primarily sandy wastes (with a nice dragon skeleton in the center just because). Along the coast there is some scarce vegetation zones as well. To the NE of the map will be more badlands/canyon lands. Still very dry but more rock than sand. To the SE is more cracked mudflat/sand flat desert where there used to be huge flooding (and occasionally still is) but the land is just dried out and cracked now. In the central north there is a savanna area but next to it is a salt desert (absolutely lethal to the Thaldorian hives of ant-ish-people that live in the desert to the north). And finally there is a mix of sink-sand-desert stuff in the central to east central part of the map. Phew! That is a lot. I think I hit nearly every type of stereotypical desert here!

All of this I have outlined in pencil but none of it really shows up on the images. The pen should do a bit better and I now have a scanner I can use to do the final bit (I hope). It has not been tested on this type of paper though and I want to ensure that I have a good final product image before risking it getting shredded when sent through!

[Arimel]

So here is a slight non-sandy bit of desert for show. I have been working on the mesas/canyonlands/badland things in the Northeast of the map. Still a good bit to go there but the ink is spreading...

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[The Elderly Cartographer]

Looks good. I can definitely see the canyon layers.

I like that phrase "The ink is spreading..." It sounds a little foreboding.

[Arimel]

Very foreboding. Once it starts to spread, little can stop the tide!

Well, here is the completed black and white version! I have used a scanning app to get a cleaner image, so everything should be visible now (I say before seeing the uploaded image). If this turns out clear than I think I know how I will be doing updates in the future!
Colored pencil fun is next!

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Edit: For reference, the scale bar on the parchment is for 450km and wow that is a much clearer image than I expected!

[Diamond]

That's looking outstanding. Love the little details like the scorpion. And your mountains are on point!

[Bogie]

It is coming together nicely! The scan is nice and clear.

[Adfor]

Love the crags, Finn. The barren expanses are a great minimalist touch, can't wait for the color!

IR