January 2020 Challenge: Hyérune

[Ilanthar]

By Arsheesh
Wow, your artistic skill has come a long way Ilanthar. Your illustration skills alone are much improved. I think my favorite elements of the new piece are those ships though. Awesome design on those.

Thanks a lot, Tad! Very glad to read it. Well, I intend to draw a "representative" ship for each nation. It's a "watery world", after all .

By - JO -
I'm not sure either... I love the texture, but the fact that all the stroke are not parallels made me think it was some kind of moutains (bottom of...) I'm sure it would look more like waves if the strokes are all parallels

Yup, I hear you. Clearly, I'm drawing in a curvy way (truth be told, I turn a bit the picture &/or the tablet when I want to draw a straight line). I think I'll find another way, though, because all those strokes are very boring long to do.

Not done much today. I had to work in the morning and enjoyed the sun doing some bike in the afternoon.
The islands of Ymiris (Snake) are pretty much done, and I've just started the islands of the Szbarao Rings (Spider).
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Hyerune neo.jpg

[- JO -]

So much tiny, precise and beautiful details ! Your map needs to be looked at closely to get the most out of it.

[Domino44]

Awesome to see a map from you in this challenge! I love all of the animal symbols and the fact that the water is more of a highlight in this map. I'm looking forward to seeing it progress.

[Ilanthar]

By - JO -
So much tiny, precise and beautiful details ! Your map needs to be looked at closely to get the most out of it.

Thanks, my friend !

By Domino44
Awesome to see a map from you in this challenge! I love all of the animal symbols and the fact that the water is more of a highlight in this map. I'm looking forward to seeing it progress.

Thank you very much ! I'll have to do something about those seas & oceans, especially if I don't color it.

I'm less and less sure about the round buttons for the beasties... And still late on schedule.
The new beast is the Charybde, emblem of the very bad guys .
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Hyerune neo.jpg

[Ilanthar]

Some more.

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Hyerune neo2.jpg

[- JO -]

Keep up the good work ! You are nearly done with the lineart, aren't you ?

[Ilanthar]

By - JO -
Keep up the good work ! You are nearly done with the lineart, aren't you ?

I do hope so !

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Hyerune neo2.jpg

[- JO -]

Amazing how a border can change a map ! It’s looking good and has a strong character ! I love the details of the cities !

[J.Edward]

I love it.
There's so much cool stuff going on in this piece.
Since it's a wip, I'll say two bits....
Some text is getting lost in land details.
Other is just an opinion.. the vertical lines in the creature circles, it works with some.
but it doesn't work as well on others.
The dragon and rat. Not sure if you reverse the vert lines, like flip horizontal. Idk.
Just something that felt off, in a super cool piece of work.
I'm digging this one.

[Marc Moureau]

It's really pleasing to see it take shape.

The cities are surprisingly detailed for their scale, and the creatures are an interesting addition to the map. Very good job !