December 2022 Challenge: Town of Veriscay

[XCali]

Hi!

For this WIP, I touched up several things. Still a bit of polishing left to do. But getting there.

Aside from that, I added a few buildings. Also a single one I spent more than an hour drawing, worth it though! The Ruins, a mysterious relic of the past for the town folk, hard to get to at best. What dangers and old mysteries lies in its walls.

(If you were wondering, I'm setting this map like an RPG game has to play out here, because it has to. In a future novel in my Realm of Ancients world(Heart of the World), my character will end up in this place and has to search hard for a way to leave this elite zone in the jungles.)

### Latest WIP ###
Veriscay_Town_v7.jpeg

[Ilanthar]

Looks very good! I bet that huge tree is holding the cliff!

[XCali]

Hehe, who knows? :p

Anyway, here is today's update. Added some more buildings and started adding more highlights and shadows.

### Latest WIP ###
Veriscay_Town_v8.jpeg

The city mapper in me wants to add LOTS and LOTS more buildings, but... this is a town.

[XCali]

Just a closer look at the ruins.
Veriscay_Town_v8b.jpeg

[XCali]

I was pondering on how I should tackle the labels for the map. For now, I'm stuck between two different methods.

1. Either I go with number icons and add a legend,

2. Or I go with name banners above the points of interest.

What do you guys think would suit the map better?

[Naima]

I was pondering on how I should tackle the labels for the map. For now, I'm stuck between two different methods.

1. Either I go with number icons and add a legend,

2. Or I go with name banners above the points of interest.

What do you guys think would suit the map better?

Since you have plenty of room I would go tiwh Name banners on point of interest.

[aeshnidae]

Agreed, banners above the points of interest. It'll balance well. I totally understand the desire to add more buildings but I think you've got the perfect sized town!

[XCali]

Since you have plenty of room I would go tiwh Name banners on point of interest.

Agreed, banners above the points of interest. It'll balance well. I totally understand the desire to add more buildings but I think you've got the perfect sized town!

Yeah, I decided too that it would work well with this map.

[XCali]

Hello!

Hope everyone has been doing well.

Okay, so I started naming the places. For obvious reasons I didn't name every single building, some are just houses.

Though, I am wondering if there is something the town still needs.
(I will add a reminder, this town map is a town in an elite zone in a Full dive VR game in the book.)

### Latest WIP ###
Veriscay_Town_v11.jpeg

[XCali]

Hello!

I was wondering how I would do the title for this one. And this is how it came out so far.

Veriscay_Town_Z_Title.jpeg

Edit: I do think I'll touch the name with some lineart to better blend in with the rest of title banner.

If anyone wonders how I did this. I had my font layer and put it on 'Merge' layer effect. Then selected the words and added lots of shadows inside the border and highlights outside the border.