Map 13 - Josiah's Land (Name TBA)

[Josiah VE]

So it's kind of slow going ahead, not sure how to proceed, so I started shading a few things. As long as I'm working on something the maps always come together. Mostly what I've run into trouble with is the borders with the rivers (because I made my rivers more squiggly to try and give it an isometric view) and how I shall portray other countries around me, but those are things that will fall into place.

I think the plateau is too tall, but I don't know, what do you think?

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Any thoughts or suggestions?

[J.Edward]

Yeah, I think the added second level makes it too tall. Taller than your mountains.
Your shadow and highlighted mountains look good.

For the plateau areas, I was thinking of some mix of grassland and jungle... grassland higher up on the plateau, jungle nearer the edges and down below the plateau.
Thoughts on that? These were just thoughts, not set plans.
That area is a bit north of the equator, so it could go in several directions really.

[Josiah VE]

Thanks, I'll think about that. I'm going to bed now.

[- Max -]

That looks good Josiah. though I agree that the mountains looks underscaled regarding the plateau.

[Josiah VE]

It's kind of a mess as I test out different styles and get ahead of myself...

Testing some colour on the forests... not sure about it yet.
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I thought of trying a low colour style as well, and I like it too, so I have to decide which style to go with.


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Any advice would be helpful!

[Goombac]

I prefer the color on the first one, although I'd tone down the sepia a bit maybe? But I think the texture of the second one is better too, although I'm not sure how wip they are. Did you have an idea of what medium this is supposed to be emulating?

Your linework and mountains are amazing though! I love that you can see the shading and detail on the mountains in the color version, another reason it gets my vote.

[SrgDark]

I rather like the color version. I'm not experienced enough to give much in way of suggestions, but if I were asked... Those southern mountains seem to be a bit on the small side compared to the plateau. Scale them up a bit?

[Josiah VE]

I rather like the color version. I'm not experienced enough to give much in way of suggestions, but if I were asked... Those southern mountains seem to be a bit on the small side compared to the plateau. Scale them up a bit?

I prefer the color on the first one, although I'd tone down the sepia a bit maybe? But I think the texture of the second one is better too, although I'm not sure how wip they are. Did you have an idea of what medium this is supposed to be emulating?

Your linework and mountains are amazing though! I love that you can see the shading and detail on the mountains in the color version, another reason it gets my vote.

Thanks for the suggestions you two! I'm going for colour..

SrgDark, I definitely know what you mean, I really should have been thinking about it earlier.. I may or may not make the mountains a bit bigger, depending on time. Thanks for the suggestion!

So here is a bit of an update, putting in cities and stuff.. still a bit messy, but I will tidy it all up in the end.

Josiah's Lands copy.jpg

[Will Phillips]

Loving the real sense of scale here. The mountains are appropriately small, which makes it all feel very immense. Liking it!

[tainotim]

Awesome. Those mountains and hills are really something else! Very inspirational.

Cheers,
Tainotim