sketchy charcoal

[Quabbe]

The style is going to turn out really nice.

[feanaaro]

I like the irregular forest-type the most. It goes pretty well with the overall style you chose.
The forest in the north west is a bit too even for my taste and in the south you can clearly see the edges of your brush stroke

All in all: Good job - it gets better and better

>Moe

Thanks. But which style is the irregular one that you like? The last one or the previous one? They seem equally regular, or irregular, to me :-)

[Moe]

Thanks. But which style is the irregular one that you like? The last one or the previous one? They seem equally regular, or irregular, to me :-)

I referr to the forest type you've used on the northern island as the 'irregular one'. It is more scattered than the other ones and gets lighter or rather less dense to its edges.
In the south you can see the edges of the brush stroke which, in my opinion, cracks up the charocoal look. In the west You've used both types of forests together placing the less dense one
in the middle surrounded by the first type I mentioned. For my personal taste, the trees should be closer to each other in the middle of a forest and not on its edges.

Just my personal taste - as I sad, I really like it

>Moe

[feanaaro]

Thanks, now it's clear. Besides the visible stroke, the apparent density of the forest is due to the texture. It is effectively denser in the center and less dense on the edges, but it seems the reverse because of the texture and the shadows. That is probably a good reaon not to use that kind of texture. I'll probably revert to the previous one.

[feanaaro]

This has stopped being "charcoal" a while ago, but perhaps it's still "sketchy". Whatever, I wanted to try some light colouring. What do you think?

charcoalstraits.jpg

[ravells]

It may not be charcoal anymore but it looks damn good. The mountains and water especially. I really like the colours you're using.

[feanaaro]

Fiddling...

charcoalstraits.jpg