Reply With QuoteMy friend calls it a 'visual mountain maze...' -_-
Should I connect ALL the mountain ranges?
Also, I tried reading your tutorial on forests but... I'm a very visual guy, words don't cut it unless I got a picture to go by. lol (I know, I'm a bad artist.)
And I am asking what style would best 'fit' my mountain style. Any examples? I can probably mimic any style I can see (poorly, like my mountains lol). but I don't know what would fit this regional map and my mountain style. I am not afraid of going into full detail since its a labor of love anyways. Just not sure how to 'style' it or just wing my own groove.
Here's the update on progress anyways.
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My friend calls it a 'visual mountain maze...' -_-
No, not the ranges. Himalaya range is also not connected to the Alp range. But if you see a single mountain sitting in the middle of nowhere Inside a range then it should certainly be connected to the surrounding mountains.Originally Posted by Robert Boucher
Also in your attempts I would reduce the number of lines on the mountains' slopes. As they are all mostly parallel anyway, having so many doesn't add much value. Less but more diverse could be better.
As you are using a semi realistic handdrawn style, the best fitting imho is on page 4 of the tutorial. Anyway just look at the pictures - I tried to represent exhaustively all possible styles and show each with a picture example.And I am asking what style would best 'fit' my mountain style. Any examples?
Heh... Would you believe I looked at your tutorials twice and never noticed there was more then one page... Kinda face palming right now and going to read the full thing (With pictures!) lol
Finally done the first rough pass of this new method. Pretty much I just kept asking myself 'What would be the most difficult mountain arrangement possible' and tried to draw them...
These are the results. lol Don't mind the rivers and such, they are getting fixed after all lines are in.
Bottom right is the most recent/latest version of my mountains. lol
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Started doing the 'Epic Canyon of DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!', its supposed to be a fantasy level deep canyon that jags across the southern end of the map with several bodies of water endlessly pouring water into it. Mwahahaha... Oh sorry..
Anyways, not liking how the corners interject... what am I doing wrong? Anyone got good examples of some insane jagged canyons?
Also, when colored the canyon will be near black within so don't worry about perspective being lost.
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Completed about a third of the canyon and got a bit burned out. Saw some nice forest tutorials here! (Thanks!)
Let me know how it looks. It might look a bit better with some coloring on the ground and on the mountains.
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The issue comes probably from the canyon shape, which doesn't looks like very natural. I've drawn a bunch of cliffs and canyons on this map I've recently posted. Here's some samples of the linework stages, maybe you'll find them useful as inspiration :
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Oh wow! ^_^ Thanks Max, been a huge fan of yours for a while! I'm honored! The look I am going for is 'impossibly large' But maybe my issue is not enough 'outcropping' of the edges?
But seriously thank you for the 'gullet' image. That is exactly the look I was hoping for. I'm going to retry mine now. I was getting discouraged and was about to start coloring. lol Wish me luck.
Oh, how does my forest/names look, anyone?
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Not sure how it looks... I am not liking the road name style or my road dots... Q_Q
Life is hard.
I hope posting my progress pic's and such isn't against the rules. I am sorta using this forum to document/study the process so... If anyone knows if what I am doing is considered 'spamming' or something, let me know.
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