The Town Düsterrode

[Airzae]

Beautiful map! I love the colors and detail. I'm new to mapmaking, so I want to learn all I can.

[DaggerAndBrush]

Beautiful work. I agree with what was said before. You really conjure an emotional response in me. I feel nostalgic, I remember the brisk morning air. I feel a bit of dread looming over the township, yet hope they can prevail. A wonderfully complex mixture of emotions. A great inspiration technically speaking, but also emotionally.

[- JO -]

Fantastic picture ! I totally agree with the comments above : you put such an atmosphere in this drawing ! It's really "successful" (I can't find another word...)

[SteffenBrand]

Thank you two so much! I'm very happy to hear that!
@- JO -: I think I know what you mean, don't worry =)

[Larb]

Do you have a blank copy of that perspective grid?

[SteffenBrand]

Sure, but it is not flexible. Let me just tell you how I did it, it makes more sense and it only takes about 10min.

(1.) Create lines across the whole image parallel to each other, the same distance apart from each other if possible. In this example, I drew them horizontally.
(2.) Flatten them together so you have the lines on one layer or - even better - combine them in a SmartObject (Photoshop).
(3.) There is a perspective distort in Photoshop you can use or any other distortion to bring the upper corner on the left and the lower corner of the left closer to the middle.
(4.) Rotate the thing as you need it and drag it where you need it. If you copy it once and mirror it to the right, you have a 2-pt-grid. Three times for 3-pt-grid.
(5.) Play around until everything fits.

Hope that helps. =)

[Gidde]

That is a great quick and dirty way to make a perspective grid! Thanks for posting it

[SteffenBrand]

It is the quick and dirty method, true. But on page 1 (lower down) here you can see that it 100% fulfills all the things I need from it. =)

[Larb]

I didn't even know about the perspective warp tool until this thread.

[SteffenBrand]

Well, I learn something new nearly every day =)
But you don't actually need the perspective warp, just hold your click on an edge and also hold down CMDR, ALT, CTRL or SHIFT or any combination thereof (with each of the warp options, just try it out). Have fun!