July 2016 Challenge : The Desert Hound

[Ilanthar]

Good colors and good choice for the sun! I also believe -JO- has a good point concerning the river (now I see it ). Other than that, It's really top notch!

[ThomasR]

Thanks for the feedback -JO- Ill see what I can do about the meandering river. Et merci pour le passage au français

I bumped into some kind of an obstacle with shadows. Here's what I got, what do you think ? And I added some texture to the red rocks.
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PS : You ninjaed me Ilanthar, I didn't see your post. Thanks man ! Although, it seems half buried statues are pretty common these days

[ThomasR]

Another one ! Corrected some colors and added texture to the whole rocky thing. Hate my wrist right now !

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Next steps :

- adding rocks on the plateaus and at the base of the cliffs
- temple details and colors
- vegetation
- river correcting
- Mother F***ing shading ! (sorry, spending the whole afternoon drawing the rocky texture made me lose some mental health exactly like a meeting with a non-euclidian creature).

[- JO -]

What a work with the textures !!!! And it works very well !

Excuse my "noobish" question : for the shadows, you're asking about the choice between the greys, the reds and the oranges or about the differences of stenghts ?

If it's about the colors, can you try a mix of grey, blue and Bordeaux ? "Lila foncé ou mauve foncé"... In my mind it's The Colors of The shadows in navajo's desert... But it might be just my mind...

And I like a lot The mountains at the horizon : good perspective

Last question (tell me if I talk too much) : shouldn't be The temple caught a little bit in the sand too (regarding the statue) or maybe I've missed an explication in the previous posts) ?

[Sapiento]

That develops into a wonderful map.

[ThomasR]

Thanks Sapiento !

A little bit more with the temple details :

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[- JO -]

Looking real good !

[ThomasR]

I think the linework and colors are done. That's the first time I draw something this finished, that feels strange ... I'm pretty excited by this month challenge and I think I'm not the only one.

Next : shading, labeling and if someone has any idea about a frame, I'm totally open to suggestions as I'm really not inspired. Don't know what could fit with this kind of map ... Tell me what you think.

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[- JO -]

Really great !!!!! Excellent work on the first plan, with forest and the village ! that adds a lot to the map, which tells now a different story !

For the frame : why not pick some egyptian hyroglyph ? Some divinities profiles ? or just "text" in hyeroglyph ?
Might be to obvious ?

Or, but it gives a totally different aspect at the end : make this map a lost map from a lost place ? An old papyrus, with torn edges, holes and a very old texture ?... Then, it would be a shame to do holes in such a beautiful map !... and, I realize as I read myself that it's not really a map...
Sorry... I go back to my work...

Anyway, that's really beautiful !

[Josiah VE]

Looks awesome, the detail in the mountains are amazing.
I think the forests need some work, compared to the super clean and detailed linework of the mountains the forests don't match up.