Max's Workshop

[- Max -]

A few samples of some WIP maps I'm currently working on.

Some mountains :

mountains1.jpg mountains2.jpg

A city map in progress :

City map screenshot.jpg

[Llannagh]

As usual, very nice work.

I'm curious as how your brush settigns are. Hoe do you achieve that quill-like look? Meaning the interrupted strokes and irregular thickness. My guess is that your brush tip is something like a rectangle and is set to rotate, which would achieve the variation in thickness, but I'm not sure how you got the interruption in the lines... unless you just lift the tip of your stylus.

Also, so you have problems keeping yourself from putting too much detail into your mountains? Because I frequently get lost in drawing too many details but find it hard to stay away from it. In my opinion your mountains contain just the right amount of detail, without having too much.

[- Max -]

Thank you Llannagh. Actually I just used the basic PS round brush (here with some noise brush setting and the usual size pressure setting). The irregular thickness and interrupted strokes were just made by controlling pressure and lifting the tip of the stylus indeed
About mountains details, I'm always thinking "print size". I draw a couple of mountains, then check how it looks at the final print size to be sure that they're still "legible" and convincing. Obviously, you have to adjust the level of mountains depending how big the print will be.

[Ilanthar]

I love those mountains, there are full of details! The city is very promising too, the view makes me think of Prague.

[- Max -]

Thanks Ilanthar (hehe well spotted ).

Today, a part of some commission sketching:

Commision sketch.jpg

Some commission WIP outlining work:

Outlining.jpg

And more sample of a finished commission (coming in the future in the finished thread) :

Map sample3.jpg

[Bogie]

Nice maps Max!

[- Max -]

Thank you Bogie

[Diamond]

Man, I really love that relief style you've been perfecting. I need to learn how to do that...

[Eilathen]

That last sample looks amazing! Looking forward to the finished map.

[- Max -]

Thanks guys ! The rpg for which the last sample map was done shoul be released in a couple of weeks, as so the whole finished map