Ilanthar's tests & sketches

[ChickPea]

Thanks a lot ! But which one are you talking about ?

Both of them of course! But I love the texturing in the top map. It's gorgeous.

[Ilanthar]

By ChickPea
Both of them of course! But I love the texturing in the top map. It's gorgeous.

Thanks! Well, it's a long process to draw those shaded relief. But I'm finally quite happy with it.

Still unfinished, but it starts to look like it, right?
I got the whole color range for altitudes (with the Ascraeus Mt in the bottom right going at more than 21 km).

Elbenheim wip.jpg

[Ilanthar]

Some more. The lower part need probably some improvements, I just took the "old" test from 2021.
Elbenheim 2023 wip.jpg

[Ilanthar]

I've changed a font and some different settings. It should be a bit more legible now.
Elbenheim 2023 wip.jpg

[Ilanthar]

I was thinking I should depict the Tannhäuser gates (the symbol left of Lichtenberg on the previous map) used to travel from Earth to Mars, the Moon and Venus. And do trains/ships used for it. So, the start.
Sooner or later, I know I'll do the plans for ono or two wagons and on or two ships...

Sketches TG2.jpg

[Simkin]

Wow Ilanthar, the "depth" of your world is really astonishing (and your graphic work too)

[ChickPea]

Love the striking perspective!

[Voolf]

I've changed a font and some different settings. It should be a bit more legible now.
Elbenheim 2023 wip.jpg

Oh man that is so cool. You are getting better and better with the relief.

[Ilanthar]

By Simkin
Wow Ilanthar, the "depth" of your world is really astonishing (and your graphic work too)

Thanks ! Well, I feel I'm not really progressing, but at least I'm improving things already done.

By ChickPea
Love the striking perspective!

Thanks ! Did you notice the small change of shape between the entry and the exit?

By Voolf
Oh man that is so cool. You are getting better and better with the relief.

Thanks a lot! Well, at least I'm definitely improving my technique. And for once, I'm happy with it.

Are the lablels on the last version legible enough?
So Noctis Labyrinthus & Valles Marineris are a bit hard to work on but look nice I suppose. It's gonna be tough to color according to altitude due to those cliffs & canyons.
NL.jpg

[Voolf]

Most mountains, some rivers and other curved small labels are really hard to read. Especially those on darker background
For example Mt. Nidler. I Really had to zoom beyond 100% to be able to decipher it.