Ilanthar's tests & sketches

[- JO -]

I prefer with colors and bigger... I had hard time finding them ... but I'm old and my glasses are old too

[Ilanthar]

By - JO -
I prefer with colors and bigger... I had hard time finding them ... but I'm old and my glasses are old too

Well, one of the reasons I'm asking about legibility quite frequently is because I'm shortsighted myself (and not really getting better with aging), so...
And what about if I'm adding the same white line that I placed around the camp sites icons?
Mars VMT WIP2r.jpg

[selden]

Unfortunately, the maps seem to be somewhat low in contrast, so that makes them difficult for me to interpret the topography. I'd suggest making the boundaries darker, for example, and maybe use a bolder (perhaps sans-serif?) font. Perhaps some non-Martian coloration might be reasonable (to raise the contrast) in some regions.

[- JO -]

The white line helps a lot ! It's beautiful work anyway !

[Ilanthar]

By Selden
Unfortunately, the maps seem to be somewhat low in contrast, so that makes them difficult for me to interpret the topography. I'd suggest making the boundaries darker, for example, and maybe use a bolder (perhaps sans-serif?) font. Perhaps some non-Martian coloration might be reasonable (to raise the contrast) in some regions.

You mean the boundaries of the topography levels? The palette is actually quite classic (non martian), but the lands are rising quickly to high altitudes in this area, hence the dominant orange/brown colors. As for the font, I want to keep something that could pass for late fourties or fifties.

By - JO -
The white line helps a lot ! It's beautiful work anyway !

Glad it helps ! And thanks again!

New test on a kingdom of my Eldoran world. This is the same style I used on an Elysium test map, but focused on a smaller region.
Aolai.jpg

[- JO -]

Very promising…. The mountains must take an awful lot of time? But it looks so good!

[ThomasR]

Love it everytime I see it

[Ilanthar]

By - JO -
Very promising…. The mountains must take an awful lot of time? But it looks so good!

Thanks ! Well, I've probably worked about 10 hours on this now, so I'd say about 8 hours on the mountains (to get the result in this post).

By ThomasR
Love it everytime I see it

Thanks ! Well, I've done more .

Aolai.jpg

[Ilanthar]

Today's work on the kingdom of Aolai. I think I'll probably add some slight shadows to reinfoce the general topography.

Aolai.jpg

[Ilanthar]

I might finish the topography this weekend.
Aolai.jpg