I like it. It's certainly better than anything I've tried. I think this challenge will be really cool because compasses and scales can be made out of pretty much anything. Great job so far
I've never really spent any effort trying to make a decent compass rose before, so this is a good opportunity I think. I am going to try to make a standard sword and shield thing with the sword pointing north. I'm not very good at illustrations (which is what this type is a bit more) in fact I'm pretty poor at illustrations but I thought I'd try anyway.
So here goes... I started out with a graph paper because I find it easier to draw things on real pen and paper, but I will trace it over in photoshop after. Both of the sketches I made somehow failed and end up having the shield way too small, but it's something I will fix.
Here is the early draft:
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Sword compass rose.jpg
I also made a test normal compass rose because I wasn't sure what kind I was going to do then. I like it but it's too standard so I think I'm going to stick with the sword and shield.
Compass Rose copy.jpg
I like it. It's certainly better than anything I've tried. I think this challenge will be really cool because compasses and scales can be made out of pretty much anything. Great job so far
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Yeah a good start Josiah. It's always great to start doing things out by pen and paper even if it's just a sketch, so it will be nice to see where you take this when you do get onto photoshop!
I like it so far. And for someone who is 'pretty poor' at illustrations this looks very decent (: Looking forward to see where you take this.
-Dan
Nice work! I do like the idea of the sword in the compass.
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Okay... so worked on the shield a bit. I got a pencil brush for photoshop to give it a bit more of a sketched drawn look. I don't know if this is the final shield I will use, but it may be. Perhaps I will make a few in the end if I have time, we'll see.
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shield.jpg
What do you think?
Wow, that is a nice sketch.
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Another quick update. I have some time so I've worked on it a bit. I found an image of a viking sword and sort of traced over it, resulting it this:
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Shield & Sword Compass Rose 1.jpg
I'm planning to make it kind of vikingy (it's not even a word! ), with two crossed axes possibly. I also want to redo the shield to make it look for vikingy as well.
I'm still working on it now so I should get some more done.
I like the wood-grain effect on the shield, looking forward to seeing this one done
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