July / Aug 15 Lite Mapping Challenge: Eldara

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Hey everyone, here's my first challenge entry on this site. I've organized it such that the map will appear on two facing pages, with a gap in the center to account for the fold of the book.

### Latest WIP ###

Eldara Small.jpg

[ChickPea]

Welcome to the challenge!

You're off to a nice start and I like the faded lines around the coast. I'm thinking about doing something like that myself, though I haven't completely decided. Looking forward to seeing what you do next.

I know you said elsewhere this is a commission. Can you tell us anything about the story behind the map?

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Unfortunately I can't right now. The author has been a little difficult to get ahold of sometimes (working across incredible time zones will do that), so most of our contact has been hammering out the contract and and specifics. I hope to learn more about the story soon!

[ChickPea]

Ah, that's understandable. No worries.

Looking forward to seeing the map fill out a little.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

### Latest WIP ###

Added (most but not all) the skeletons of the forests, as well some of the tree cover within the forests. I'm still not exactly sure of my plan for the mountain style, but that will come soon.

My plan is to complete the whole left panel before I start the right, just in case I can't finish by the deadline, so I can use the single page aspect ratio rather than two facing pages.

Eldara Small.jpg

[Bogie]

Very nice. I had originally envisioned a single page map, but I didn't actually say that and I have seen many books that split the map over 2 pages like this, so keep up the good work!

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Critique my mountains: I think I've settled on a style I want to use for the map, but for some reason I feel like I'm missing something. Let me know if you have any suggestions on how to improve the mountains in general.

### Latest WIP ###

Eldara Small.jpg

[Chick]

Critique my mountains: I think I've settled on a style I want to use for the map, but for some reason I feel like I'm missing something. Let me know if you have any suggestions on how to improve the mountains in general.

Ha! I wish I could do mountains that well!

[Bogie]

I can't draw mountains at all, but I see nothing wrong with yours. ( I am assuming you will be shading all of them the same way )

[GreatWhiteNorth]

### Latest WIP ###

Mountains are coming along, and the forest is filling in. That's what should take me the longest and I'm not particularly excited about drawing all the tiny tree tops.

Eldara Small.jpg