Reply With QuoteA little more work. Finally drew a brush that I can at least tolerate. Needs a lot of improvement but think I know more the type of thing I'd need to do.
firstmap2.jpg
First WIP map on the computer
So, this was today's project. This is the first time I tried to do everything on a computer (in past have drawn by hand and a couple times done a little shading on a computer).
I used GIMP, trying to get the hang of some of the effects and drawing. I followed a couple tutorials on some elements. I have been having a bear of a time with trees. I was trying to create my own stencils/brushes, tried a couple methods, have not gotten something I'm happy with, but I'm trying to avoid hand-drawing each and every tree element. Anyway, looking for critique/suggestions. This is what my first attempt produced in the time I have had so far today. firstmap.jpg
Last edited by Naen; 12-05-2017 at 12:28 AM.
WIP v2
A little more work. Finally drew a brush that I can at least tolerate. Needs a lot of improvement but think I know more the type of thing I'd need to do.
firstmap2.jpg
Last edited by Naen; 12-04-2017 at 11:42 PM.
In the time you've had "so far today"? That would take me a week!
The style is very good and so are the mountains.
I would lower the opacity on your tree layer to blend into the rest of the map. Overall, great map!
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So, since this map project is what I'm doing to try to learn digital map making, I have re-done a lot of the map and tried out an entirely different tree method. This is the first time I've tried to do trees like this, and I also re-did the mountains for practice. Instead of relying on someone else's paper/parchment texturing, I tried to do my own texturing.
My next version will hopefully be black on a parchment style background, as I find the black and white more difficult due to the fact that I can't rely on the colors to indicate the type of landscape. It will have to be more drawing intensive as a black-and-parchment map.
woodstyle2.jpg
Okay, here is the latest version, in which I try out differentiating between deciduous and coniferous forest, and where I go for a different color palette. I'm learning a lot from these attempts.
forestexamples.jpg
Last edited by Naen; 12-25-2017 at 03:19 PM.
Final version can be found here: https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ad.php?t=40078
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