Random sketches by Thomas

[ThomasR]

Inktober is done (and lasted two month), that's why I'm starting this new thread. Sketching almost daily has been a wonderful experience, that's why I think I'll further it. The pace won't be the same but I'll try to update it often enough. Some sketches will end up in the finished map section after some make up, that's the case in this first batch.

Sketch 1 : an organic cavern drawn with a brush (heavily inspired by J.Edward's dungeons).
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Sketch 2 : an underwater temple to work on my local top down skills (there's muuuuch room for progress). It'll be colored when I have some time.
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Sketch 3 : back to basics ! I wanted a simple map, in my ballpark to blow of some steam (the knee has been hurting like hell for the past two days). I spent 1h on this one and have already started to give it a more pirate look, not with color but with a simple parchment background and only black and white on overlay layers. It'll end up in the finished maps section because I like it a lot
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Feel free to comment and critic, that's always welcome.

[fol2dol]

J'ai un petit faible pour le 2e mais les 3 sont excellents!
Bravo pour le 1er au pinceau!

I have a soft spot for the 2nd one but all 3 are excellent!
Congratulations for the 1st one done with a brush!

[ThomasR]

J'ai un petit faible pour le 2e mais les 3 sont excellents!
Bravo pour le 1er au pinceau!

I have a soft spot for the 2nd one but all 3 are excellent!
Congratulations for the 1st one done with a brush!

Merci fol2dol The brush is pretty funny to work with.

Nice maps! The underwater thing isn't fully obvious on the second one, but it's only a matter of color, I think. And I like the general shape of the temple.
The coastal waves of the third one are very effective, and you master this style of map .

Merci Julien The underwater will be made more obvious with color indeed. I plan on using the same technique you're using with the glass roofs on your Guildcity district. Ant the third was a "promenade" indeed

Lovely work on these, and looking forward to your next batch!

Thanks CP ! The new batch is light but I hop it's tasty

Sketch 1 with shades added with copics.
SK1 shades post.jpg

Sketch 4 : Another take at those organic dungeons "à la J.Edward" but with thinner lines. Bare and shaded with colics.
SK4 post.jpg -- -- SK4 shades post.jpg

I'd be grateful if some people would be kind enough to comment and critic the shaded versions. I'm learning with this so, do not hesitate to take me to school ... and I know tomorrow is sunday

[Ilanthar]

Nice maps! The underwater thing isn't fully obvious on the second one, but it's only a matter of color, I think. And I like the general shape of the temple.
The coastal waves of the third one are very effective, and you master this style of map .

[ChickPea]

Lovely work on these, and looking forward to your next batch!

[damonjynx]

The shading really adds punch and takes a good drawing up a level or two. Good job Thomas.

[ThomasR]

Thanks damonjynx I'm cooking another cave map at the moment.

In the meantime, here comes ...

Sketch 5 : inspired by the works of Richard Whitters, I drew this simple black and white map keeping in mind I wanted a map for a novel. I wasn't satisfied by the zone between the rift at first but it gave me an idea and the sketch will soon become a finished parchment map drawn, of course, by Hattam Reyes the mad scrivener ! (he's a parchment maniac)
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PS : BTW these dots are pretty handy when you have do draw regular stuff but they're 8itchin' hard to remove once you go digital.

[Ilanthar]

Nice! And thanks a lot for the link, I didn't knew him and his work is looking impressive.

[ThomasR]

The guy is art director at WotC, his twitter feed is a goldmine !

[ThomasR]

Here's Sketch 6, still playing with dungeon styles and using copics for shadows and a bit of color.
SK6 post.jpg

And a little pit sketching (not map related) as a bonus. I really need to work on stone textures unless you want lichen, I can do lichen.
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