Blue Ice - Glacier Bay

[snodsy]

Here is the finished Map of glacier bay.

[ChickPea]

This is really nice. I particularly like the way the colour fades from green into white, and I love the broken off pieces of ice on the left hand side. The cool colour tones give the map a chilly, wintry feel and it's very well done.

[- Max -]

Nice job, I like the coloring work here. My only comment would be on the rivers which are pixellated, that could be improved.

[Sapiento]

Good map! admiralty island contains a typo.

[Ilanthar]

It's another excellent map Snodsy! I like the theme and your color choices are perfect for it. I like a lot the icebergs and forests. I agree with Max about the rivers too, but it's a minor thing.

[snodsy]

Thanks for the comments and reps. Means alot coming from this group. I'll look into the pixelated rivers to maybe soften the edges?

[J.Edward]

Great work snodsy.
You did a splendid job on this one.
And I agree, great color choices.

[Wired]

Lovely work on the general layout and the colors! The only point of advice/criticism I'd have is the linework on the mountains, in case you're using a tablet: make the lines a wee bit thinner, and try to use a pressure sensitive brush ( if you're using a mouse: holy moly, that's awesome work!)

[snodsy]

Thanks guys, Wired your comment and Max's comments hit on my dilemma on doing these drawings. I am using a Wacom Tablet and Photoshop CS5.5 and using a 4px brush with Pen Pressure set to Shape Dynamics (line thickness), any thing smaller and it starts to pixelate, - I use a 2px brush for the RIVERS - and that is what MAX has commented on. So I don't want to make my MOUNTAIN brush any smaller. I guess I could go to a larger Canvas - right now I do 11 x 17 @ 300ppi. Should I do these drawings bigger? and then use a 6px brush for MOUNTAINS and a 3-4px brush for RIVER and thinner items?

Lovely work on the general layout and the colors! The only point of advice/criticism I'd have is the linework on the mountains, in case you're using a tablet: make the lines a wee bit thinner, and try to use a pressure sensitive brush ( if you're using a mouse: holy moly, that's awesome work!)

[Wired]

Uh, my mountain linework is 2px for the pressure sensitive line thickness brush I use.^^ At 4px it is definitely too clunky, snodsy. Believe me, 2 or 3 is more than sufficient at that resolution.