I wanted to start a thread where I put up stuff that I was working on where the point is to try new things [for me] and get feedback on what doesn't work, and if things do work, then any feedback there as well. These maps are not going to be finished maps per se. Some may get to that level but most are going to be me attempting to do certain things I'm not really familiar with.

So to start...
I was inspired by Max's Gh'orna map, as well as some others. I haven't ever really done any maps with mountains in that style - sort of 3d perspective I guess. So I decided to finally try some like that. I sat around yesterday and drew up a few and then scanned them in.
I am trying to get faster as well as improve skill, so I was trying to paint them along with the pencil lines to save time, instead of redrawing all the lines. That is what I would normally do. The first one was really quick and came out well. Pencil sketch and then painted version.
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These worked well.
The next one not so much. I didn't draw out or really plan the land, just the mountains, and that is biting me in the ass at the moment.
I tried a number of new things with this one. Some may work. Many do not. The names are just placeholders as this was not really a planned map.
I don't do larger region maps much either so I feel I'm encountering problems I'm not used to.
So the pencil sketch and then the color where I am now.
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I'm reasonably happy with the mountains and the concept/layout. I liked the perspective on it.
I'm not sure about the forests. There are 2 types. The first experiment is up around Shelva. I did those first.
Then I tried it a bit differently with the one near Lamen, then the ones down on the southeast landmass. They seem better.
I liked the hills in the Agis-Deris area on the southeast landmass.

There are parts I like and parts I don't. I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do for plains areas and how I would depict other features.
Any feedback, positive and negative is welcome. Thanks.