Gardenoor (WIP)

[Josiah VE]

Thanks everyone, I'll try and revise the shading on the forest to see if I can get a bit of a better look with it. I don't mind it myself, but I'll see if I can get something I like more. On the next map I make I want to make giant mountains
I've also redone the rivers and lakes, to get more of a angled perspective.

[caribbeancasa]

Josiah,

I'm enjoying watching your progress on this map. It's shaping up very nicely. I'm with the 'mountains need to be bigger' crowd as they do seem a little out of perspective vis a vis the forests.

One thing that I didn't see mentioned, and this might just be me so ignore if you'd like, is the desert. There's something a little off about it. I don't know if it's the eastern-only shading with no lines on the western slopes, or if it's the shape of the dunes themselves. Obviously if you're happy with them then just carry on. But I thought I should mention it since you were looking for feedback.

In any case, nice map. Look forward to seeing how it turns out.


Regards,
Scott

[Josiah VE]

Thanks! I'm also in the mountains need to be bigger crowd. I may still try something with the shading on the trees, but I don't think there is much I can do but remember it for the next map.

The dunes were under construction, I've added some highlights now. What do you think of them? I've also done a whole bunch of other stuff since the last one. The grasslands were tough to get, but once I figured out a good way to do them it was fine. What do you think of it?
Also I added the tundra in the north, I've never done snowy terrain before so I did a technique similar to the grasslands. How does it look?
Redid the rivers and lakes for more of a angled perspective...
Still have a list of notes of what still needs to get done, or changed. Thanks everyone for the comments, and here is the latest version.



I am planning to tone down the saturation of everything a bit in the end and possibly give it more of a parchment look, or with a border. I'll figure that out later.

[Apeiron]

Your map is looking great Josiah ! Wish i could do something who look like this one day...

[Josiah VE]

Thanks Apeiron! Well, I haven't actually been doing it for too long, and that map you're doing is looking good so far.

[Schwarzkreuz]

I may put a bit more transition of colors from the mountains to teh grassland.

[Josiah VE]

I've gotten lots of progress since last time, mostly just small things, pushing it towards the final product. All the small details really make a big difference on it though.

I've redone the mountain colour a bit, now it's a bit more of a brown tone, not as much grey. Redid the cliffs (they didn't really look like cliffs before), redid the roads, added a small missing forest, redid the farmland to try and give more of an angled view (though I'm not satisfied with it, I think it might be the colour), plus a bunch of other things. I added a grungy edge around it, plus toned down the saturation a tad...

I'm wondering how to get a good wrinkly paper/parchment look, I'm not sure if I'll have it, but just wondering in case I do.

Any suggestions or critiques? Thanks!