Boo, hiss, boo...I gave you a challenge and you failed.
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I look forward to seeing the next iteration. I think you should definitely stay away from the purely black lines though. If you have your lines on a separate layer you should be able to use one of the blend options to get a contrasting line without them being dominant.
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I'm late on this...
I'm late with my opinion, and JFj even asked for me to comment! Tough call really, but I'm of Mmmmmpig's opinion mostly. Brown on forests, light grey on snowy mountains and dark brown or black on the dark mountains.
Because I don't use GIMP (much), and I'd probably hand-draw it pen & ink in black / scanned I might have completely different issues than this. So its difficult for me to comment, other than what I've already said.
Sorry its not much of a comment - I wish I could say more...
One thing, though, I like your forest, however next to the mountains, they seem really tall?! I'd soften the shadow, and somehow lessen the bevel effect so that its only a slight bevel. I think it would balance better with the mountains. Just my opinion - though I like this map very much!
GP
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Am I missing it, or are there no tutorials for making mountains in this style here? If there are none, is this something that people would like me to write up a tutorial on???
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Well, there was Hapimeses' hand-drawn mountains tutorial, but that's as close as we've come so far. Have at it!
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Go for it, JFj! I do like those mountains.
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I agree, we need more tut's on this kind of stuff.
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Slight update... I added a compass... I hope the style fits. Also, I changed the outlines to all be fairly faint on all the areas.
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This really darn cool and almost painted, might wanna make the stroke on the compass hazy as well but I know this is not the final.
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Yea... I just noticed that while looking at the source.... I have that as a separate image, so will go monkeying with the compass when I get some time so that it matches up with everything else a bit.
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Looking really good
Hi, JR.
I see you've made some really great progress on you map since I last commented. After spending some time viewing your latest version, I must agree with your decision for definition lines. It does add a good, viewable element to your map. I do like the way you've implemented them.
As to your compass, it is a bit plain for my tastes. I would want a compass showing all four points and, perhaps, a bit more elaborate detailing. Again, just my tastes.
Good looking map and I am very much going to continuing watching and reading about its development.
Looking forward to your continued work.
Regards,
Gary
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