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    Thanks Mouse !

    You wanna know the secret ? Use an overlay or soft light layer, take a soft brush at low opacity and go crazy. Some parts may look awful, too bright or too dark. Go over the light parts with black and over the dark parts with white to finally get what you want and if it's too much, use an eraser at low opacity. I ended up with a layer with way too much contrast so I just decreased the opacity of the layer. Once again, for a good reference on top-down maps, go there He's a king !

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    Not already a king, just a map technique beggar . Great work, Thomas. If I may suggest, can you extend your shading for the mountains range to make them stand out more off the map ? For the forest, I find the internal line to much continuous, it seems like see ripples. For the shading of it, really well done, and you can add some little more touch to add reliefs to it. I like the see coloring and your parchment is top noch ! Waiting to see your final touches and hearing good news from your new coming little family .

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    Quote Originally Posted by thomrey View Post
    Thanks Mouse !

    You wanna know the secret ? Use an overlay or soft light layer, take a soft brush at low opacity and go crazy. Some parts may look awful, too bright or too dark. Go over the light parts with black and over the dark parts with white to finally get what you want and if it's too much, use an eraser at low opacity. I ended up with a layer with way too much contrast so I just decreased the opacity of the layer. Once again, for a good reference on top-down maps, go there He's a king !
    Ah-ha!!!! TYVM! That's the one I've been looking for!!!!

    And also thank you for the tip

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    @ Warlin : Thanks for the advices ! I expanded the mountain slopes but my tests with the cliffs were not to my liking, I guess the geography of the map won't change.

    @ Mouse : you're welcome !

    As time might run out soon, I labelled the map designing a custom font so, it is hand drawn but to keep the writing consistent, I used the letters I drew and composed the words like the printers of old.

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    I guess the last thing I gotta do is add some indications on the treasure.

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    That's looking extremely good - and very nearly finished too

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    Looking really great Thomrey! It's developed so much since I last properly got a chance to see it. Love all the new shading and the forest style.

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    Looks Great Thom, now the mountains look like mountains!
    Map all you can, once that baby is born you won't have much free time, but it will be worth it. The contest ends next Tuesday, so you have over a week.
    Congrats on your soon to be expanding family!!

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    Thanks Mouse and GLS !

    @ Bogie : Thanks a lot ! I guess I'm done unless I find a little bit of time to wear the linework a little bit but it's unlikely so, let's call it finished. Let's hope the GIF works ...

    The map contains hidden text written with the semen of hanged men that can only be revealed by the light of a bornean firefly. If you find your way to the heart of the island, you'll find the ship of Capitaine Villon but the adventure doesn't stop here ...

    Just for the sake of legibility :

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    And ...

    ### Latest WIP ###
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    Tell me what you think.

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    That's really cool, thomrey. I like it a lot

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    Thanks Mouse

    I noticed the scrapper doesn't take my latest WIP. Is it because of the .gif ?

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