August/September 2017 Challenge: Darkwood Harbour

[XCali]

Handsome trees, XCali - good colour on those

Did you not like the buildings you drew?

And does the insignia have a story behind it?

Thanks. It came out better than expected, so I went with it.

I like those buildings. But, I placed them just for a test. I need to figure out a city layout for them first. (Which is quite a headscratcher at the moment)

And the Insignia. I do feel strongly that it does. I will work on the story of it as I go forward. I was busy with my trading ship this afternoon.
Do you like the insignia?

Enjoy the evening, Mouse!

[XCali]

Halloa!

The trading ship was quite a challenge, but very satisfying in the end.
I saw a make-it-yourself model ship and thought I'd base my trading ship on it. The drawing took a while, but it was the cleaning up and coloring that got very complicated very fast! Note: It is easier to color sails when the BEAMS are behind it. (EDIT: Sorry. Like Mouse points out, battens or booms is what I meant. I don't know ships as well yet. )

Now, I'm quite happy with how it turned out, but I do have a question... One of my challenge points is TRADING. So, I read the trading challenge quite a few times, but I still want to make sure.
How I interepreted it, is if I create a big trading ship and add a few bits and bobs to the docks to also show that, will it be enough for ticking the TRADING box of the challenge? (Just a reminder, this is my very FIRST challenge on this site. So, I'm just making sure.)

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[Mouse]

Beams XCali?

I think you might be talking about the masts, booms, battens, parrels and yards of a 3 masted junk rig?

(er... that's not me being horrible - that kind of rig is called a 'junk rig')

Very well drawn - excellent drawing, in fact - well done

[XCali]

Beams XCali?

I think you might be talking about the masts, booms, battens, parrels and yards of a 3 masted junk rig?

(er... that's not me being horrible - that kind of rig is called a 'junk rig')

Very well drawn - excellent drawing, in fact - well done

Hehe, I corrected it. Thanks for that.

Regarding 'Junk', don't worry, I came across the name for this type of ship. It is definitely odd, I have to admit. But, then again it was named there, not where the language was English.

And thank you for the compliment. I appreciate it.
I had reference as I said in my post, but I decided to draw it at a larger scale to get the details right and also I darkened the ropes considerably so that they would stay visible when I shrunk the whole thing.
Now the challenge is getting the sea around it to look right. The texture changes the how a bit.

[Mouse]

Do you think it might be better to leave the final touches like that till last, and work on the big empty space you have going on with the first plateau?

Not saying you should... just that it is still possible to run out of time by the end of a 2 month Challenge

[XCali]

Do you think it might be better to leave the final touches like that till last, and work on the big empty space you have going on with the first plateau?

Not saying you should... just that it is still possible to run out of time by the end of a 2 month Challenge

True enough
My next project on this challenge is figuring out the city layout.

[- JO -]

I find the trees very successful! And if the whole city is as beautiful as the manor you have already drawn, it will be really very beautiful!

[XCali]

I find the trees very successful! And if the whole city is as beautiful as the manor you have already drawn, it will be really very beautiful!

Thank you very much!
Thankfully, the trees were quite easy to get that way. Though, the manor... If I have the time to create the buildings at that definition, then maybe, but as it is, it took me most of the day to draw the manor.

For this challenge, the manor and the ship will be the first things to represent my campaign starter and trading part. I'll use a little less defined buildings to represent the houses and stuff in my time frame, and IF I get the time, I'll redraw things to be like the manor in definition. At the very least, I can make a WIP thread of this map after the challenge anyway and spend as much time as needed on it.

[- JO -]

That would be a good thing ! We still have one and a half month, so it leaves time

[XCali]

That would be a good thing ! We still have one and a half month, so it leaves time

I'll see if I can manage.