Random sketches by Thomas

[ThomasR]

The funny thing is that at first, I didn't see a parchment but a great lake region, like in in the NW of Canada.

It's kinda torn, so, I'd say a treasure or a pirate map ; a map or a plan that has suffered a bit. And it could be fun to wonder what missing informations are in the holes .

Yeah, that's certainly because I do my coastal details like I do my wears on the parchments. I may need to change this. Usually I use sea squigglies to tell the two appart. I like the idea though. The background is destined to be used for my fourth Hattam Reyes map (my avatar in J.Edward's "The Ward of Chiezbehrg"). I guess I'll let the pencil run free and then do something with the forms. I'll take my time as I'd like to make a highly detailed map (the perks of working large). In the meantime, I scanned the parchment at 600 dpi, just in case I mess it up

Here's the result before I shade the tears.

So did I! The tears are the map

Yeah, it could be fun to draw them as scorched islands surrounded by rivers of lava. I might try this someday ...

PS : I hesitate between hating and loving J.Edward for giving me this torn parchment obsession with his awesome ones ...