Ilanthar's tests & sketches

[Voolf]

Love the birds ilustrations. So nice !

[Ilanthar]

With some delay : thanks, Rafal!

I'm currently using most of my spare time on my Elzevir setting. A few months(?) ago, I did some infographics for the whole Mars. Here's the military page.

I've started an economic one with GDPs, Populations, GDPs per capita, & main productions (Coal, Oil, Promethium, Steel, Food).
Any idea of what I could add?

[Ilanthar]

I've used some time (maybe 40 minutes) to test my shaded relief technique on paper.
Well, I'm not sure the inking is not counter productive... only crayon might be better.

Any suggestion for the sea (another problem)?

[Falconius]

Perhaps for the sea give it a solid light shade and then pick out wave highlights with an eraser?

[Ilanthar]

By Falconius
Perhaps for the sea give it a solid light shade and then pick out wave highlights with an eraser?

Maybe, though, I must say I'm a very beginner in the use of an eraser for artistic purpose (or good at smearing...).
Anyway, I've started a map on A3 with a little change of scale.


I guess I'll deal with the sea thing afterward.

[Gadiouka]

You're as skilled with paper than tablet, that's so unfair!
(En passant, la manière dont tu ombres les reliefs, très précise et texturée, me fait penser aux techniques utilisées en astrodessin, notamment pour la lune)

[Eowyn Cwper]

Gadiouka is absolutely right, great texturing!

[Ilanthar]

Héhé, french support team !

Thanks a lot, both of you !
Well, the process is very similar on computer or on paper : a LOT of very soft strokes, some underlying here and there, some "global shadows" here and there...
Except I can't correct much things on paper, for sure. But it is soooo more fast to do it on paper.

So, the finished topography (sorry for the bad picture quality). I'll have to scan this properly and finish it on screen, I guess.

[ThomasR]

Tu sais bien qu'on est tous derrière toi

[Ilanthar]

Merci Thomas!

OK... I rediscovered how bad my scanner was . After different tests with different settings, I just got over pixellated bad pictures.

Hence a series of tests with my old photo camera... I did this with the "best" of the pictures I got, but it is so disappointing comparing to the paper one . So many shadows and grain, it's quite frustrating.
I don't know how you are getting those good scans or pictures guys, I must do this with my feet and on eye closed or something...