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    Quote Originally Posted by ThomasR View Post
    I like that island a lot !!
    Thank you ThomasR!

    Quote Originally Posted by ChickPea View Post
    Great illustrations! Keep 'em coming.
    Thanks ChickPea!
    Well, if you insist...

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    This started out as an idea for an iron mine, but alas, I have no idea how to make those look good without putting in a lot of time. So maybe someday, if I have enough time, I'll try it again. If you have any tips, those would help too.

    By the way, did you notice the incredibly subtle dustcloud effect?
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    Your drawings are lovely. I think all this one needs is a little more shading to make it 'pop. I do understand that you may not want to do any more with it, and it's still very nice as it is. I love the tents.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChickPea View Post
    Your drawings are lovely. I think all this one needs is a little more shading to make it 'pop. I do understand that you may not want to do any more with it, and it's still very nice as it is. I love the tents.
    Thank you ChickPea
    I think that at this point I fear that I'm kinda stuck with the lack of shading. But it's clear that it shows more in certain places than in others, so I will try to learn to work around it.


    I've been drawing water lately, and I noticed a lack of interesting things to put in there. So here's an attempt to add lilies to my maps.

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    An experiment with mist and clouds. What do you think?

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    I think that was a successful experiment.

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    Nice, I like the swirly mist pic!
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    Quote Originally Posted by rdanhenry View Post
    I think that was a successful experiment.
    Thank you rdanhenry!

    Quote Originally Posted by ChickPea View Post
    Nice, I like the swirly mist pic!
    Glad you do, ChickPea! It inspired me to do some other (non-cartography) swirly mist/smoke/fire drawings

    And here's a new drawing:
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    I tried something new with the ground, but I think the colour's still a little off. I have to try some more!
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    Is it appropriate to revive this thread? I'm basically just continuing what I did but with a bit of a gap in between (and I like how it shows my progress.)

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    I would like to draw something overgrown next, so I'm experimenting a little with a different grass/moss texture for the ground and something like ivy to grow on walls and stone.
    I think I prefer the dark over light moss, although I can see myself using either in different drawings.
    The third version for the ivy seems best to me to. The first is quite noisy, and I fear the second version is harder for colourblind people to parse (and my drawings already tend to be problematic.)
    What do you think? Does it look nice? Am I completely wrong again? Is this a great opportunity to "borrow" my palette?
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    Taking last weeks tests a little further!
    This was meant to be a simple test to try different vegetation types and textures. Then it got a little out of control...
    The statue's design is loosely based on the Winged Nike statue at the louvre. Loosely.
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    Oh, that's really cool! I like your little bird accent.

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