April 2019 Challenge: The Free Islands

[Gidde]

Throwing my pirate hat in the ring here ... it's not all that piratey yet but it'll get there.

Posting up 2 wip's to show process. Can someone confirm that these show up right? Tapatalk is weird for uploading pics.




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[arsheesh]

Oh goody, another Gidde map! The hand lettering is fantastic, much better than what I could achieve. I like the dotted shading as well. Very much looking forward to seeing updates to this map.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Gidde]

Thanks Arsheesh! Calligraphy without calligraphy pens is *hard*!

Update soon

[Gidde]

Starting to take shape now. The idea is that it's a combination reference, coming-of-age test and treasure map. Not sure how exactly I'm going to make that clear, since I'm fast running out of space for insets etc. But I did add the first clue.

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[Tonquani]

Wow, the shading on Fire Rock is awesome! Can't wait to see the rest of the islands done like that too!

[Gidde]

Thanks Tonquani! I was nervous that I'd overdone it.

Here's the last update for today; Some elements really aren't popping in black and white so I'll have to do a color once-over eventually.

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[tainotim]

Great start! This looks lovely already. That ocean will be so great! :O

Cheers,
Karl

[MistyBeee]

Oh, oh ! Dots !! I can already feel something authentic here, and can't wait to see it finished
Good job on the calligraphy as well !

[Jerron]

May your wrists rest in peace after finishing that map.

[Gidde]

Great start! This looks lovely already. That ocean will be so great! :O

Thanks! I've really been enjoying working the style out.

Oh, oh ! Dots !! I can already feel something authentic here, and can't wait to see it finished
Good job on the calligraphy as well !

Thanks for the kind words, Beee

May your wrists rest in peace after finishing that map.

You are not kidding! I find it's less painful if done in little bits at a time, which is why it's getting pretty much fully finished bit by bit instead of all the drawing then all the shading.


Today's work:

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