Reply With QuoteHere's how I planned this. I printed this out and placed it under the textured paper so I could trace over most of it.
The Heartpine Dome - Another Noss Saga map
I have a LOT of maps in my new fantasy series, the Noss Saga. Most are fully illustrated, but some are in-world objects drawn by the characters, so I made those by hand so they can exist in reality and feel tangible.
This is the interior of the Heartpine Dome. It shows the interior geography of the eighty-mile-wide structure and it's supporting vine columns, with a perspective view from the western side (labeled as Thornridge).
Created in: Paper, ink, dip pen (Esterbrook radio pen nib), aspen leaves.
Photographed in Canon R5, then lightly touched up in Photoshop to change a river direction that was making no sense. I modeled the entire dome in Maya to have as a reference while writing, and used that to sketch this from so it's all to scale. If you noticed the embossed aspen leaves, I actually pressed them into the paper to get those textures (they are relevant to the story).
Here's how I planned this. I printed this out and placed it under the textured paper so I could trace over most of it.
I absolutely love the style you have going on here. The ink (and colors) work really well and evoke a perfect field-journal feel.
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Looking great! I'm a big fan of all of your Noss maps so far. And congrats on the release of your first novel!
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This is an absolute gem ! You nailed the style and the paper is a great touch.
I absolutely love diegetic maps and other illustrations like this! I think the redness of the ink is maybe a tad too saturated for my taste, but the artwork itself is amazing. Wonderful work!
Last edited by Kellerica; 11-02-2023 at 12:57 PM.
Excellent! The sketchy work feel is well rendered and the lineart is great.
Nice work. It confused me a bit in regards to what technique was used, which is a good thing. Reminded me of both woodblock or some stamp technique.
Thanks, everyone! The red ink I used is the Dragon's Napalm Noodler's Ink, which I really loved until I found out the owner of the company who makes it is an antisemitic ass
I got another map in the same style I'll post later when I get back, with more blue ink instead.
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