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Time marches on and developers have been busy. There are some new photogrammetry apps out there and one looks particularly good. Released (recently) in Aug 2018 a project my the name of Meshroom has frozen a build for release for both Windows and Linux. If you head over to AliceVision website there are some links there to download the software as prebuilt binaries: https://alicevision.github.io/#meshroom Before you do however you should ...
Originally Posted by OldEarth Ink and Watercolour (A5 size, Cold-Press watercolour paper) Inks used are a mixture of: De Artremis waterproof Document Inks (Brown and Dark Red) Pilot fine steel nib, Pigma Micron pens (005 to 05 tip), Staedtler triplus fineliner (not waterproof, used for initial river line and final detail river outline, 0.3 mm) Watercolours: Blue - Prima Marketing Watercolor Tropicals Palette (#23) ...
I joined up in April 2014, had a mad flurry of browsing, asked a few questions - and then disappeared. Truth is real life intervened in spectacular style: I moved house to the other end of England, I set up my own games company to manage some Kickstarter interests, my real-life job was relocated for me despite being madly busier than ever, and I went 'medieval'. Then job relocation became redundancy, games company is now no longer an extra hobby interest, took early access to my pension ...
The Kingdom of Corcovado, is just one of the kingdoms that make up the Empire of Guanabara. (This was one of the first versions I made of the map.)
So this map doesn't have a lot of details. I was mostly playing around with colors and mediums. So the water especially turned out a bit brighter than I'd normally go. I used the pencil for starting off, but then I found what color providing tools I could find around the house. This includes sharpies, highlighters, gel pens, crayons, and really old makeup. The eyeliner worked pretty well for blending and, on the unexpected side, the eyeshadow creates a glimmery shine. ...
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