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    Default Yar-Zun, The Barbed Devil's Lands

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    This year marks four years that lesopeso's been a Guild member, and every year has seen a marked improvement and refinement of his style and artistic ability. Yar-Zun is no exception. It is a map influenced by the styles of other esteemed Guild members, but remains distinctly unique. Lesopeso's choices in presentation, color, and overall feel are second to none.

    Quote Originally Posted by lesopeso
    Hello folks!
    I present you my latest personal work, started some time ago: Yar-Zun, the barbed devil's lands!
    Short story: Some time ago, I decided to drawn a map with a different style, something less "ordinary-fantasy" and with different color schemes.
    While I was sketching the landmass, I realized that the shape I was randomly drawing resembled an human face, like a man with beard..
    So I decided to build something around this concept: an outlandish place where small opulent kingdoms rules over a land of sand, rocks and blood..
    The original plan was to add many more details, but since I already have so many WIP, and in the next weeks I will have less time , I decided to post it right away.

    I was inspired by "Telduria" (Max) and "Baelor world" (Jared Blando).
    While I was sketching the landmass, I realized that the shape resembled an old-evil man, so the name "Barbed Devil's Lands", then I build around it.
    -Color scheme: I wanted a warm and less saturated tone and I played with warm colors and with the opposite ones (orange/purple, red/blue)
    -Forest: I tried a simple approach, not handdrawn, but with the aid of dynamic brushes.
    -Icons and border: I played a little bit with geometrical shapes, looking for arabian/hindi references on internet. Then i handdrawn a played with symmetry.
    -Labels: I looked for real places and played with the names.
    The other (most of the map lineart) is handdrawn, not much changed, but I discovered that lately, the more I drawn, the more I learn!
    Finished Map Thread:
    http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...473#post281473
    Last edited by Diamond; 12-27-2015 at 09:13 PM.

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    Congrats to lesopeso, for a fantastic piece of work! Your Cartographer's Choice Scroll award should show up next to your name any second now, and your map will be featured on the front page within the next few hours.

    Awesome map, and well-deserved award.

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    Congrats Leopeso, wonderful work!

    Cheers,
    -Arsheesh

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    Congrats Leso, a fine map indeed !

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    Congratulations! Well deserved award.
    "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams"

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    Beautiful work lesopeso and congrats on the award and looking forward to seeing more!

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    Congrats Lesopeso! This map is a beautiful piece which invites the imagination to travel .

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    Thank you very much for the award guys! and thanks for the kind words!! It's always an honor and a pleasure when someone admire your work
    This awesome community motivated me to do a lot of things!
    I hope to post soon the commission project I'm working on!

    cheers

    Tom

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    Fantastic work! Congrats

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