MMM's Experiments

[MapMappingMapped]

Hoping to progress more and more, I opened this thread. I'm always experimenting with different stuff, and though some end up as hideous examples of imagination, others push me the right way. I will try to update this thread daily, working my way higher up the ladder....
So today I tried another go at a watercolour top-down style I've been working on. It's my third experimental dabble with this. The result isn't too bad - I improved my mountains - but I've still got work to do with the forests, and hills too. I shouldn't have added the labels so hurriedly - my mistake can be seen not only in the label itself but with the names . Microns are not good for calligraphy. About time i got myself some nice dip pen.
Took me 'bout three hours. Yes, I rushed. Also, the colour seems a bit off, due to the scanner. I must have messed up with the brightness somehow.
Hopefully one day I will make a real map with this style. Perhaps that's it - I will manage a neat map if I map a place I know and respect. But, you know, I think I'm okay with continually experimenting first. I lean more to isometric maps anyway.
Adruss. Not one stroke of ink apart from the labels.
EDIT: It did rotate... And yes, I don't know how mountains really work, from above. Cooked spaghetti anyone??