Let's share our hate of forests

[Straf]

I simply switched tactics to writing software to place trees for me before getting to that point.

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I love this monochrome look.

[Mouse]

Trees are very forgiving. I drew this in 2.5 minutes (I timed myself). The thing is that if you rough them out this way things might get a bit wild and crazy, but that's the way they grow. A violent and crazy scribble is always going to look more like a tree than one that has been slowly, carefully, and painstakingly drawn with dead smooth lines by someone who is concentrating almost painfully on the fact that they have to draw a tree whilst worrying about what people might think of their drawing.



I know this isn't a 'map tree' - not even an ISO one, but that's because I'm a painter, and this is the angle I'm more used to drawing my trees just before I furiously scribble a whole load of paint over them. This might sound like a crazy idea (I'm getting a name for crazy ideas, but who cares!) I am pretty sure that if you just let go and scribble you could then pick out the form more easily and actually a lot more quickly from the resulting tangle when you are inking - making shorter work of the job as a whole.

My bad if you've already tried doing it that way and it just doesn't work for you!

At least I've managed to get my scanner working again! LOL!

[ThomasR]

Thanks for the advice Mouse but it ain't that kind of tree, it's that kind of foliage :



That's 100% and the map is huge ! I did all the borders of the forests without hesitation and without erasing the thing is I'm partially dyspraxic, that's why it hurts a bit.

Nice tree by the way

[Mouse]

Ah... tiny trees

I think you've done really well with that. The only thing that catches the eye is the very upright trunks. I would be tempted just to shade that area and suggest a few vertical-ish lines here and there. Would that actually be easier than having to draw all those individual lines? (I don't know very much about dyspraxia - I'm more dyslexic than dyspraxic, so I don't know if its harder to draw it like that or scribble the trunks a bit.)

My bad for not knowing, really - and thanks for the compliment. I can go away knowing that I don't scribble half bad! LOL!

[Mouse]

My bad! Sorry thomrey. I've just educated myself about the situation, and I realise that suggesting that you scribble something really isn't the solution!

Oops!

[Josiah VE]

That portion is looking beautiful so far Thomrey!

[ThomasR]

@ Mouse : Do not worry, I learned to live with dyspraxia (and dyslexia) and to steady my hand. Besides the pauses needed, it doesn't bother me that much, I even bettered my writing in the past few years Your idea of using less trunks might prove useful, I already intended to shade the base though. And know that your inbox is full

@ Josiah : Thanks man, now I need to fill those huge jungles ...

[Mouse]

Thanks thomrey Thank the Lord for spellcheck... although that can still have unintended consequences in my case - when using autocorrect.

Inbox has been a bit busy lately! I'll go and clear out some of the older stuff

EDIT: I think that since you had to remind me of the dyspraxia (I remember now you mentioned it before a couple of months back), I must have forgotten about it because I can't really tell the difference between your drawing and other experienced PS users

[Ilanthar]

Hehe, you're not alone my friend !

Well, you could certainly think you have your revenge the next time you're drawing with a pencil on a paper sheet .

[ThomasR]

Class council time, B****s ! It's time to get bored again !