Most definitely your skills have improved in just the last several months as far as I can see. It’s great to hear that you’re giving yourself that much credit, too. Often enough, that can be a major hurdle for people when trying something new & creative, and you’re already open to positive self-talk. That’s awesome! 😁
I once read (or maybe watched a video?) saying that most cartographers shade as id the sun were in the upper left of the image. Of course, it’s an artist choice, so many more decide against it. :)
But even if you’re not an astronomy enthusiast, you can open up Google Maps and check out the satellite photo layer. Every now and then, you’ll come across a terrain feature that you can’t easily tell if it’s raised or depressed.
Hmm, this looked like a canyon to me at first blush, was it supposed to be a mountain?
I’m not much of an artist, but I’m an astronomy nerd, which means I’ve seen my fair share of photographed craters. Oftentimes, if the light is shining from the bottom of the image, craters look like mountains and vice-versa. So maybe some extra shading at the top for craters and at the bottom for mountains might help sell the illusion of depth?
The thing is I mostly use scraps of paper that would otherwise be thrown away or shredded. Also, it’s possible that if I used graph paper, my shaky hand would be more noticeable. 😅
The lower settlement needs to do an preemptive attack on the higher one before they poison the river water. Settling up stream should always ve treated as Casus Belli for the survival of the town!
RetroFed
I like it, small but featureful
Where did you get my spinal x-rays?
Oh, I wish. 😁
Nice cave!
Most definitely your skills have improved in just the last several months as far as I can see. It’s great to hear that you’re giving yourself that much credit, too. Often enough, that can be a major hurdle for people when trying something new & creative, and you’re already open to positive self-talk. That’s awesome! 😁
Thanks!
It’s also fun to draw them.
Never considered myself good at drawing, so I imitate a lot. And I think my skills are getting better (or at least less bad XD).
I’ve never commented here, but have enjoyed your mini maps & tiles for a while and wanted to pipe up to say they’re super fun! Keep going🖖🏼!
It’s kinda fun
I imagine each section has different coloured slimes you have to fight
The “village fire marshal” may very well be a pyromaniacal goblin who has also blocked off several pathways to funnel adventurers into his traps :D
Hatchi
dand I@are ready for adventure.Yeah, shading would have helped.
I once read (or maybe watched a video?) saying that most cartographers shade as id the sun were in the upper left of the image. Of course, it’s an artist choice, so many more decide against it. :)
But even if you’re not an astronomy enthusiast, you can open up Google Maps and check out the satellite photo layer. Every now and then, you’ll come across a terrain feature that you can’t easily tell if it’s raised or depressed.
Hmm, this looked like a canyon to me at first blush, was it supposed to be a mountain?
I’m not much of an artist, but I’m an astronomy nerd, which means I’ve seen my fair share of photographed craters. Oftentimes, if the light is shining from the bottom of the image, craters look like mountains and vice-versa. So maybe some extra shading at the top for craters and at the bottom for mountains might help sell the illusion of depth?
Nice. Portrait of Metyr, Mother of Fingers
You could say I kinda have…
The thing is I mostly use scraps of paper that would otherwise be thrown away or shredded. Also, it’s possible that if I used graph paper, my shaky hand would be more noticeable. 😅
You ever think of using graph paper? I feel like the grid format would be just right for this size.
Cool concept.
Ah, I hadn’t thought they could be rival cities.
Maybe even belonging to different kingdoms?
The lower settlement needs to do an preemptive attack on the higher one before they poison the river water. Settling up stream should always ve treated as Casus Belli for the survival of the town!
Well, well, well…
They’re pretty cool, nice to look at than the coloured rounded ones
Heh. Yeah… they’re very old, and I’ve reused them many many times.
You have peculiarly shaped paperclips
USB drive just puked out a puddle of data.