June 2010 Entry: Wheel of Time - from Falme to Fal Dara

[tilt]

I'm with Steel General on this - don't really love the wood cut style - this is much more to my taste
And concidering how hard it is to hold on ones right to land on the other side of a river - I'm guessing its Jordan who actually erred here and there - no matter how many books on war and bla bla military bla... *lol*

[Gidde]

I like this style better too, but I'm surprised/disappointed that you took the mountains off. I think that style of mountain would match better with this version than it did with the previous.

[Immolate]

You mean these mountains?

More saturated land colors... opinions?

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[tilt]

now he's got the ball and is running with it...
looking good, the background color behind the mountains close to falme could use a bit of raggedness/getting pulled in closer...

[Gidde]

Or even just lowering the opacity on it would do. The mountains themselves look great, as do the hills. Good style for those, they match the rest wonderfully.

[Immolate]

Forests are in, borrowing from Ramah's Vaniya style. The brushes are two conifers and two deciduous, each using size and a slight tilt dynamic. Each is placed by hand to avoid gratuitous overlap. The brushes are painted in a dark green, with the background in a less dark, desaturated green. The deciduous trees are colored in after with a leafy green. I could have used Ramah's huge forest pattern and got it done much quicker, but I figured it was enough to borrow the idea, and the amount of forest was small enough to be hand-done.

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[Immolate]

And one more update for the weekend.

I have added roads, and made a myriad of adjustments of labels to compensate. I'm sure there are others, so call them out if you spot them please!

I also added Garen's Wall, which is basically a cliff overlooking the western horizon.

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[tilt]

looking really good - but I'm looking forward to seing the last mountain ranges go in

[Midgardsormr]

Are you planning on leaving the green even in the Aiel Waste and The Blight?

[Immolate]

Good catch Midgardsormr. As you imply, that wouldn't be appropriate considering the reality of those places. I want to get the mountains in before making those color decisions however. The colors should provide a hint as to the corruption of the blight and the arid nature of the three-fold land.