The Northern Lands - Pete Fenlon style (First map, too)
Hello there, wanted to show you the first map I´ve made in CC3:
I´m not coming from an RPG background (although I love to read source books for several systems), but always had a strong interest in maps. This particular one will be made into a texture for a fantasy image I´m working on (a group of adventurers sitting in a tavern...) and I hope to present you a rendered 3D version of the map soon, and the final image (although OT) in due time.
Anyway, comments and advice are welcome, especially for future projects
I´m not coming from an RPG background (although I love to read source books for several systems), but always had a strong interest in maps. This particular one will be made into a texture for a fantasy image I´m working on (a group of adventurers sitting in a tavern...) and I hope to present you a rendered 3D version of the map soon, and the final image (although OT) in due time.
Anyway, comments and advice are welcome, especially for future projects
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>What symbol set did you use?
He used the Pete Fenlon style. You can find it here:
sub.profantasy.com/2008/january08.html
@ Farsight: I´ll look at your maps after returning from work
Just out of interest. I thought it was pretty good is all, so I thought you might be one of those artist ppl.
>I´m just a hobbyist)
Now that would be the life.
>awesome thank you. How do you find different styles? And how do you download this symbol set?
You get it when you subscribe to The Cartographer's Annual 2008.
He also used the heraldic shields from the same annual.
sub.profantasy.com/2008/march08.html
Anyway, here´s a little progress. I took the map into PS and dirtied it a bit up, then applied it to a suitable map-object:
That was a good choice.
It looks even better on the 3D model. Good job!
Here´s another quick update. The central piece of the future image is done. All that´s left to do is setting up the rest of the tavern, additional guests and (the most time consuming) the proper lighting.
For the set-up, I use Poser 7 (all renders so far were done in that program). Then I import everything into Vue 6 Pro Studio, where the materials, highlights and what not are tweaked and the final render is done (nowadays I do 99% of my renders in Vue, since I think it´s lighting is superior).
For texturing stuff I use Photoshop CS 2.
And then the Dark Elf is saying to herself, 'maybe I should just knock both of them out and find a better group to team up with'.
@ JimP: Actually, I was thinking along those lines when setting the scene up... lol. Looks like the image already works even though it´s still WiP
The other thing would be to break up your specularity and gloss maps a bit to break up the 'shine' so that it's less uniform.. skin rarely has that type of gloss to it.
-Rob