first attempt at CSUAC symbol overland

JimP

I decided to do a desert scene.

large drawing first.

cheetah and troll upper left, right side of road are merchants, tents, a small pond.

I'll put some close up drawings below.

JimP

upper left.

JimP

pond area, clothes and swords out on tables.

anomiecoalition

Love me some desert scenes! No sheet effects?

JimP

I rarely use them... some folks would like me to try them. Any suggestions ?

anomiecoalition

Yeah, sheet effects are what really make the maps pop. To start - I would advocate adding a drop shadow effect to all of your symbols (varying dimensions depending on how high off the ground they are). Perhaps an edge-fade-inner to the pond to give it the appearance of going from shallow to deep.

In general - I would just say start playing around with stuff to get to know what the possibilities are. I'm sure you wont regret it.

JimP

full map.

drop shadow on symbols: x offset 3, y offset 6, opacity 30 percent, blur radius 5.

pond: edge fade, inner: edge width 8, inner opacity 100, outer opacity zero.

JimP

Iarea near pond. I had to tone down the drop shadow significantly, the shadows were so dark and obvious... to my eyes it looked like the symbols were floating about a meter about ground.