Small Village in Jon Roberts style

KenG · February 2015

I've been playing around with this style and still really enjoy the way it makes village and city maps.

KenG

Dogtag · February 2015

Very nice! I really like the color palette, very earthy. I also like the general layout of the village, how you depicted the tilled fields, and the road winding through the trees in the northwest. Gorgeous!

Out of curiosity, what do you imagine about the hill to the southwest. Similarly, what is the small cleared area in the center of town — the tear-shaped area with the tree in it?

Beautiful map!

Cheers,
~Dogtag

Joachim de Ravenbel · February 2015

Very pleasant little village. The map isvery well done. It looks like the fields have more details (plow lines). Can you post zoomed in parts parts?

I agree with Dogtag, especilally the -hill?- shaped like a tear must be something particular... Or perhaps more edge fading?

Raiko · February 2015

Great map Ken, thanks for posting!

KenG · February 2015

Thank you for the compliments!!!

Good eye of those fields I had edge fade not edge fade, inner and it made a difference.
Here is an update of that map.

Thanks,

KenG

KenG · February 2015

Here is the zoom in of the Fields per your request JdR.

Thanks,

Ken

Joachim de Ravenbel · February 2015

Thanks! Great fields indeed, but the smaller map only hinted at it.

KenG · February 2015

Thanks,

They are easy to make, just time consuming to draw all of the plow marks.

And it only works for Spring. :-)

Barliman · February 2015

Beautiful, and what strikes me most is the natural way the roads/paths flow.

crb31 · February 2015

Great looking map!

grayline · February 2015

Great map! Wow, really nice! I would second the comments mentioned above wholeheartedly.

I love the 'cumulative' effect of the style - that is, choice of earthen colors, diffuse object boundaries, composition/layout and a very natural 'hand-drawn' feel. Often times I think that the sum of various small but important choices results in a distinctive unified style. And I think you certainly did it here. Fine job. And shows a lot of work!

Yeah, the edge fade inner is a winner - i use it a lot as well. If I may ask, is there a shading/texture layer somewhere in your sheet stack like above land/terrain and below symbols?

I would also love to see a similar map with water feature(s) - I think that the inclusion of those colors/textures/shapes might add quite a bit too.

Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work!
-Mike

KenG · February 2015

Thanks Barliman, crb31, grayline.

Denalor · February 2015

I only recently acquired CD and have not really played around much with it yet.
What I've been trying time and again is hilly terrain and I have failed at that time and again, too.

Anyway, what I was trying to write is that you succeeded amazingly at creating that hilly terrain.

SlaveOne · February 2015

Great Job! This may be the piece that pushes me to buy that annual.

Denalor · February 2015

I just searched for the relevant Annual and saw the map supplied. Sheesh, what awesome display to create a 'different levels' terrain.

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