Larysia Cont'd: The Lorkandan Islands
LadieStorm
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So, I'm trying a slightly different approach to this map. Normally, once I have drawn my land masses, drawn my contures, and added my terrain fills, I then go back, and add the glow effects for those sheets. The glow effects I used are the ones Joe Sweeney uses in his tutorials: ie the outer black glow to make the lands stand out, the lighter blue glow to show the gradient of the shallow waters as you get closer to land, and the inner glow to the inside edge of the land mass for the beach. I then usually go in and set my mountains, lakes, rivers, and forests.
Well, this time, I realized after I started placing my settlements, that I completely forgot that inner glow for the beaches. I got to looking at it, and thought about the islands I was mapping... the multiple active volcanoes, the closeness to the equator, and the overall blasted feel of these particular islands. I got to thinking about beaches with black sands, instead of white... and decided to keep it as it was. I rather like the effect for these particular islands. I'm not finished with these islands, and you can definitely tell, but I would like some input on the idea of the black sands...
Oh, I also changed the coloration of some of the jungle trees, particularly the ones nearest the 'evil lands', to show that the life is being leached out of the landscape. Please let me know what you think
Well, this time, I realized after I started placing my settlements, that I completely forgot that inner glow for the beaches. I got to looking at it, and thought about the islands I was mapping... the multiple active volcanoes, the closeness to the equator, and the overall blasted feel of these particular islands. I got to thinking about beaches with black sands, instead of white... and decided to keep it as it was. I rather like the effect for these particular islands. I'm not finished with these islands, and you can definitely tell, but I would like some input on the idea of the black sands...
Oh, I also changed the coloration of some of the jungle trees, particularly the ones nearest the 'evil lands', to show that the life is being leached out of the landscape. Please let me know what you think
Comments
As always, comments and suggestions are welcome!