Figured I'd spend the first quarter of 2022 in sepia urban environs. Lots of lines with urban, which is nice, and it just might be the necessary push to get me through the door and do, well, indoors.

Top: sans Sheet Effects

Bottom: sans MS Paint effects

Dirt path and bridge shadows cetrainly need a-fixing. Switching to 64 for the water feels about right and it probably didn't hurt to add gaps in the root-works.

At the intended zoom level. Makes one question if the contours shouldn't be toned down a little too!

Watch out! We have a temple and/or grogg hall now...Half-circle stairs leading up to the gates pending.

Probably.

Mockup making an awful lot of promises, methinks.

Big reveal: It's the default setting.

One or two pips up from a straight line with the Up/Down buttons does the trick. Better width control with tighter node intervals, granted.

Timewise it is probably more draining than actual hand-drawn, but I am getting way better mileage out of it than I ever could from pen and paper. Best part is if November is coming up too fast, I can always revert to a low-details thing.?

Getting there. Some shading perhaps and then maybe some holly for framing the text.

With a plash of white spray there I think left side frame would be done.

Thanks! Yours too! I think it kind of helps for the speed going from the impossibly faint colours of the D&D, and now not having to work too hard to come up with what to put in there to make things appear. I think a low-details setting and just the one little house there helped too :D

Wood texture is going places now I think. It looks a bit like carrots for the time being but with the side patterns being brought into the fold, later, I think that won't be a problem. I mean, if it's all carrots....

Oh, and yeah; I ended up with a winter story there of a serpent going for the star and whatnot on the left. So maybe each side of the wooden frame will be telling a story of sorts.