The Desert Oasis
Added 2018-01-30 08:51:46 +0000 UTCHi everyone, I've been trying something new! What do you think?
I've always been an artist who leans completely on his line art, and I wanted to exercise this new style in order to round out my skills. I have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to values and color harmony (among other things) and this line-free style demands a lot of thought in those areas. It was a fun exercise, and I think I may return to fairly often if it's received well!
This was all done start-to-finish on one layer, so unfortunately there's no map variant this week. I intend to keep the different color zones separate next time though. There's also no line-only version, for obvious reasons. :V
Thanks to all of you, this oasis is released under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license
Comments
Seems hard to use in a DnD setting, but I like the image for itself. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Tyler Moore
2018-02-01 00:34:16 +0000 UTCI like this a lot. I great to see something different and something that stands out in the genre
2018-01-31 06:11:21 +0000 UTCI love the colors, but I miss the lines! I've been looking forward to some desert maps, though, so I know I'll use it.
2018-01-31 02:18:04 +0000 UTCLooks good, but it's not as concise as your earlier work. I'll try to use it in an upcoming game.
Dee Kay
2018-01-30 22:03:21 +0000 UTCIt's rather abstract. It looks nice but it won't be useful as a battle mat.
Ben
2018-01-30 21:07:53 +0000 UTCLike the others I encourage experimenting and developing/improving skills, however this style of art while interesting lacks the detail I personally look for in my battlemaps and I wouldn't be able to use this for most of my games.
bewby
2018-01-30 19:34:06 +0000 UTCVery cool. Keep trying new things!
Neale Genereux
2018-01-30 18:13:40 +0000 UTCAs an image I actually really like it. It's difficult to balance your art and the style people are used to. I dig it, keep going.
2018-01-30 17:22:50 +0000 UTCI'll just draw lines over it for consistency with your other maps so it fits stylistically. :)
Jason N.
2018-01-30 15:12:51 +0000 UTCI like it and could see using it for a more TotM experience. Unfortunately I think my current players would miss the detail.
Bernard Howell
2018-01-30 13:19:22 +0000 UTCI think it's very important to experiment without lines, and improving your coloring skills can only benefit us! I look forward to seeing how this translates to your other styles.
thelibraryghost
2018-01-30 12:33:50 +0000 UTCThis style doesn't really do it for me, but that's ok. I respect your creativity. Keep up the good work :)
Devin Brown
2018-01-30 11:18:07 +0000 UTC
