Treval Map - Drawing Done

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:31 pm

Here is the map I started for the world Treval is in. I'm trying someing simular to the maps at Play.net so there is a lot of detail stuff I'm trying to figure out. I don't think the keep is very clear, as it was so small it got confused in the mountains - and you defiently can't see the town near it!

Anyway...here it it:

C&C welcome...

PS: Amkal is to the east of Treval, if you're wondering.

angeoria · Post by **angeoria** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:34 pm

I really like this, Yakima... the shading on the mountains is lovely. It's quite a nice change from the usual flatter map style. ^^ Will the rest of the map also be shaded at some point, or are you leaving it like this to draw focus to the Treval area?

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:44 pm

Oh, I'm going to finish it...eventually. *faints* It's not an easy map style, obviously but, like you said, better then the flat ones. And I have to do it by hand rather then computer...I just have to figure out what the rest of the land looks like though I have the basic idea. I also found my shading pencils so hopefully it will look better now. I'll also be doing close ups of important places (such as Treval City and the Keep) so you can see them. The forests I'm not shading as not to confuse with the landscape (and because Play.Net didn't but that's probably the reason they didn't in there maps).

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:01 pm

Here is an update for anyone interested. I've decided on cities and whatnot. (A warning if you attempt a map like this...forest will kill your hand!). Which is why I'm ignoring them for the most part as there will be alot of forests (I'm going to love doing Amkal...it's a desert region! Ha!)

Did some labling, even if you can't see the cities or anything yet, and put it on the background I'm probably going to use. Might do some faint, saturated coloring, too. Not sure.

Xalia · Post by **Xalia** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:37 pm

That is really really awesome Yakima! I wish I had the patience/creativity to do things like that...I'd love to make a map of Kilandaia...

I bet your hands /hurt/ right now! I know mine would be killing me!

Great work though, I can't wait to see it finished!

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:17 pm

If I finish this one (because it's not that hard in truth...

), I can always try to do a map for someone eles...Might do Rerir next, though but that would be a really big map, I think. That would drive me nuts. My favorite part is the mountains...you really can't shade them 'wrong'...

*scampers off with her food before Segs sees it*

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:45 pm

Update 3...finished most of Treval and need to at to Ketha (on the other side of the river...which has no name yet...). Also connected the city of Dhamia to The Saarn (which is a city on Rerir, come to think of it...), and Treval and Ketha. Dhamia was a city of Amkal before the Wars. When it was deserted, Sea Elves found it a wonderful place to live thus it is now there home. The King of Amkal at the time found it easier to give up to god-forsaken city that they belived to be cursed so Dhamia is part of Kilbranra now...retaining it's former name as the Sea Elves didn't believe in the same supersitions at the men of Amkal.

And I'm finding that I rather like doing maps like this...Makes it easier to decide the land and where things like clifts and passes are - and hills...will make writting easier, too, as I will know what the land exsactly looks like! Distance, if you're wondering is longer then it looks. Trees are actually out of proportion but to get from Treval City to it's sister city (which I added), Alair, it would take about almost a day to get there. This means the Keep and Dragonry (which is located in the valley you see...with the lake), is a few hours away by foot/horse. Most people find a dragon to fly them to the Keep anyway...

*runs off to bed before she bores everyone to death*

Astra · Post by **Astra** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:01 pm

thats really really pretty ... it tempts me to do a map of cyrna, though I'm sure yours would put any of mine to shame ... such pretty mountains!

Seriously that is amazing detail.

Post by **Dray** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:07 pm

XD Cool, reminds me of some of the D&D style maps you get with the books. Very detailed!

Mystic Dragon · Post by **Mystic Dragon** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:14 pm

O.O Cooooool. I tried drawing a map of Tris'Hath once, but I'm terribly poor when it comes to mapping. I love the style. Very Tolkien-ish.

Silver Midnight · Post by **Silver Midnight** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:17 pm

Very pretty! I've drawn maps of places myself, but never put so much effort into it. Might have to try it. ^_^ Artwork and mapping at once.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:30 pm

It's a lot of fun, actually. Time consuming but fun - and rewarding. It helps give you an idea of what the terrain really looks like rather then just saying so. Of course, the trees are probably a lot smaller then they look when you look at Treval City (which I've changed/moved/enlarged a zillion times now).

Anyway, here's some more. I'm finally getting into Amkal and Kilbranra...

*goes to try and get brave enough to ink in her new Falas dragon images* *gulp* I'm so afraid I'll ruin them or there is something wrong that I'll see after I'm done......

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:09 pm

Ink a print out or a copy.

Use typing paper and put it over a light surface.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:16 pm

I would do that...if I had a light surface to do that but I don't...*sighs* I'm not in a rush right now, though I'm still not satisfied with the hatchling's wings. *shrugs and goes back to map instead*

Cacopheny · Post by **Cacopheny** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:36 pm

Yakima wrote:I would do that...if I had a light surface to do that but I don't...*sighs* I'm not in a rush right now, though I'm still not satisfied with the hatchling's wings. *shrugs and goes back to map instead*

Use a window ^^ Poor-girl's tracing board XD Tape up the original image, and hold/tape/paper clip the blank paper over it. As long as it's not night, it'll work just as well as a tracing board with a ligt source.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:45 pm

Hee...it is night.

If I was still at school I could use there light board but I'm done with school - I get to watch everyone else go back! Hee....*runs off to bed with her hand hating trees* All I have left on the left side of the map is the forest dividing the Saarn and Treval! *shakes out cramps* I really do enjoy doing this map! Honesty!

Silver Midnight · Post by **Silver Midnight** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:33 pm

I once used my computer screen as a lightboard, made me irritated. =P And the finished image looked crappy.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:04 pm

Well, here is the almost end result. I've finished the drawing and you can see how I'm coloring it...I went to a different background texture for now but it'll probably stay as I'm using the same texture to color it (using a Multiply and Screen effects).

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:07 pm

*grumbles* For some reason the size is skrewed up...*glowers at image*

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:16 pm

Holy cats.... Even tiny it's beautiful!! Great work, darlin. Great work.

Post by **Dray** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:18 am

Bah, photoshop shrinks all files that are above a certain size automatically. I'd suggest uploading it to a different place... at least, the final image, if you want it larger!

Looks wonderful, Yakima. Very nice. X3

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:41 pm

Well, none of the other pictures shrank...And I use PSP so that wasn't the problem. It's going to be at the sight eventually so it will save right then. *glares at it*

Keilin Alyr · Post by **Keilin Alyr** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:21 pm

*gets weirdly nitpicky* Photobucket, not Photoshop, actually. If Photoshop automatically shrunk everything... well, you'd better believe I'd religiously stick with Paint Shop. ^^

Now then, Yakima, that map looks wonderful. I've rarely seen such detail done so well. Perhaps you could upload to Imageshack or temporarily to someone else's webspace so we can see that full image? I certainly would love to see all that detail up close... and will the entire map be colored, or will it remain in sepia tones?

Post by **Dray** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:38 pm

Right, sorry. XD I meant photobucket, but my mind was somewhere else, obviously!

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:49 pm

I just uploaded it to my deviationART account...both versions, actually. I shrank it quite a bit for the site but I have the larger scan for later when I do closeups of the lands. The big one has yet to be colored.

http://khayawen.deviantart.com/