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omg sorry im so late to replying, I mostly use Uni Pin fineliners with nibs between 0.03 and 0.2 bc i like adding very random tiny details

some procrastination map drawing tonight

The Stormports of Coranz
A bit of an experimental one because I'm not super confident with adding text and it's mostly playing around with new brushes.
Some Lore and zoom ins below
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The pistons at the top are just a set of cliffs that have a tendency to move up and down slightly with the weather and the tides, hence the name and is the giant monster of the North real? who knows? I kinda just wanted to try out a map monster for once and it was slightly bigger than expected. 4/4

A part of Coranz is below sea level and this is seen on the south east part of the map as clifs and rock faces slowly go down towards more lush canyon of greenery. The main river is the from the sea and is salty but smaller rivers and cave systems bring freshwater into this giant canyon. 3/4

The jagged mountains and cliffs have created a bit of a protective barrier for Arch and Casan, as well as shipbreaker cove and as such these two cities have developed large archives and libraries and are cultural and educational hubs for the country and foreigners wanting to research and learn. 2/4

Some Lore:
These are the main ports from the North West of a country called Coranz, they're the main trading hubs (North and South Storm, hence the name stormports) with access to the sea and to a strip of land heading west to the western part of the country. 1/4

Some zoom ins and extra details. might make a mini wallpaper pack on kofi

The Stormports of Coranz
A bit of an experimental one because I'm not super confident with adding text and it's mostly playing around with new brushes.
Some Lore and zoom ins below
#digitalart #art #worldbuilding #cartography #fantasyart

Doing some watercolour tests soon and needed some tester maps, so I made a timelapse video to try it out

#timelapse #cartography #maps

a blue sea covered in pockets of land. to the right are jagged mountain peaks and cliffs. an island is to the centre of the page, connected by bridges to the rest of the land. to the left are ship trade routes that lead to an archipelago and to the upper right is a cove filled with jagged rocks called shipbreaker cove

a blue sea filled with islands. the main of which, at the ventre had clifs of varying heights labeled the pistons. to the top left are some tentacles and the edge of the mouth of a large sea monster. the top has a border indicating this is the top of the map. we see shipbreaker cove at the bottom and a few cities at the base of the pistons called Losan and Mor

this image contains mostly land. a large lake named Lake Auro is at the bottom and sits at the base of a tall snow capped mountain with a hillside town called Etie. the lake connectw to a smaller one and follows a river north to the sea. a few mountains surround these lakes and a large crevasse is seen to the right with another river falling down it. to the left and bottom are some decorative aspects of the map. to the bottom is the border and vines and leaves. to the left is a north arrow with a yellow sun at the centre and beneath is a snake winding up the side of a text box like the caduceus symbol. at the top we see a town called Casan and some forests

Working on a new map and practicing some typography, some extra flair and a map monster!
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Been thinking about this one a lot lately

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also working on setting up a kofi for some extra process pics and might put some digital wallpapers of my maps on there soon
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a blue sea covered in pockets of land. to the right are jagged mountain peaks and cliffs. an island is to the centre of the page, connected by bridges to the rest of the land. to the left are ship trade routes that lead to an archipelago and to the upper right is a cove filled with jagged rocks called shipbreaker cove

a blue sea filled with islands. the main of which, at the ventre had clifs of varying heights labeled the pistons. to the top left are some tentacles and the edge of the mouth of a large sea monster. the top has a border indicating this is the top of the map. we see shipbreaker cove at the bottom and a few cities at the base of the pistons called Losan and Mor

this image contains mostly land. a large lake named Lake Auro is at the bottom and sits at the base of a tall snow capped mountain with a hillside town called Etie. the lake connectw to a smaller one and follows a river north to the sea. a few mountains surround these lakes and a large crevasse is seen to the right with another river falling down it. to the left and bottom are some decorative aspects of the map. to the bottom is the border and vines and leaves. to the left is a north arrow with a yellow sun at the centre and beneath is a snake winding up the side of a text box like the caduceus symbol. at the top we see a town called Casan and some forests

Working on a new map and practicing some typography, some extra flair and a map monster!
#wip #cartography #mapmonster #fantasymaps #maps #illustration

been pretty inactive on here lately sorry, I've been off grid for a bit and haven't had time to work on much. some new process pics tomorrow of the latest lil experiment as an apology

might put some of my maps as phone/desktop wallpapers on my kofi soon, if I manage to figure out how to do so

A large tropical islands, with a central, tall volcano with some smoke coming from the top. The image is labelled Rumblecusp and at the bottom there is text. There are numbered labels on the island that correspond with a key that show Ruins, waterfalls, hot springs, mysterious portals and a village. The text at the bottom reads: 'The Island of Rumblecusp is found to the South Of Wildemount; a tropical location home to a vast array of exotic flora and fauna as well as planar shards. These shards were thought to be brought to the island when the Morkoth, Vokodo escaped the Astral Sea and from the Aeorian ward, Cognouza, crashing within the volcano and claiming the island as his own. He caused mass amnesia to the inhabitants of the island in order to persuade them to bring him their wealth and trap them upon Rumblecusp. Vokodo was defeated by the Mighty Nein and Vilya of the Air Ashari who helped shepherd those of the community who no longer wished to stay, back to their homes. Vo is still a strong community and welcomes travelers of all kinds. Some dangers found on and around Rumblecusp include, but are not limited to: Dragon Turtles, Draegloths', Bodak', Dinosaurs, Torchblooms, Displacer Beasts, Treants (undead), Will-O-Wisps and Mosquitoes.'

Finally finished my Rumblecusp Map/diagram?? It took a while, but I'm pretty happy with where it ended up and I think I might have to do another one for Darktow or Eiselcross soon

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Thank you so much! I did eventually correct the Astral sea mistake so now it's actually lore accurate

I'll probably make a timelapse/gif or something soon because it took an ungodly amount of time to draw (enough time to rewatch the entire rumblecusp arc and then some). But I've learnt a lot of new stuff and tips and tricks for digital art.
There are some zoom ins and the island by itself on IG

A large tropical islands, with a central, tall volcano with some smoke coming from the top. The image is labelled Rumblecusp and at the bottom there is text. There are numbered labels on the island that correspond with a key that show Ruins, waterfalls, hot springs, mysterious portals and a village. The text at the bottom reads: 'The Island of Rumblecusp is found to the South Of Wildemount; a tropical location home to a vast array of exotic flora and fauna as well as planar shards. These shards were thought to be brought to the island when the Morkoth, Vokodo escaped the Astral Sea and from the Aeorian ward, Cognouza, crashing within the volcano and claiming the island as his own. He caused mass amnesia to the inhabitants of the island in order to persuade them to bring him their wealth and trap them upon Rumblecusp. Vokodo was defeated by the Mighty Nein and Vilya of the Air Ashari who helped shepherd those of the community who no longer wished to stay, back to their homes. Vo is still a strong community and welcomes travelers of all kinds. Some dangers found on and around Rumblecusp include, but are not limited to: Dragon Turtles, Draegloths', Bodak', Dinosaurs, Torchblooms, Displacer Beasts, Treants (undead), Will-O-Wisps and Mosquitoes.'

Finally finished my Rumblecusp Map/diagram?? It took a while, but I'm pretty happy with where it ended up and I think I might have to do another one for Darktow or Eiselcross soon

@criticalrole.bsky.social
#criticalrolefanart #criticalrole #digitalart #art #conceptart #environmentart #fantasyart

holy moly indeed, it took so long

I think its back to some more typical maps for a minute to recover

it took forever but rumblecusp is finally done. need to glaze it and do some other edits before it'll be an actual post but it's finally done
#criticalrolefanart

yeah the mountain felt like it made a lot more sense when I added them, but im not excited to render them, theyre going to be so annoying

thank you! the form and levels were tricky but I think that's roughly what hot springs look like

digital drawing of 4 of the european mustelid species, all of them heavily stylized to fit into a square shape

european mustelids
#art

These are the main guesses for now, but im probably way off target. Its been really fun figuring this island out so thank you for creating such an interesting setting

@matthewmercer.bsky.social
On the off chance you see this, I've got a question about rumblecusp.
I've been drawing the island, using deven rue's map as a reference and can't really figure out the whereabouts of the village even whilst rewatching and was hoping you might shed some light on it.

got 90% through doing the lineart for a map before I realised I hadn't accounted for or added any trees/forests at all
...
*sigh*
guess I'm going to add some lore about why there are no trees on this island because I really don't have the patience to add them and edit everything digitally right now

today's agenda:
trees and hot springs... theyre real annoying to figure out but we're getting there
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