[–] 2 points 4 months ago

Most definitely your skills have improved in just the last several months as far as I can see. It's great to hear that you're giving yourself that much credit, too. Often enough, that can be a major hurdle for people when trying something new & creative, and you're already open to positive self-talk. That's awesome! 😁

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago

    Yeah, shading would have helped.

    I once read (or maybe watched a video?) saying that most cartographers shade as id the sun were in the upper left of the image. Of course, it’s an artist choice, so many more decide against it. :)

    But even if you’re not an astronomy enthusiast, you can open up Google Maps and check out the satellite photo layer. Every now and then, you’ll come across a terrain feature that you can’t easily tell if it’s raised or depressed.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Hmm, this looked like a canyon to me at first blush, was it supposed to be a mountain?

    I’m not much of an artist, but I’m an astronomy nerd, which means I’ve seen my fair share of photographed craters. Oftentimes, if the light is shining from the bottom of the image, craters look like mountains and vice-versa. So maybe some extra shading at the top for craters and at the bottom for mountains might help sell the illusion of depth?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 6 months ago

    You could say I kinda have...

    The thing is I mostly use scraps of paper that would otherwise be thrown away or shredded. Also, it's possible that if I used graph paper, my shaky hand would be more noticeable. 😅

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    The lower settlement needs to do an preemptive attack on the higher one before they poison the river water. Settling up stream should always ve treated as Casus Belli for the survival of the town!

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