Devil's Bay
Added 2019-09-28 17:54:04 +0000 UTCHello all!
Not too long ago I stumbled upon a few different collections of drone photography curated for D&D as 'photo-based battle maps' and thought it would be fun to try and using one as a reference for a hand drawn map. Thus.. Devil's Bay! The reference for this rocky shoreline was originally shot by photographer Oscar Nilsson on a beach of the same name in the British Virgin Islands.
As you can see if you zoom in on the preview I approached this one with a slightly more 'painterly' style, particularly around the details of the rocks and I'm rather happy with how it turned out. I enjoyed working in a more saturated color palette than what I might normally be inclined to use and feel like this could be a great location for players arriving from either direction, particularly if you're looking for a nice landing spot to use with the recent Upper Caves dungeon map (or other watery-themed locations to come).
Hope you guys like! In the pack you'll find a print version, night time palette variation, and a revised VTT copy set at 150DPI, no grid, and a faint square in the bottom lefthand corner for grid size scaling. If you want to find more top-down drone photography I'd recommend checking out the "IRL Battle maps" subreddit!
Comments
I know you’re only half joking, but pairing what you describe with a series of beaches you could drop onto the water texture of your choice would be quite helpful!
Venatus Maps
2019-09-28 23:51:35 +0000 UTCThis is absolutely beautiful. I love the colours and the style.
Willow H. Wood
2019-09-28 23:10:44 +0000 UTCReally nice shading & colors on the rocks. Now we need a Shore Debris asset pack. Crabs, shells, driftwood, seaweed, bits of sailcloth, a broken spar or mast,... :)
Phergus
2019-09-28 19:20:15 +0000 UTC
