I’ve also added detailed colours to the seaweed, the barrels, and the treasure (including some greens, blues, and reds for gemstones). You can see the stalagmites starting to get defined – with the highlights coming on the side closest to the flaming torches. The light and shade also start to pull out the shapes. For this, I use a large grungy brush for the broad textures, and then a round low-opacity brush to lay in detailed highlights and shadows.įor the colour – I use a layer set to color blend, and block in large areas of colour (mostly, grey, blue and brown for now): Adding rough colour and tone to the mapĪs you can see, adding a light blue to the water makes the map much clearer, as does adding in grey for the stone. We’ll need some colour and shade to help it read well.įor the next step, we use an overlay layer, to lay in light and shade. The downside here is that with the lines, it looks a bit messy and hard to read. Our map’s starting to look like a real map (we added a grid too – using an overlay layer). Here’s the map with these detailed sections laid in (along with a shadowed wall): Pirate treasure map with details of the actual treasure!
We also use line art at this point to add texture. We’ll really only get these right when we can add light and shade. Instead, I use a sequence of lines outlining the higher edges of the spire. The stalagmites are a little more challenging – as they don’t have any ‘edge’ to them. For the deck of the ship, I sketch in a texture to suggest the planks on the deck, and some ribs of the ruined hull poke our from the sea. For the ship, the teeth have ripped apart the hull, and the wreck is impaled on the spines. I use fainter lines to indicate the form of the ‘teeth’ under the surface of the water. This helps to give some shape to the cavern mouth. I use lighter strokes for the edge of the underground river, and for the steps of the cave floor.Įach of the ‘teeth’ at the maw of the cave curves out in a radial pattern.
For this I use fairly thick lines, with steps and jagged corners. For this I switch to a technical pen brush, and go over the top of the sketch: Pirate treasure map – with line artįor the line art – the first step is to lay in the wall lines. The next step was to ink in the outlines. With enough side rooms, we can fill them with fun secrets. The circles outline stalagmites that line the river.
Here we have the underground river, the toothy maw, and the wrecked ship. I began by laying out the caves and the toothy maw at the mouth of the sea cave: Sketch of a map of a pirate lair, hiding their treasure I started with a rough sketch – using a pencil brush for quick sketching.
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Here’s the walkthrough of the map creation, with each step, and a video at the end showing a timelapse of the full map illustration.įor this map, I decided to work in Procreate, and began with a standard parchment background. The cave entrance has stalactites/stalagmites making it look like a toothy maw.” The river from the underground leads into the sea. Her lair is made of the remains of a ship wreck. “It’s underground, the lair of a sea hag with hanging sea weed. He proposed a map on a theme of a Pirate Treasure Map, with the following outline: I’ve been a little light on inspiration recently – so I asked a friend for a challenge.