Gunwale bonus work in progress bits (Patreon)

Spent my Saturday night working on a world map for Gunwale. It's only really background detail for me in that it gives me other places/environments for people to be from. The world is called Astre (home/hearth) and Gunwale takes place on the continent of Kanali (Greek for canal - see what I did there? :D ) You can see the lakes on the Eastern side of the continent. 

And here's the current detail layout with some biome ideas scribbled in.

I'm still working out the look of the backgrounds for the game. I want the feel of a Studio Ghibli film without just being a copy. Also I really struggle with a straight painted style so I'm trying to see if I can get something that is more along the lines of the character art. Attempt 1 a few months back was me trying to paint. It's ok at best but not really what I wanted AND not fun to work on.

The one below is done more in my usual production flow and turned more along the lines of what I had in my head. So I'm going to continue down that path because a big chunk of this project is just about me doing what makes me happy.

And I'm also working on a nice blocky version of my Lithorian font to use for signage in the world. It's not a great alien font but re-using it all the time means I don't have to spend heaps of time thinking about the shapes all over again :)

I really should get back to doing some more code but I'm having too much fun exploring the art side of things. So Ima stick with that.