Today, a quick one on isometric pen and ink mountain ranges.
Draw in the ridgeline of the mountains. Add bumps and wiggles and allow the path to wander.
With the ridgeline in place, take lines off from the angles in the ridgeline. Basically anywhere your ridgeline changes direction you can draw a ridge ciming off. These should be steeper near the crest and smooth out towards the edge to show sharp peaks.
Here I’ve laid in shadows with some basic hatching. Use lines far apart for a lighter shadow and closer hatching for deeper shadows. Keep your deeper shadows to the top of the ridgeline (where it’s steepest) and in valleys and crevasses. You can also skip the hatching and import the lineart into a digital editing program and shade your mountains there.
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I’m always thrilled when I see your work. You make things look very simple too 🙂
When it comes to this Quick Tutorial I am very fond of the concept. I wonder if it could be a good idea to have a “don’t” example beside it (in light gray pen). The ridge looks great, but what makes it great may be more clear if you see a nonworking version too. Just a thought.
That’s a good thought. I’ll see if I can add in some examples of how not to do it, to help with illustrating the technique. Thanks!
Very cool
Your tutorial is ary helpful
You just have me have me ideas
Thank you
Ok that is awesome
Thank you for the tutorial!
Would a Tolkeinesque mountain range tutorial be possible?
Yes, absolutely.