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The Horneater Peaks

Koloss

By Koloss

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When I first read the description for this area, I immediately imagined they're some kind of alpine version of the deep sea hydrothermal vents - aka the white or black chimneys. I love those bizarre deep sea things, and have been trying to envision how would those hydrothermal vents look like when combined with the Alps. It's really tricky, and the vertical aspect of those vents makes it really hard to see where the Horneaters would put any sort of city or crops fields on. As I keep researching, I eventually came across alpine hot lakes in the Andes mountains, and decided to change direction and go with something like an extinct conical volcano chain that has turned into lakes. The imagery would be more familiar, and the slopes would mean imaginable cities and civilization such as the Machu Picchu. I decided to try and do the phototexture workflow in pursuit of that Skyrim look. It's not there yet, but  can't expect mastery after 1 week!

 

[edit] There is a bigger version with no text overlay here : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/y9oLn

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Snipexe

Snipexe Truthless

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This is sooooooooo cool

Edit: Glad my 400th post was in appreciation of good art

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Ark1002

Ark1002 Lerasium Mistborn

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It's exactly how I imagined it, but better.

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Devout Pathian

Devout Pathian Gyorn

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That is so beautiful.  Good job.

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Chaos

Chaos God Beyond

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Holy crap this is amazing.

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Kidpen

Kidpen Midnight Essence

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Woah. Seriously. 

 

Zelly

Zelly Shardbearer

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Really nice, the snow effect on mountains in particular! Wish I could see it in an ever bigger size.   

Wyndlerunner

Wyndlerunner Tarachin Superstar

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Someone Hire this man as the Concept designer for the Stormlight Films! 

'Cuz this is storming incredible.

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Koloss

Koloss Svrakiss

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@Wyndlerunner Hahaha, thanks mate, I would totally be down for that even if it's 5, 10 years down the road. 

Ark1002

Ark1002 Lerasium Mistborn

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Note: This is some of the best Stormlight art I've ever seen, and the best scenery art I've ever seen.

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Hoiditthroughthegrapevine

Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Voidbringer

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This is SO good!!! I love your whole series of illustrations, the color is top freaking notch!

The Lord of The Mists

The Lord of The Mists Darkeyes

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The attention to all the little details mentioned in the book and how masterfully you combined them is very impreseve, you are quite the artist.

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