Swamp

This was one of the terrain tile illustrations in the board game, Xorakus. It’s a digital drawing that I made using Adobe software on the iPad Pro.

After looking at a few reference images of swamps from above, I sketched out a few rough outlines of where the land and water would be. Then I began adding color, starting with a deep green color because I wanted that to be the dominant color. Then, introduced the steely grey for the water, which blends into the brighter green of the algae bloom. Then, I began adding vegetation, like the little green tree shapes and purply flower areas. Finally, I added shadows, which are cast at the same angle across all of the tiles. The shadows always bring everything to life and help create a sense of depth. #illustrator