Johto Redrawn

This piece was made as a contribution to Johto Redrawn . I had to redraw route 41, which also includes the Whirlwind Islands.

Since the map is very big, I decided to go for a mix between tile-based drawing and more organic parts. In particular, I firstly prepared the textures for the water and for the sand, which were used to lay out the general appearance of the piece. For the rocks, instead, I drew a few blocks by hand and put them around the map, without making it look too repetitive; a similar approach was used for the rocks in the water.

The whirlwinds and Lugia were my favourite part to make. Since I'm mainly a hi-bit artist, I had to tweak the palette and reduce the colour count at the end of the work, in order to make it fit with the rest of the collaboration.

Here's the process gif for this piece.