Follow the (slow?) process of creating a digital Myst Book, the end result can be found here: http://sandman.net/myst
So the Myst Fanclub over at DeviantArt have interviewed me, you can read it here.
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I’ve been interviewed!
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Riven book updated!
The Riven book have now been updated with the latest illustrations and maps. Take a look here
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Boiler map progress shot. Most of the paths are laid out and the rock shading is progressing (albeit, slowly).
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Progress image of Boiler Island! This is just the very first sketch, the outline is done and I’ve sketched some of the basic features and started slightly on the rock shading.
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I’m going to do a more in-depth thing on this later, but here are two images of my NON-digital version of the Myst Book. So, this is an actual book I bought at a second-hand bookshop. It’s from the 18th century and it’s name was “Postilion” (which is still written on the spine. I took it to a book-binder that ripped out all the pages and bound it with antique-looking blank pages. So in my hands I had an old-looking book that was completely blank. Awesome! I started to illustrate and write about my Myst journey in it but I realized soon that it was hard to share it online with the fan community and thus my idea of a digital version was born.
The analogue version is nowadays way behind the digital one. It stops somewhere half-way through the first game. Perhaps I’ll take the time to try to finish it as well some day.
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Order prints of the maps
You can now order prints of the Jungle and Temple island map on DeviantART
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The Jungle Island map is DONE! I’ll include it in the book soon enough. This is a huge island, took me a long time to get done, but here it is. I’m particularly satisfied with the Village myself :)
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A couple of sketches
These will go in the books later, to accompany the text where applicable. I’m sure you recognize them all.
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Jungle Island Map is coming along nicely. The Rock shading is pretty much completed and I am pleased with the forest part. The village huts are just placeholders, I’ll do them nicer later :)
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Nothing happening?
Well, the Christmas holidays are over and it’s back to work for me. Progress hasn’t stopped but is obviously slower now. I’ve worked some on my older maps (like Selenitic) to try to unify all their “styles” or something like that.
There will hopefully be more updates soon
