Isle of the One Tree
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:35 pm
My first attempt of this location
Comments always welcomed.
Comments always welcomed.
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Isle of the One Tree
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:41 pm
It's certainly an island. And it's as barren and uninviting as described, but shouldn't it be veiled in mist?
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:43 pm
Aha! I knew I had 'mist' something out
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:11 pm
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:16 am
The feel is good...accuracy wise (if you're concerned with that as well..)
isn't the tree in a deep pit? Not sure how you suggest there is one from the perspective you're using...but if you can, it would be cool.
isn't the tree in a deep pit? Not sure how you suggest there is one from the perspective you're using...but if you can, it would be cool.
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:53 am
Covenant, Linden and Co. climbed the steep sided flanks of the island all the way to the summit before decending a spiral ramp set on the inside of the peak which led back down to the innards of the island.
h of b's island's summit is not shown, but you can see how narrow it is becoming. That's very much like the Island of the One Tree: They decended in total darkness, and only when the Sun passed directly overhead did any light penetrate to the bottom where the One Tree grew. And the light was short lived, as the shadow of the Island's summit crept quickly across the ground.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I think h of b's island is a darn good representation of the Island of the One Tree. Bleak, desolate, rocky and precipitous.
h of b's island's summit is not shown, but you can see how narrow it is becoming. That's very much like the Island of the One Tree: They decended in total darkness, and only when the Sun passed directly overhead did any light penetrate to the bottom where the One Tree grew. And the light was short lived, as the shadow of the Island's summit crept quickly across the ground.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I think h of b's island is a darn good representation of the Island of the One Tree. Bleak, desolate, rocky and precipitous.
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:09 am
Thank you D-S.
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:30 pm
I for one never imagined the isle being so tall and spikey. From the text, it seems like it has sloping sides, but not steeply sloping sides, and isn't so very tall. (The Quest had trouble climing it due to it being so boulder-strewn, but there's no mention of climbing any steep faces.) And it would be more flat at the top, where the hole would be.
Also, I get the impression that the sides are so rocky that the area immediately around the island would be dotted with rocks thrusting from the water, becoming more dense as you got closer. Shore isn't so much a beach as a place where the rocks got so dense that there was no more water.
Also, I get the impression that the sides are so rocky that the area immediately around the island would be dotted with rocks thrusting from the water, becoming more dense as you got closer. Shore isn't so much a beach as a place where the rocks got so dense that there was no more water.
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:57 pm
Ah, Wayfriend, you have brought me down to earth.
However, with the help of Karen Wynn Fonstad excellent atlas I am working
on Isle Mk 2.
However, with the help of Karen Wynn Fonstad excellent atlas I am working
on Isle Mk 2.
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:53 pm
Mk 2 Isle
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:39 pm
'Approaching the Isle of the One Tree'
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:53 pm
If you take that 320x214 picture and scale it to 320x32 (not preserving the aspect ratio), the result would be VERY very much like how I imagine the Isle.
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:34 pm
Mk4 Isle
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:45 pm
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:54 am
HoB...
*best Darth Vader voice*
Impressive.
You captured well what was in my minds eye and I just re-read One Tree a month ago. Thanks for making it so much more real.
Now for the Elemendene(sp)?
*best Darth Vader voice*
Impressive.
You captured well what was in my minds eye and I just re-read One Tree a month ago. Thanks for making it so much more real.
Now for the Elemendene(sp)?