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The World of Eldaron - FINAL
Great Map man i love the style, and the way it looks. Awesome!
I too find it amazing, I am trying to get ideas and find ways to create maps like this, is it drawn and then photoshoped like your previous map? I am curious!
Gah, sorry I missed the comment, Brandon. No, this one wasn't hand drawn to begin with. This one started with a black and white image created from the clouds filter in Photoshop. I painted with white and black brushes on the clouds layer under a levels adjustment layer to create the outlines of the continents. From there... well, there were a heck of a lot of steps involved to get to the final product.
Impressive.
