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06-18-2013, 03:15 PM

feanaaro replied to a thread June 2013 Entry: Ruins of Dragon Port in Current Mapping Challenge

Very nice. What's the scale?

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06-16-2013, 12:09 PM

feanaaro replied to a thread Making rocks look more natural in General and Miscellaneous Mapping

Certainly you should use a soft brush to paint the rock layer, probably you should set either the rocks layer or the relief layer on multiply, so...

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06-15-2013, 04:26 PM

feanaaro commented on a photo in album Arya

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Thanks. It's all photoshop. You may find the WIP here

06-14-2013, 04:15 AM

feanaaro replied to a thread The foundations of a new world in Regional/World Mapping

If the world is fantasy, going with a flat one saves a lot of headaches... As per the landmasses shapes, my impression is that the continents are...

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06-12-2013, 06:58 PM

feanaaro replied to a thread The Known World or, The Lands between the Grand Castellate in Regional/World Mapping

Landmasses shapes are very nice.

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06-12-2013, 05:54 AM

feanaaro replied to a thread World Map for a series in Mapmaking Requests

On an unrelated note, although we only have a certain number of letters and syllables, and thus some fantasy names are bound to be or sound similar,...

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06-12-2013, 04:39 AM

feanaaro replied to a thread Black&white big city in Town/City Mapping

It's true that it looks too computer-generated. That is because it is just the product of some tinkering with the bevel/emboss settings and the...

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06-12-2013, 03:27 AM

feanaaro replied to a thread Black&white big city in Town/City Mapping

Thanks for the feedbacks. My idea was not of two different style, just two different slopes, one hill is steeper, the other, larger, two are...

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06-11-2013, 03:27 PM

feanaaro replied to a thread Black&white big city in Town/City Mapping

As some may still remember (apparently this is the most successful of my maps) I had trouble with representing elevations with this monochromatic...

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06-11-2013, 02:58 PM

feanaaro commented on a photo in album Arya

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I think you have to have a certain minimum number of forum posts before the private message function is activated.

06-11-2013, 06:25 AM

feanaaro replied to a thread WIP - Region map Commission in Regional/World Mapping

Is it hand-drawn and then digitally edited, or all digital? Very nice anyway, have rep.

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06-10-2013, 02:02 PM

feanaaro replied to a thread still trying FT + Photoshop in Regional/World Mapping

After finishing the last city map, I am back fiddling with the region, trying to arrive at a result I can live with. Any thoughts? Does it look at...

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06-09-2013, 03:52 PM

feanaaro commented on a photo in album Arya

I don't see the option for sending you a PM in your profile. Anyway, I don't really have a method for layouts. I just try to do something...

06-08-2013, 05:46 AM

feanaaro commented on a photo in album Arya

Hi Otviss. The map, as everything I've done here, is done in Photoshop. I would not know how *exactly* I achieved this look, it's a simple parchment...

06-06-2013, 01:28 PM

feanaaro replied to a thread Kiryakor, the Silver City in Finished Maps

That is a fair suggestion, if I can muster the strength to re-open the gargantuan original file I will do it. Though, it should be said, I become...

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06-06-2013, 06:38 AM

feanaaro added 1 photo(s) to album Arya

06-05-2013, 05:40 PM

feanaaro replied to a thread Kiryakor, the Silver City in Finished Maps

It would indeed be great if I were able to do this isometrically. Alas, that is way beyond my capabilities.

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06-05-2013, 04:12 PM

feanaaro replied to a thread Kiryakor, the Silver City in Finished Maps

I thought about that, but then what could be placed there indeed? A bumpy rock in the middle of a waterfall is not exactly a place where people would...

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06-05-2013, 10:33 AM

feanaaro replied to a thread Kiryakor, the Silver City in Finished Maps

Krasimir, you mean that you would like if the change from land to water were starker? That was discussed in the WIP and the suggestions I got went in...

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06-05-2013, 08:01 AM

feanaaro started a thread Kiryakor, the Silver City in Finished Maps

Hello, this is the last city I mapped, within my ongoing Arya world. Here you can find the WIP. It has been a very long work, mostly because of a...

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06-04-2013, 06:59 PM

feanaaro replied to a thread The Silver City (a big city around a waterfall) in Town/City Mapping

Thank you for all the appreciations and encouragements, and also for staying with this thread despite the very long hiatus. Adding the mini-maps...

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