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  1. 06-12-2012, 08:18 AM #1
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    Default Long time no mapping - portolan/map thingy

    Hi there fellow cartographers! It's been quite a while since I had time for doing maps, but now it's time to get at it once more. My plan for this one is a hand drawn portolan style map, but we'll see where it takes me.

    Done so far is the outline of the area covered, I used an ordinary mercator projetion on a part of my conworld, and then drew something completely different to get that old 'no-access-to-modern-gps'-feel.
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    Looks like a good start.
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    Yup, looks promising. Welcome back Andartar.

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    Looking good so far! A small request though: upload a png or a jpg for the next update? The bmp doesn't want to open in my browser for some reason.
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    A small update, it's getting there! Mountains and some colour done, next step is rivers and lakes. Then it's on to cities.

    Thanks for the feedback!
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  6. 07-30-2012, 02:46 AM #6
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    Looks great. Reminds me of old Chinese maps.


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