Omniteras - Rainfall Isle

[foremost]

Great video, nice to see the map come to life
through Photoshop. I really like how you did
the clouds as well.

Your river might be in need of some attention
however. I'm not a member of the river police
but if I was, I'd probably say your rivers
lack proper tributaries.

First, looking at the northern river, I saw it
widens out as it approaches the sea. To some
extent, I think that would be realistic; the
river is carry sands down from the mountains
and might get shallower and wider as it
progresses. But, at the same time, I think
most rivers widen only when they are met
by a tributary. There should be lots of little
streams coming down from those mountains.

As for the southern river, I think you may
have exaggerated the delta a bit. Plus,
that southern "hook" doesn't conform to the
"Laws of Rivers", because they can only
meet the sea in one place. Or so I believe.

But I don't want to tear you down and hyper-
focus on the rivers; this is a great map and
nice video. I DO think you did a wonderful
job with all the islands.

[TaylorH]

Great video, nice to see the map come to life
through Photoshop. I really like how you did
the clouds as well.

Your river might be in need of some attention
however. I'm not a member of the river police
but if I was, I'd probably say your rivers
lack proper tributaries.

First, looking at the northern river, I saw it
widens out as it approaches the sea. To some
extent, I think that would be realistic; the
river is carry sands down from the mountains
and might get shallower and wider as it
progresses. But, at the same time, I think
most rivers widen only when they are met
by a tributary. There should be lots of little
streams coming down from those mountains.

As for the southern river, I think you may
have exaggerated the delta a bit. Plus,
that southern "hook" doesn't conform to the
"Laws of Rivers", because they can only
meet the sea in one place. Or so I believe.

But I don't want to tear you down and hyper-
focus on the rivers; this is a great map and
nice video. I DO think you did a wonderful
job with all the islands.

Thanks, Foremost. You criticism is greatly appreciated and has put me in my place, I think. Maps aren't all about style. I think perhaps for my next map I'll try to focus more on those things you've highlighted as criticisms and also factor in scale, which is something I forgot to do. Truth be told this is one of my very first digitally rendered maps and I may have got carried away with the “terraforming” without paying attention to the actual accuracy certain geographical elements.

[TaylorH]

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