Random Map Technique
I'm trying to refine the technique used here. to make this style of map in GIMP.
Attached is what I have so far (without any colour adjustments). This allows pretty fine control over the location of the mountains, shorelines, and forest features.
I haven't applied any colour adjustment to the image at this point.
I particularly like the shore water effect I came up with using a displacement map twice in opposite directions.
-Rob A>
Looking very nice!
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On a whim, I massaged and exported a height-field from this image, and exported just the colour washes with no shading, and combined them in using the Persistence of Vision raytracer.
I then rendered the image out using the forced perspective of 3D planimetric relief (plan oblique relief) with a 26 degree elevation back into a 800x800 image...
This leaves the land shaped the same, but notice how the mountains now have a profile view to them? It's quite a bit of extra work, but it does make for a nice map
-Rob A>
Last edited by RobA; 10-24-2007 at 11:12 PM. Reason: I also attached a cropped comparison
Oooo... Purtey! Very stylized, but it has a lot of character. I likey!
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Wow! how long did the process take, Rob? I really like that look and this might give me an answer for my Map on the WIP section. The style looks just right.
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