Quote Originally Posted by Midgardsormr View Post
Very pretty! I have a couple of questions, if you don't mind sharing your secrets.

First, the Celtic knotwork looks shiny and not 2d at all. How did you accomplish the shading so that the lines actually look cylindrical?

And the gradient behind the knotwork--I haven't yet figured out how to achieve a gradient fill in CC3.

Finally, where does the white in your water come from? It isn't a simple coastline glow, because it does not follow the coasts uniformly. I think I could come up with a way to emulate it, but I'd like to hear what your approach was.

Thanks for sharing!
I did not do the map, but I do know:

The map was done in CC3, the other stuff is post production work he does in Likely Photoshop, but the map is 100% nothing but CC3.