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Haha, that was my very first impression, too.Originally Posted by Ghostman
That map appears to be LOLing
Oooooo, pretty! I am suffering River Envy -- and I really like the colors you're working with.
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Haha, that was my very first impression, too.That map appears to be LOLing
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This is looking great, but it does indeed have an almost distracting smiley-ness to it. Maybe turn it over on its side? No real reason North has to be up, after all.
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I'm loving the detail on your coloured map. How did you create the mountain texture you have used?
As StillCypher said, your color scheme is great. Can't wait to see this finished
But then it would become the land of emoticon :-)
Lovely work! Can't wait to see this finished.
The technique to make the mountains is courtesy of Pasis' tutorial, found here. The pattern itself is a combination of two things, one a random rock pattern found through the Great God Google, the other a photo of some rocky ground.
Time for an update. I added in a bunch of text, some cities, and fiddled around with the coastline a bit. Blue coastal ring: yea or nay?
I'm also debating on whether or not to add some more terrain texturing before I do the forests (my least favorite part), or if it would just be overkill.
The coastal ring looks fine to me.
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