I don't think clouds are needed unless you wrap it around a globe and with the title at the bottom it's more of a wall poster. The clouds look ok but I'm not a good judge of clouds.
I don't think clouds are needed unless you wrap it around a globe and with the title at the bottom it's more of a wall poster. The clouds look ok but I'm not a good judge of clouds.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
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I'm with Ascension on the need for clouds - though I don't think they look to bad so far.
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Thanks!
Since I'm very layer-grouping oriented, they'll be four version of my map:
+3rd and +4th edition variants
+with or +without atmospheric effects (i.e. lava near Neverwinter, snow falling over the spine of the world, etc.)
Here's an update -showing coloring of the Zakhara coastline- (3 coloring layers; 2 depth layers for land - 3 layers for water effects) 50% zoomed-out:
That looks really nice, man. The mountains in the brown areas might need some beefing up (I can't tell if there are mountains there or not but the relief is mostly lost there).
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
My Maps ~ My Brushes ~ My Tutorials ~ My Challenge Maps
Just stumbled on this site, and I have to say that this map you're working on is just fantastic! Good luck in your continuing endeavor.
Guess what? I started working on this map again, after nearly a year-long hiatus.
Update:
That's 1600x900 (or 1% zoom of the full-size map)
Improvements:
- Increased variation in ocean layers (darker, more textured)
- Increased biome diversity on all continents (mountains, deserts, and forests that transcend the old map's limitations)
- Changed fonts (more readble; I'll upload another to demonstrate)
- Improved texturing for biomes (i.e. erasers and new brushes to give cracked appearances to steppes/plateaus, ridges to mountains, etc.)
Last edited by darren_kitlor; 07-25-2011 at 10:51 AM.
Hey this looks fantastic! Glad you decided to return to it, otherwise I probably would never have known about it. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
Thanks.
Does anyone have a particular preference as to what I should improve or add onto?
Today, I started working on Tundra, Glaciers and polar terrains--as well as new border backgrounds.
A massive map for a massive world. I like it all.
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