Snow Maps

[Aval Penworth]

So tell us more about this snow covered world... There must be features you could utilize to differentiate the landscape.

Maybe just try a low contrast, desaturated look like this. This is a very quick job, so don't look too close ;D

[Aval Penworth]

P.S. Is this meant to be in subterranean mapping or regional? You are looking to make a regional campaign map right?

[timbo]

Aval,

Liking the tips!

The maps I'm working on are for a Dnd adventure so the scale is one inch to 5 feet, so more dungeon crawl type maps. The snow covered world has lots of vegetation, There are mountain passes that have glaciers running through them. These have ice cave within them. The vegetation if manly large trees that can withstand the cold, pines etc. In the open there are areas of sheet ice that the party will have to navigate, so any tips on how to differentiate between ice and snow would be really helpful

[Aval Penworth]

For Ice Floors just google "ice textures" you will get a load of images, find some you are allowed to use as save textures and patterns for use in photoshop. You can make the ice a bluish colour to differentiate from snow. Most people will get that. For snow, try the same thing...although I am not sure how much snow falls underground.

You can make the ice a bluish colour to differentiate from snow. Most people will get that.

Also snow usually is not clean, flat and undisturbed. So dirty snow, bloody snow, churned up snow, ridges of snow etc, etc will all get you away from a plain white map.