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    I think you could stand to trim back most of the mountains, there are a whole lot of them. They look like octopus arms sticking out all over so by trim I mean cut them back to nubs and I think things will look more plausible. The arrangement could use a bit of fixing as well, they look like a bunch of fences so I would group some together. I did a little 10 minute sketch to show you some ideas. The light green is the flat grassland areas and low hills. The dark green is forest, the black is a possible swamp, the tan is a possible desert or dry area. The orange are foothills, the red is mountains and the white is the highest peaks. Blue is rivers of course. Then I did a rough coastline, smooth ones are boring, like Steel said. I don't mean to offend or anything, just some positive pointers on arranging terrain to look plausible without going through all of the science to make sure it really fits...it just needs to look good.
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    Last edited by Ascension; 09-04-2011 at 02:22 PM.
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