This is coming along wonderfully!! Keep going, keep going.
This is coming along wonderfully!! Keep going, keep going.
Don
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I'd stick with the hand drawn mountains.
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Seconds YodA's vote for hand drawn mountains. definitely the way to go
I'm not picking on the map in question, but just commenting in general.hand drawn mountains. definitely the way to go
If by "hand-drawn mountains" you mean those orthographic or semi-sideview peaks, which occur in a bazillion maps I've seen (I bring to mind the original maps in Tolkien's Middle Earth works), it's interesting to note that such features are usually the single exception to an otherwise totally birdseye-view or satellite-view map.
I was reading an awesome book about cartographic history at a friend's house ... I don't remember the name, but I can email her ... and it mentioned the development these orthographic mountain styles specifically.
Other elements are sometimes orthographic. Walled towns are sometimes shown from a side view, with gates visible in the walls, and towers rising from behind the walls -- in birdseye a wall is a line and you can't see a gate. Forests are sometimes shown as lots of trees with vertical trunks visible below their canopies.
I wonder if a mapper ought to consider whether to use all-orthographic, all-birdseye, or a mix, for each project. And if it's a mix, how do you choose which element gets which style?
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
What to do about rivers?
I have the rivers set in a separate layer
so far they are just blue lines
what next Drop shadow?
i am looking for ideas (that hopefully blend well with the evolving style of the map)
thanks
May I enquire as to how you did that with the water levels? If I may be so bold that is
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