Oh, I forgot to ask, on the Mameland map, did you make custom brushes( am assuming you are using Photoshop or GIMP at least in part) for the trees, or did you make each tree by hand?
I like the forced perspective of this map. Did I say how much I like the Mameland map yet?
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hey there,
This is mostly photoshop work, though the parchment is actually tea-ed paper that is baked in an oven after i had beaten it up. The heat browns and stains the paper, and then i scanned that in. I did the line work for the coast and all that and scanned that in and photoshoped all of the color.
I have my own forest brushes that i have made, both for the trunks and the leaves and i vary them for variety. Custom brushes are the key to map-making i have found...
Thanks for your replies and input everyone!
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Nice... a map with Trigrams...
Two in harmony surpass one in perfection
What Have I been looking at crappy maps all my life or something, Every single map I have seen on this site has been beyond amazing, 80-90/100's. Jeez I'm going to have to step up my game here.
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