The World of Astalon

[Black_Rose]

@Jaxilon No problem, it happens sometimes. Thanks for approving it

@Max First of all thanks for the comments and rep ^_^ Glad you think its a good first map. I think you are right about some of the details, especially the rivers. I have been playing around with the settings and with the pencil and settings I used the rivers really don't come out very smooth. Plus I am using a laptop trackpad (way less than ideal). I think I might get a better result with a round brush and by maybe creating a path first in PS then stroking it (to combat the fact that I can't draw free hand very well on my trackpad). As for the mountains I was trying to find a quick way of doing it by playing around with shape dynamics, etc but on closer inspection there does seem to be overlap. Maybe it's better to spend more time on that.

Font wise, I have been messing around/playing with different fonts to see what works. I'm trying to go for an antique map feel with the font but it does clash with the font I used for country/mountains. What I would like to achieve is something similar to these maps:

http://www.bimcc.org/images/binet_europe_map_1836.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nvier-1762.jpg

I want the city/town font to be different and more handwriting-ey, like in the above examples, although slightly more readable. Perhaps I'll browse the resources section and see what fonts people have recommended.

@captive411 Thanks for the suggestion ^_^

This is so exciting! I have a good feeling about the end result/final map.