Torn Island - a first low res draft

[PapersAndPaychecks]

No, that doesn't look washed out to me. I think perhaps the coastline could be a bit more jagged and rugged, though?

[wildcode]

No, that doesn't look washed out to me. I think perhaps the coastline could be a bit more jagged and rugged, though?

Yeah you are right it looks a bit even and cut out; I will start to experiment with adding som forests and cities and stuff and at the same time I will fiddle with the coastline. Don't really know how it will fit in yet; but Ill try to find some tutorials. And then I have the border/framing todo too.

The purpose of the map is to be used in a pen-and-paper game anytime soon so I am halfrushing it; hence the low res. The goal is to revamp it in a more hires version in the future; and thats a process I want to learn too. How to scale up a small res map and edit it so it looks great again. Seems hard to do but I love the challenge. And this Island is a small part of a much bigger map which you probably will hear me ranting about in the future

Ok, lets get to work! Thanks for the feedback!

Regards
-wildcode

[arsheesh]

The purpose of the map is to be used in a pen-and-paper game anytime soon so I am halfrushing it; hence the low res. The goal is to revamp it in a more hires version in the future; and thats a process I want to learn too. How to scale up a small res map and edit it so it looks great again. Seems hard to do but I love the challenge. And this Island is a small part of a much bigger map which you probably will hear me ranting about in the future

I'm sorry to be a naysayer Wildcode but whenever you try to scale up the resolution of a raster image such as your map you are going to end up with a pixelated piece of work. I don't think there is any way around this, and any cosmetic attempts to salvage a rasterized image are either going to be futile, or will involve so much work that you might as well begin the piece anew. I know that's probably not what you wanted to here, but it's better to know now before you invest too much more time and energy into a piece that you cannot use.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[wildcode]

I'm sorry to be a naysayer Wildcode but whenever you try to scale up the resolution of a raster image such as your map you are going to end up with a pixelated piece of work. I don't think there is any way around this, and any cosmetic attempts to salvage a rasterized image are either going to be futile, or will involve so much work that you might as well begin the piece anew. I know that's probably not what you wanted to here, but it's better to know now before you invest too much more time and energy into a piece that you cannot use.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

Yeah that figures; I'll use the image as an inspiration/overlay to get the features similar.

I always want the bad news as fast as possible so thank you

Regards
-wildcode