Earen - A Work In Progress

[megrim]

Umm, personally I would say that maybe the symbols are ok, or something similar (they are a bit small to see) but I would lose the colour on them and go for a brown, or sepia tone outline, so they kinda fit in with the very artistic hand-drawn look.

But I dunno, that's just me of course.

Is it possible to post a higher res version so we can see it closer? I'd love to get a detailed look at your artwork.

http://www.cartographersguild.com/at...3&d=1215754274
hows that? as for the symbols they are from cc3

Glad your back to finish this, the artistic quality is very high. I'd lose the CC3 icons (for the cities) and draw something up...you could use the icons as a starting point and draw something over top of them. At any rate, this is one fine lookin map and I wish I had it in me to do likewise...excellent stuff.

thanks! i tried doign that but nothing worth showing came up so i quickly discarded it

Great to see this thread again. I'd agree with the symbols - they don't fit with the style of the map. I'd suggest drawing in a new city symbol yourself using your own colour palette from the map. I'd also give them a shadow to integrate them into the image.

It sucks to have lost the interactive version as that was just lovely. Certainly looking forward to seeing this finished (however long that will take )

only if time would allow, with writing the story, uni, work i barely have time but i will give it a try if not... if anyone could pinpoint me to a good set of symbols or anyone willing to contribute a set for my map i would greatly appreciate it.

[megrim]

i cooked something up, let me know what yo think of the new style for the towns and cities. let me know what you think

[Steel General]

They seem nice, but its such a small image that it is difficult to tell.

[megrim]

They seem nice, but its such a small image that it is difficult to tell.

i want to keep it small almost to make it blend in with the map but i changed a few things to make sure that eve though it is small it kind of out stands in the map without loosing the hand drawn feeling.

[Ramah]

He means that the map you are posting is so small it is hard to see. Is there any way to post a larger version of the map so we can see it better? I really like this map and would love to be able to see more details on it.

[Karro]

I've gotta agree. It's a great looking map, and the new symbols look pretty good and seem to fit with the over all style, but the size screams for a larger resolution!

If one isn't available, eh, oh well, it's still good looking.

[megrim]

unfortunately there isn't, when i started the map the size seemed ideal, small enough to hide any inperfections and big enough to allow it appreciate a certain degree of detail... i guess i was wrong, but i will keep this in mind for future maps, ill keep posting as i advance with the map and the story for my book.

[megrim]

ok guys last night iwas sleepless so i decided to expand earen, as i was writing i noticed that the map is short and it lack fantastic places, since i am basing things from many cultures (greek- (special interest in the maenads who will be female "warriors" who channel the energy of spirits (called sylphs in most of earen) of chaos, that estimulates beyond belief their basic instincts and their lust for violance among other things . Scandinavian and all those Nordic tales about fairies and elves and so on...

anyways here is a draft of the expansion.... any suggestions?

[Ascension]

I only have one suggestion...git crackin! This looks like it could be epic and would surely earn you a nice shiny "Cartographer's Choice" badge. With all of that epicness the cities are gonna have to be larger, though, so that they don't get lost. Don't worry if they don't fit the overall scale of the map, mine never do and most never do. A big ole city lookin thing is there to tell people that there is a city somewhere around there, not its actual size according to the rest of the terrain. Good luck man.

[megrim]

I only have one suggestion...git crackin! This looks like it could be epic and would surely earn you a nice shiny "Cartographer's Choice" badge. With all of that epicness the cities are gonna have to be larger, though, so that they don't get lost. Don't worry if they don't fit the overall scale of the map, mine never do and most never do. A big ole city lookin thing is there to tell people that there is a city somewhere around there, not its actual size according to the rest of the terrain. Good luck man.

hows the ones on the top? if that doesn't work ill go with a warcraft feel if that doesn't work ill just put dots.