Central Alemnia

[Daelin]

How do you create the Mountains? Are they completely handdrawn or do they requier some Rendering Programs?

The mountains are handdrawn, but not by me, though. They are a combination of the reliefs found on shadedreliefarchive.com, scaled way down and with the white background erased, and a layer beneath that, with a basic bevel/emboss effect, which I used to add light and shadow, to add some depth. It's a lot of cutting and pasting. There are bits and pieces of South America, the Balkans, Israel and everywhere else in there. So, I guess I have to give the CIA a lot of credit for this map.

[Schwarzkreuz]

Oh, cool sources. I was doing my own Relief map too. Couse i realy disliked complete bevel/emboss effect maps, they all (including ym own) look a bit cheesy. So i went for Wilbur yesterday and tested some new technics togethter with Viking.

[Sebastian Bowles]

Looking good!

[Bryan Livingston]

Hello there.

Love it! Would you consider licensing this map for this project: http://www.cartographersguild.com/ma...commision.html

[CurtisWrightt]

Where is the compass from? It's really nice

[A.Woods]

Really enjoy the general shape of the landmass and think it's neat how you chose to stick with the a more monochrome look, gives it a cooler feel. The central compass rose also give it a good symmetry and I think you achieved what you are looking for with the mountains.

[lomedhel]

The mountains are handdrawn, but not by me, though. They are a combination of the reliefs found on shadedreliefarchive.com, scaled way down and with the white background erased, and a layer beneath that, with a basic bevel/emboss effect, which I used to add light and shadow, to add some depth. It's a lot of cutting and pasting. There are bits and pieces of South America, the Balkans, Israel and everywhere else in there. So, I guess I have to give the CIA a lot of credit for this map.

Thanks for pointing out this resource! Having a real life reference helps a lot to get the shapes you want in the right place.

[Eric Roylance]

This is such a beautiful map, it's really stunning. I really like the choice of the subdued tones, it definitely gives it an interesting feel.

[J.Edward]

This is a fantastic map. I enjoy it every time I view it. I really like the choice of red text on the subdued background.

[stormweasel]

Gosh, I know its been a few months but I am new here and just discovering this. This is really spectacular and I can't say enough about it.