City States Map

[Malika]

Welcome to the Guild! I like what you've got here - the shapes are pleasing, the colors look good, and nice choice of font. I guess my only nitpick would be that if this is a Europe-sized chunk of land, those aren't really city-states anymore, are they? The borders you've drawn suggest countries the size of Germany or greater.

I suppose not then! The borders were supposed to be rough 'safe zones' rather than land the cities actually owned, but I wasn't really sure how to represent that properly on a map. I might just scrap that idea and have traditional kingdoms though. As you can see, I had some trouble deciding on the scale of things. Also thanks, it's nice to be here.

The land seems either to float over the sea or to recede into it. Perhaps adding some more texture to the sea and using a less sharp bevel (if that is what it is) for the land would make it look more natural.

Thanks, I got the land to a point I'm really happy with so I'll work on the sea. There's no actual bevel, just stroked outlines and places where I've shaded it. I'm not really sure how to add texture to the sea but I'll have a go