(WIP) An atlas-style map of Palamb

[Pixie]

So I was keen to label this baby by now, but there was still one more task before that... turning this cropped part of a global plate carrée projection into a proper atlas projection. That's why I had noted down the coordinated for the map limits (I also had this to use the map as an overlay on google maps, but that's another story).

Uploading the image in G.Projector, I went through a lot of different projections. Palamb is a difficult continent to project because it's very bulky close to the equator, but it also spans all the way to 70º South, if Taupland (those islands in the south) is included, and at the same time, it doesn't really spans very much east-west.

Once I found a nice projection (sort of, I don't think it is absolutely brilliant) I exported it with as much resolution as the program can do, with and without graticule.

And this was the image that I started labeling.



I retraced the graticule, labeled main features and added cities and political borders... This is the current stage of the project. I don't want to clutter it too much, but I think I can add more labels. However, as I said before, I am unsure of my labeling choices (fonts, orientation, colors).

Any thoughts?

(EDIT: attachment fixed)

[Naima]

I think looks awesome , but how you did the mountain ranges and the several inlands of the mountains if you didn't use wilbur?

[Pixie]

I think looks awesome , but how you did the mountain ranges and the several inlands of the mountains if you didn't use wilbur?

By hand.. layer by layer... as I said, I am a bit of a freak

[Naima]

By hand.. layer by layer... as I said, I am a bit of a freak

Are you kidding? You did draw by hand every inlet? but it looks so natural and geographically fractal , how u did achieve that lol , you have a fractal mind? spent a night only for a single border ? what did draw ur idea for following such patterns? using a wacom or mouse? I do nto mean mostly the levels of colored layers but the really the in and out of the mountains ... I can't believe u did all by hand if so I want to see you drawing ^^ ...

Abosultely anyway its a gorgeous job absolutely realistic , sorry to compare but even light years ahead of the tutorial you were following and I love it ^^ ...

first time I see something I woudl rep more than once ...

[Pixie]

Any more comments on the graphical layout of this map? choice of projection, labeling, borders to use or captions...?