The only thing that strikes me as a bit odd is that really long canal to the east of the mainland, I can't think of what sort of plate movement would have formed that.
The only thing that strikes me as a bit odd is that really long canal to the east of the mainland, I can't think of what sort of plate movement would have formed that.
I agree with the pixelation issue... smooth it out, but I'd suggest also finding points to blur it a little, have it fade into the parchment. On something with ancient (and great) looking parchment like this, the writing on the parchment would be very weathered-looking as well. Probably some bleeding of the ink, if you can manage it, as well.
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Iv edited the map, spun 2 islands round, and the peice of land, nice quick job thought it would be harder than it was
Played The Elder Scrolls, or looked at its map? heres the map:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t...TamrielMap.jpg
i got the idea from there
I have blured some parts, made it fade(heaps in some areas) and im working on a technique to create bleeding ink, but im not sure how to smooth/get rid of pixelation, any ideas?
oops, forgot to post image of the map, here it is:
Google-fu............HeeeeeeeeeeeeYAH!
http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en...h+Images&gbv=2
There are literally hundreds of excelent images and styles of antique maps there for perusal.
If you are going for that ancient/antique view those would give you a good start.
The next set of images (except for the clothing ) are some examples of some ancient nautical charts.
http://images.google.ca/images?gbv=2...=Search+Images
and
http://images.google.ca/images?gbv=2...=Search+Images
One of my personal favs is this one:
http://www.fomar.org/235E.jpg
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