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    Professional Artist Guild Donor Sapiento's Avatar
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    Map Newaburg

    A commissioned alternate history map. The Germans won WWII and former Leningrad is now a German city.

    Done in PS.
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    Clean and nice work. My only critic would be that the bevel effect on streets gives the feeling that they're slightly elevated.

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    Yep, I agree with Max about that bevel.

    I love the stark, almost harsh, look of it. Definitely fits the subject matter.

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    Thank you both!
    Very strange, the streets don't have any effect, but I use a drop shadow on the buildings layer.

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    A bit spooky, but very well done Sapiento! I was caught by the "bevel illusion" too. I guess it's because one (at least me) usually expects the shadows on the other side of the objects... the streets being lighter toned than the buildings are doing the rest
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    Clean and nice map Sapiento. Concerning the shadows, I think it depends how you look at it... Sometimes, you get the opposite of what you want, but looking at it a second time, and it fits well.

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