Map 05 - Lands of Nahadua [J.Ed land]

[fabio p]

The level of detail of your map is, as always, outstanding and everything is perfectly readable.
Mountains are superb. Would you, one day, give us a glance at your working methods (tutorial\video)?

[J.Edward]

Heheh. One of the reasons I don't like labeling. Good luck.

Yep, not sure what to do for those. Hopefully some really awesome creative epiphany will just jump into my head and work itself out

Whooooooaaaa those mountains in Nehimre! Looks like I ought to be able to feel them if I run my fingers across my monitor. Great work.

Haha, yeah, those came out good. Those were a bit more freeform than the rest, which is probably why they look better.

Haha, I guess I do lean towards green… Feel free to disregard that as the ramblings of a madman then! Maybe a warm purple? And yeah, labels covering the mountains, I feel for you there… Perhaps a thinner weight of the font would help, hiding less of the painting?

My thinking was, to go more green I'd need/want to change the color of the dotted region lines to get some other green in there.
I tried a few greens but they still didn't pop like the red. But I may keep trying it.

The level of detail of your map is, as always, outstanding and everything is perfectly readable.
Mountains are superb. Would you, one day, give us a glance at your working methods (tutorial\video)?

Thanks Fabio
Well, first I'd have to learn how to do the video tutorial part, then I'd have to find spare time in the week, which hasn't been much lately.
It's possible at some point. I assume you are meaning how to do the light and shadow for the mountains..?

[J.Edward]

haha, totally forgot to add the update.
A bit more on the mountains and some curved text here and there.
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[Chashio]

I like that curved text.
I notice the mountains in the north are a bit fuzzier than the rest... if that was intended to make the terrain look less sharp then I guess it works? but thought I'd mention it since there is noticeable difference.

[J.Edward]

I like that curved text.
I notice the mountains in the north are a bit fuzzier than the rest... if that was intended to make the terrain look less sharp then I guess it works? but thought I'd mention it since there is noticeable difference.

Chashio - which mountains? Near what region?
Some of them hadn't gotten some of the details lines yet.
Those in regions Aghana, Lahaga, Shaga, and Behuguz are not done yet.
Maybe this helps some - finished the detail lines.
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[Chashio]

Aha! Yep, that did it.

[arsheesh]

Good night, I don't want to think about how much time must have gone into drawing those mountain contours. It paid off though, this is just fabulous! The font and city icons work well with the overall style as well. Phenomenal work J!

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Tonnichiwa]

This is some great progress on this map! Your mountains make me jealous

[J.Edward]

I tried some curved text for mountains... I kind of like it but may still change it.
Changed some city text size based on size of city.
Added more mountain progress - getting close.
And tried some color tests... which I sort of like and sort of don't.
With color tests...


and without color
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[Lingon]

Definitely with color, imo. Really makes those plateaus rise and the valleys come alive. The mountain labels are larger than I would have made them, but it looks good.