This one is turning out to be a real stunner.
This one is turning out to be a real stunner.
Thanks Ravells. I'm having fun creating proper pen and ink details for this. I'm really enjoying the pen tool here.
A small update - now with added farmlands and shadowed mountains!
And here's one that should display at the correct size for the final version (I had to resize down to get it to the right scale for web viewing - is this 96dpi?)
Beautiful! I love the farmlands and the shaded mountains. The thing I love about this style of mapping is that the map just tells a story even without labels. Are you going to shade all the mountains? How long does it take?
Blimey Ravells, you're up late for a school night
Yes, all the mountains will be detailed. They don't take that long to do as there is no smudging or blurring going on, just line work. However there are a lot of mountains! So I do them when my code doesn't compile and I need to think about why. It's amazing how fast they get done this way...
The map is evolving really well now. I'm pleased with the way the style has come together. There's a few things I might have done differently, but mostly its working well.
Originally Posted by torstan
Heh... unlike mine I am working on.... I took me 4+ hours to do all the color work on the mountains and hills between turns in a LFR session Friday night.
My Finished Maps
Works in Progress(or abandoned tests)
My Tutorials:
Explanation of Layer Masks in GIMP
How to create ISO Mountains in GIMP/PS using the Smudge tool
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Yes, I have to say I was a little surprised when you called all those mountains a 'small update'. They look great, but that much detail takes a looong time.
WOW!!! Really WOW!
I love it! 1 question more than anything.... it looks like that river to the east of the mountains you have shaded already, goes uphill then falls down the waterfall then meets back up with the river below it?
keep up the good work! WONDERFUL!
Terry
I don't think that river is going up hill before the falls, note that it is spreading out into the swamp, but it does present a different problem. It is forking off before a waterfall. Usually one of two things would happen there. The fork would dry up or the waterfall would. However, not really knowing what is going on with the geography in that area it is sort of hard to say that decisively. The other oddity about that area is the two tiered swamp. I don't think I've ever seen a swamp that is that was on that large of a slope (note that it extends from the top of the waterfall to the bottom).
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The rivers aren't forking off into the swamp, they are draining out from the swamp. So the waterfall is made up of some swamp run off.
I agree that having the swamp on a number of levels is a bit odd. I might remove the arm of the river that joins above the waterfall to fix that a little, and remove some of the higher up elements of the swamp.
Anyway, the mountains are done. Here's the current draft.
Not much to do now:
1. Small details on plains and around the water's edge.
2. Town and location icons.
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