Certainly can't have Randland without the Wheel Of Times equivalent to Mt. Doom!Originally Posted by Midgardsormr
As for ideas, on how to present the wastes... eeesh! Maybe chasms, rifts, boulders, etc.
Certainly can't have Randland without the Wheel Of Times equivalent to Mt. Doom!
As for ideas, on how to present the wastes... eeesh! Maybe chasms, rifts, boulders, etc.
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Inspired by that lovely Inkscape map posted earlier, I have altered my course. I have recolored to make it look more like a modern atlas (per HandsomeRob's example, which is, ironically, where I started) and begun adding elevation regions. I kept my faux shaded-relief mountains, but I reduced their opacity significantly. I may redraw some of them to more closely match the elevation information, which I anticipate will make this map look insanely cool.
Anyway, here's what I've got so far. This represents, I think, 10 or 11 levels.
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I like the change Midgard - not there was anything wrong with your original.
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Looks great so far.
A simple rose created for this map. This image is licensed CC SA.
By the way, the map as a whole (when finished) is available for personal use only, due to the copyrights held by the Robert Jordan estate and Tor Books.
Last edited by Midgardsormr; 12-11-2008 at 01:09 AM. Reason: Fixed the graphic
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The elevations are all done. I've turned off the mountains I made earlier because they don't quite match the elevation details at the moment. I think I've taken care off all the discontinuities in the contours and made sure all the rivers are running downhill and crossing the contour lines at right-angles.
Of course, you probably wouldn't be able to see any of those things at this resolution, but the finished map will be poster-sized. The neatline is actually smaller than it appears here. I forgot to fix the stroke widths when I resized.
Next step: more city icons. When I'm all done, I'll post up my symbol library and png versions of the icons.
Once again, criticism and suggestions are welcome.
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Sehr schön, great map!
I like this wonderfull border.
Yup, have to agree with Ascension & Gandwarf on the colored icons.
For me personally, I would add a bit more color to the waste lands and Shayol Ghul (sp?) to give them a bit more distinctiveness.
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Hmmm... I think I agree about the icons. Some of them could also use more detail. They're so small that I don't think detailed color would work, but I might try out the national colors for each of them and see how that goes. Andor's White Lion, of course, will have to remain white, as will Whitebridge. Well.
I wasn't happy with the black text, so I changed the text over the water to the same blue I used for the coastline, rivers, and compass. The text over the land became a dark green. And I added the scale bar. I tested the shaded relief mountains, but I didn't like the way they looked, so I abandoned that notion for now.
And, finally, I applied a text mask to make the labels slightly more legible, per HR's atlas tutorial. I'll test out the colored icons before I post another image.
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It is done!
I hereby declare this map complete. I have posted the final version in the Finished Maps section here: http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...1091#post41091
Of course, if someone makes a good suggestion, I will probably still implement it.
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