Criticism requested

[Asharad]

So, how much time do you plan to spend on each tile?

As long as it takes. I've been working on this for 9 months already.

And they all have to link up?

Yep

I love the forested hills in your second map! This is something I have been struggling with myself.

Thank you!

[Redrobes]

Well dont forget to look at the August challenge where we made map tiles for our challenge. Some of us made scripted ones so that you just defined some basic properties and get the computer to do the hard work. Anything more than about 3 and I would go scripting if that was me.... just sayin'

[Hoel]

Excellent!
The style is consistent, and looks really nice. I want to see you tackle the mountains and other terrain too.

[Asharad]

I've added tiles 3 and 4, and a thumbnail of all 4 tiles glued together. It's my first attempt at mountains, so suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[Gandwarf]

The glued together result looks good!
I am not so sure about your mountains yet. Unfortunately I have never really done mountains myself, so hopefully someone else can give you a few helpfulp pointers.

[Hoel]

Looks good. The heightmap is great. I'd like to see a bit more rocky texturing thou, the mountains look a bit too smooth. Try going over it with a jagged randomized brush and add hard chiseled bevel to it maybe. Use grays and browns with some color randomization...

[Midgardsormr]

Looking very nice! Your shaded relief looks terrific. I agree with Hoel--those mountains need some kind of texturing. Right now they look more like sand dunes.

[Asharad]

Right now they look more like sand dunes.

I agree. I'll spend some time on these mountains before I move to the next tile. Here's my 2nd attempt. I'm not happy with it.

[Gandwarf]

I agree. I'll spend some time on these mountains before I move to the next tile. Here's my 2nd attempt. I'm not happy with it.

You're improving, but you haven't hit the sweet spot yet I think. Keep working on it.

[Hoel]

Love your project asharad.
You need to really get in there and break those mountains up, make them jaggy and rocky.
I see grey hills now, I want to see cliffs and rocks!
Keep it up!