Emysfer -- Fertilys

[Alnomcys]

Hi

Here the map of Fertilys, the first described continent of Emysfer -- the tabletop RPG.
Full digital painting, no inking. Photoshop only.

Hope you like it

[ThomasR]

Pretty nice map ! Keep them coming !

[Wingshaw]

It looks nice. I like the painterly style.

There are a few issues with your rivers, though: rivers don't normally go from flat country into mountains, and then out again (this is because water runs downhill, and so would logically go away from mountains, not towards them). Unless a river has a delta, it also won't have more than one connection to the sea - you have a number of rivers that seem to be connected to the sea in multiple locations.

Apart from those geographic issues, it looks good.

Wingshaw

[Alnomcys]

Thanks for compliments

For rivers:
Good eye ^^
Some topology specificities (collapse of lands for exemple) don't appear. It's an error i agree. Some apparent illogical things are the result of the history of the planet. Most of landforms are not résult of tectonic plates or classic reasons. Impossible to explain without spoil the secrets of the world

(i hope my english is not too bad)

[XCali]

Awesome. I like the style. You have a great thing going with how you represent your different Biomes. Nice work.

What FONT did you use? I feel it works quite well for the map.

[Kurita]

Hi

Here the map of Fertilys, the first described continent of Emysfer -- the tabletop RPG.
Full digital painting, no inking. Photoshop only.

Hope you like it

What a beautiful map! Love the detail!

[Kurita]

Thanks for compliments

For rivers:
Good eye ^^
Some topology specificities (collapse of lands for exemple) don't appear. It's an error i agree. Some apparent illogical things are the result of the history of the planet. Most of landforms are not résult of tectonic plates or classic reasons. Impossible to explain without spoil the secrets of the world

(i hope my english is not too bad)

Great map love the art!

[Alnomcys]

OH thanks !

What FONT did you use?

Adobe garamond pro, i use the same font in the books of the game.

[Alnomcys]

oh Mistake, i didn't post the finished version

here the complete version:

[Robulous]

I knew someone from the River Police would've spotted crimes against topography already It's a VERY common mistake in fantasy map-making, you see it even in published fantasy maps.

Most egregious is the Lac San Frond from which rivers seem to flow in all kinds of directions. It's easily fixed: just remember rivers have to flow from high ground to low ground, and they very rarely divide except on totally flat river deltas. They certainly never divide randomly and flow in two different directions.