I'ts good looking, clean and colorful... and I do like the little details.. Really want to see it in all its glory, full res and all layers and so.
I'ts good looking, clean and colorful... and I do like the little details.. Really want to see it in all its glory, full res and all layers and so.
Istarnia
This is a map of Istarnia - which is the non-detailed area in the middle of my world map.
The characters in the game are mostly from the isolated valley Kingdom of Istarnia - on the edge of the Shadowlands. Their dwarven neighbours from Barak Durn and elven neighbours from the Spear Woods are also involved.
They know very little of the outside world - so this map is me preparing for them to hit the outside world -- and I will likely update it one country at a time - with Breone being the place they are most likely to head to next.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/obsidianport...8/istarnia.jpg
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Close up and Higher Res of world map
The orginal is about 48 x 28 inches at 300dpi
so here is a portion of it - with more layers - pretty much all text...
I have a lot of work to go - especially since I am also doing a Pre-Breaking Map. About a 1000 years ago at the culmination of the 3rd Gods War - earthquakes shook the land and changed the map. Nations rose and fell and rebuilt in the aftermath.
The next steps for me are to figure out a few more names and stories for locations - mostly towns and cities and ruins - and then plot them out on the map - likely starting with Breone - as that is where the players are mostly likely to go after they leave Istarnia.
I figure I will add details as the game builds - so this project may take a while.
At some point I may publish a novel or gaming material based on this setting, but for now it is mostly for fun.
Phil
Very painterly, very nice. About the only thing even worth mentioning is that the hex grid is kind of dominating the beauty of the map, but I understand why it's there.
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Update to the Oceans
Here is my campaign world - without the hexes - and with a whole heck of a lot of texture on the ocean...
i was not happy with the painterly swirls, and enjoyed some textures on other folks maps... so I found a couple of high res satellite photos of the ocean and built up some stormy seas with them...
not sure if it has reached its final state (the ocean) but I like it more than I did... if i get super insane i might move that sweet looking spiral from the Sea of Dreams in the northwest to the Sea of Storms in the southwest...
phil
I really like the close-up of Istarnia - it has a pretty nice hand-drawn/painted style to it. It doesn't look like it lines up perfectly to the Istarnia region on the larger map. On the large map, Istarnia looks more circular (like a smaller circle sitting tangent to the Shadowlands circle).Originally Posted by philipstephen
The larger map has an interesting painted/sketchy look. It's not bad, and has a nice aesthetic. I don't know if the somewhat photo-realistic stormclouds in the latest version quite match the sketchy/painted look very well, though.
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Pimping my worldmap here. Still WIP... long way to go, but I'm pretty proud of what I've done so far...
These are great maps. The brush strokes are a little raw still in a few of them, but I love the new sea texture. The purple mountains in the detail map are a little much for me - perhaps tone these down a little?
Great maps overall. Looks like a fun campaign setting. Duly repped.
Eladrin Forest City
I am working on ideas for an eladrin forest city (moon elves) - centered around a mystic tower that is made from a massive living tree...
the root system is like a highway for them and homes and buildings are part of the tree...
it is surrounded by mystic portals to the outside world - but only 3 of the 6 portals still work...
does anyone have already made maps of tree cities or towers that could be reimagined into tree trunks?
forest and mountain textures
likely the black outline will go or change...
but here is the map with a bit of work on forest and mountain textures.
i almost want to move the circular mountain ring a little south east... but that would be a major pain in the butt...
phil
After some time away and more tinkering with my novel, I changed the outline of my world map and started afresh a bit.
Not sure what craziness I will do next.
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