I applaud your work so far. The only thing that irks me is that the rivers are darker than the coastline, which should probably be retraced anyway to get some details on the little islands. Anyways, I've been following this thread since the beginning, and I'm really looking forward to future developments.
I have to agree about the lightness of the coastline and add that overall the map is a little light to me. It shouldn't be too difficult to darken up your lines a tad, unless there's a reason why you have them so light.Originally Posted by overlordchuck
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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...
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Shockingly it's been over two years since my last update. Life has been very hectic but this project was never totally forgotten. Unfortunately I have lost all my original files but I'm not going through all that climate work again
So, comments about the dark coastline taken into account, I have pretty much traced the coast and river outlines and will be starting again with the other stuff which I was never totally happy with anyway.
Hopefully the next update will be a bit quicker!
Another restart. I think I must have been working at a much larger scale and then reducing for posts here. So back into Photoshop.
I have made a start on the rivers, a tiny section of forest and marked the main terrain types. I'm going to leave shading and colouring until much later I think.
Once again one of Ascension's maps is providing the inspiration, this time the early stages of Regional Practise.
Korba
That's looking really sweet. I like the rivers.
I'd just point out that you need some really weird microclimate effects to have tundras both in the north and south of your region and that a cold desert in the far northeast, north of the tundra region, is also going to need an explanation.
Thanks ravells.
Thanks for your comment Lukc. It was worth making me look at the climate maps again. Detail for the whole "world" is pretty well covered on the first couple of pages but it was a little tricky to see the detail for the part I'm working on so I agree they should be clearer. I have picked the important details from this part and combined it all onto a single map.I'd just point out that you need some really weird microclimate effects to have tundras both in the north and south of your region and that a cold desert in the far northeast, north of the tundra region, is also going to need an explanation.
I'm using the Köppen climate classification. The five major climate classifications are:
A - Moist Tropical Climates are known for their high temperatures year round and for their large amount of year round rain. - None on this map
B - Dry Climates are characterized by little rain and a huge daily temperature range. - The North East of the map comes under B although the temperature means it will be more like the steppes than sand dunes.
C - In Humid Middle Latitude Climates land/water differences play a large part. These climates have warm,dry summers and cool, wet winters. - Given the lattitude C will mostly be temperate forest.
D - Continental Climates can be found in the interior regions of large land masses. Total precipitation is not very high and seasonal temperatures vary widely. - Complicated but I have choosen to interprate the either grassland or boreal forest depending on the terrain.
E - Cold Climates describe this climate type perfectly. These climates are part of areas where permanent ice and tundra are always present. Only about four months of the year have above freezing temperatures. - Not much but the extreme south and island chain will be icebound during the winter.
Type 1 climates are from 0 - 30 degrees and type 2 60 - 90 degrees.
As always any comments and pointers gratefully received. Making this map has really refocused my mind on what should be where.
[EDIT] Actually i have enjoyed making this map so much I might go through and try and make a 'pretty' climate map before carrying on with the arty one.
Korba
Last edited by Korba; 11-13-2011 at 11:06 AM.
So just for a bit of fun and clearly mark the terrains, I have done a prettier version of the previous map.
Back onto the proper one now!
Korba
I have managed to make a bit of progress with the mountains and forest. Seem I made a mistake very early on and the mountain range should be a relic rift valley so thats the currently odd looking thing in the north west of the map.
Korba
This is looking pretty nifty. For some reason, the tilted lat/long lines really make it pop.
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