Looks nice - maybe think about adding some brown or grey to the mountains to make them look more like stone.
What program(s) did you use to create this?
Looks nice - maybe think about adding some brown or grey to the mountains to make them look more like stone.
What program(s) did you use to create this?
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Actually, I wouldn't change the mountains just yet. Depending on how you plan to do the rest of the map they might look quite fitting.Originally Posted by Steel General
The mountains aren't too realistic (like I am staring at Google Earth) and I kinda like the style!
Check out my City Designer 3 tutorials. See my fantasy (city) maps in this thread.
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Photoshop.
I actually bought CC3 the day before I came here (which is where I discovered the link to this website) simply because I wanted a quick and easy way of getting a map down so I could work out scale etc. for what I needed.
But I have to say that I'm not in love with its basic cartoony style though. Some of the maps created with the themes from the annuals they make look really good but at its most basic, the only thing I really like about it is the fractal coast generation. I think I would have still been fine with that had I not seen some of the maps on show here.
Photoshop, on the other hand, can make these amazing maps but I didn't really want to get involved at a pixel by pixel level. Some of the maps, whilst amazing to look at, seem just TOO detailed for what I want. I think I'd find having every crag and crevice highlighted on a map just a little too off-putting.
Anyway, I've tried various tutorials on here for PS and in Gimp, which I'd never even heard of before coming here.I found some of the tutorials too hands-off, too random for something where you have an idea of shape and layout.
Jezelf's tutorial is amazing though...
http://www.jezelf.co.uk/tutorials.htm
That tutorial needs bumping back up the lists for newcomers to see as it's fell down quite a few pages.
What I'm aiming at with the map is a relatively flat look such as I have with just a hint of terrain. As I say, I'm still experimenting with various mountain techniques and to be honest, I'm not really sure how to go with them. But it's still early days yet.
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