World of Numea ( Commission )

[Naima]

Here it is another commission , this world requested a special adaptation of magi and realism so I post both the original sketch request by the author and how I come up with the realistic worldmap after lot of work .



here is the sketch provided by the client.



There are many features required , those had to also match with realistic tectonics, climate etc, Mana wastes deserts, special featured island shapes, circular islands etc .

[Naima]

Edit sorry , I posted in the wrong section , could someone move to finished forum ? Also did I put all labels etc well for the algorithm to pick correct thumbnails?

[Turambar]

This is really great work! I especially love the left most continent and the central mountain range in the north. How big was this map in full resolution?

[Ryan Pourchot]

Great work here Naima! ArcGIS?

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[Naima]

This is really great work! I especially love the left most continent and the central mountain range in the north. How big was this map in full resolution?

Thankyou , final map is 21000x10500.

Great work here Naima! ArcGIS?

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Thankyou , mostly Photoshop , Worldmachine, and Wilbur.

[Ryan Pourchot]

Wilbur has been giving me issues with my large files. World machine is great, but been having issues with river placement.

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[Naima]

Wilbur has been giving me issues with my large files. World machine is great, but been having issues with river placement.

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Same but I fight with them a lot to get what I want, rivers in WM are only good for small scale not worldscapes , I use mostly to generate source material for elevations.

[Ryan Pourchot]

Agreed there. Seems like rivers need only custom placement. In photoshop I draw from the elevation, and where the lore rivers should be.

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[Naima]

I use Wilbur to find and erode paths for rivers, I fix in Ps if I dont like them .

[Turambar]

Thankyou , final map is 21000x10500.



Thankyou , mostly Photoshop , Worldmachine, and Wilbur.

Wow, that's huge! BUt makes sense with this level of detail. Do you create the base heightmap in WM or are you also using real world DEMs here?