Quote Originally Posted by Redrobes View Post
Wow theres a lot going on there that I could comment on but ill restrain myself to more important bits.

We had a galactic / solar system type map challenge recently which you might like to check out and either of your two I would have voted for. They are first class. I don't know why you crossed over the lines to the legend in first map but its all laid out in sequence in the second.

The antialiasing is very nice in all your work. I guess thats from the high res that your using. I thought that there was some hint of illustrator / inkscape in there because of the neat lines then I changed my mind and went for a 3D app. Is it all 3DMax or similar then ?

I like satellite maps too and I write some stuff to make them. The erosion in your land mass looks like a wilbur but the erosion on the mountains looks like something else. Also the lowlands seem to be done by a 3rd method but I cant be sure. The result is terrific. If your able to just slightly tone down the river start (mountainous regional bits) then it would look more realistic but probably less useful since at satellite range you cant see small rivers. I like the flow of silt out to see too.

The labeling of the world going from almost transparent large text up to more opaque white small text is something I haven't seen for a while. I think I remember that Zaon maps doing this and its a really cool way to do it.

I will look at your green / grey thing and take some notes there. Thanks for showing and have some rep !

EDIT -- are you able to post a small section of some of that land at full res. Zooming it up its still fine detail in there at pixel level. Just curious to see how far you take it to.
Wow i havent seen those maps before, they great, i wished i had been there for that solar system challenge.

Well the lines over the legend ? im not sure what u mean there.

For the tidy lines bit i actually used both raster & vectors, and i have used max for the planets, Yes i do use wilbur quite a bit & in my opinion its just one of those less known programs out there that are just a miracle, the low lands ummm, there really isnt a 3rd method its actually the main method (i use satelite images as stock which i cannibalise & prepare to give me stock earth materials, which mainly involves bluring, trimming & makking tileable, i try too to remove all trace of cities and earth landmarks so i can make totally not earth related maps).

I remember only one zaon map, which was the galaxy one, is that the one you mean?, but yeah i like using white, specially for high contrast.


Amoliski: well its really not a campaign, its more of a setting intended to be developed to detail ranging from biology, technology & social stuff, though im sure that a campaign could be made out of it though i wouldnt know how to go about it as ive never done or played a role play campaign, most of my maps and graphics are for stories or settings.

Anyway ty everyone for the kudos.