Town of Bath Medieval City

[pyrandon]

Axle: Great start. First off, don't be too hard on it: this looks exactly like most early-staged works in progress. Easily workable!

I do agree with RPMiller's comments, too, because I know for myself that when I don't know where I'm going I have trouble getting there.

Personally, I think the main problem with your hills is that they are too stark: right now they look like big ovals of color because, well, they are ovals of color Hills on a basic overview map, IMHO, should be background suggestions only, so they need to be very, very subtle.

Below I've attached the process I generally follow to make hills. I've made it especially stark, too, because no hill in nature is a gigantic oval! Plus, I'm not sure if yPaint Shop Pro has, like Photoshop, blur filters, layers, & opacity settings. Does it? If not we'll have to figure out something else.

I'd figure out the hills first, then let's talk about the rivers/lakes.

I'm looking forward to seeing what my fellow Guildies have to suggest about your map, too!