The Greater Therbani River Valley

[Jykke]

Nice map I like the contrast of the water & continent. What's the name of the font you have used in the ocean area for example? If you want some criticism, then I'd say that your mountain areas are almost the same wideness on every spot.. might want to look in to that on your next map.

[Karro]

I think you succeeded, predominantly, on the water effect. It looks like what happens when you draw in a block of black color using a sharpie.

Constructive crit: the edges of the map are a little... not quite what I think you're going for. Not being an expert on producing this style, however, I'm not sure how to fix it.

[hnc3313]

Thanks so much for the feedback!

Jykke: The font I used for the large labels was Scriptina -- I got it from 1001fonts.com, I think. I'm really glad you pointed out the mountain issue --- I had actually never thought about that before! I'll have to work on that for my next map.

Karro: It's true, I'm not completely satisfied with the edges. I once made a map on real paper and burnt/extinguished the edges. I was hoping for the same look here, but it didn't completely work out. I tried lay a darker color around the edges to give that impression, but any pointers on shape/coloration for this kind of effect would be much appreciated.

Retrospectively, I wish I had done this in a WIP thread, but unfortunately, I can't mess with this one anymore, since the campaign starts tomorrow and my players already have the map!!

I'll be sure to do a WIP on my next one!

Thanks again!

[Coyotemax]

Karro: It's true, I'm not completely satisfied with the edges. I once made a map on real paper and burnt/extinguished the edges. I was hoping for the same look here, but it didn't completely work out. I tried lay a darker color around the edges to give that impression, but any pointers on shape/coloration for this kind of effect would be much appreciated.

Here's what I used on my Dannasis map for the burnt edges:

Layer Effects: Inner Shadow

Blend mode = Color Burn
Color = 150E01 (dark brown, almost black)
Distance = 0
Choke = 34%
Size = 54px
Contour = Custom, sloping up to the right. Specific settings in the thumbnail.

(Assuming you use photoshop, if you use something else perhaps someone could help translate this across if needed)

(ack, i just noticed you listed Gimp as your editor.. ermm..)

Of course, you would likely want to tweak these settings around for your own map since your parchment is a different hue, but it should give a decent starting point. It's about as close as I could get to the pieces I burned for examples to test

And i like the penciled in lines under the rivers - it does add to the effect of someone local having drawn it up