Ghoraja Juun - Istria (finally)

[Steel General]

I've had a homebrew fantasy world for years now that has pretty much been stagnant - my own fault entirely .

So I finally decided to sit down and map the beastie out. The world (Ghoraja Juun) has 6 continents. Two of them (Khyvaar & Animaar) largely unknown/unexplored. The other 4 (Calathas, Istria, Ashtalarya & Maldraug), are the subject of what info I have actually posted in the WIKI for the world.

This is the continent of Istria (it would be located in approximately the same general location as South America.

This is a very early WIP using a combination of Ascensions techniques and my preference for stacking textured layers, etc.

I had to 'dumb it down' a bit as the original is to many megapixels to post.

Feel free to leave C&C, though how things are now may change dramatically as it develops.

[Ascension]

You've got some lakes popping out in to the ocean down south and in the middle and then again on the right side kinda middle-ish. Otherwise, I think the lakes look kinda weird, maybe cuz they don't have a coastal shelf...maybe a slight glow there? I dunno. Hope it works out and you know I'll be watching...I watch everything I think.

[Davros01]

Steel General,

I like the look of the texturing, but i'm not sure about the continent itself. It looks sort of like one of those random generated maps from old D&D that they put into one of the map collections. Also, depending on the scale, i thought it looked more like a Pangea than a single continent.

I am by no means an expert, so I wouldn't take anything I say as an enlightened view.

Marc

[Steel General]

Thanks for the comments.

@Ascension - Yeah I didn't notice the lake problems until after I posted it. I'll fix them eventually. I recolored the lakes on a separate level and wasn't careful enough with the 'brush' so they bled over past the land in spots.

@Davros01 - It was at one time a single continent, but there was a cataclysm in the past that "shattered" the 4 known continents into the disjointed mess they are currently.

[Alfar]

Yay for Ghoraja Juun! Good to see you "back in the game"

[Davros01]

ah, cool,

I always enjoy some of the history of the maps. it definitely brings the character out of maps i find. Everyone is saying you are back in the game. Do you have other parts of the world created?? I'd like to see those also if you've got em.

Marc

[Karro]

Good luck... I totally understand the daunting challenge of taking on a whole world like this!

[Steel General]

@Davros01 - There is a link to the WIKI in my sig. There is far from an overwhelming amount of detail regarding the world itself (most of it still being in my head) there and a few maps - mostly cities (and are posted here in the Finished Maps forum).

@Karro - Yeah, I had really crappy maps done in CC2 (from years ago), but I hate them so I thought I'd start from scratch. This is going to be a long project.

[Karro]

@Karro - Yeah, I had really crappy maps done in CC2 (from years ago), but I hate them so I thought I'd start from scratch. This is going to be a long project.

I know what you mean. I had some crappy ones from MSPaint (I should post some of them sometime)... and at some point you start longing for something... better.

[Steel General]

OK, here's today's update...nothing humongous but satisfying nonetheless.

• Fixed the lake 'goofs' (still not quite settled on the water color)
• Added some dry/arid land at the northern edge of the land masses
• Added some variation to the "grass" to delineate steppes/plains, normal grassland and more verdant/lush areas.
• Played around with the continental shelf some, still not quite what I has hoping to achieve.
• Added a low opacity stroke to the land to help separate it from the oceans.

The .JPG had to be 'dumbed down' to 9 on the quality scale in PS so some of the 'pop' is lost.

That's about it. As always C&C welcomed, encouraged and appreciated.