To me the "noise" looks too orderly now... seriously.
To me the "noise" looks too orderly now... seriously.
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Looks very nice when zoomed out! But there might be just a bit too much distortion (mostly the structures) and noise (combined with stroke) to my taste on the closeup. I like the layout of the city and also the shapes of the fields. Overall it's a very nice map, which has a minor Achilles' heel, as the style might divide viewer opinions.
Here's a clean, non-artistic version. The image quality had to be turned way down to fit...from 12 to 7 (18megs vs. 3.7).
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Last edited by Ascension; 08-25-2009 at 04:40 PM.
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Personally, I like this latest version better than the others.
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No, the latest version doesn't tickly my fancy. The version before that is way better.
That's my opinion of course
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Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
Playing around, I came up with this...I'm going to be using something like this on a commission (if vgunn likes it, that is). I probably blurred it out too much, but I was just experimenting.
Edit: Decided to put the non-blurred lines back in on top of the blurred ones...gives it a more crisp and technical look but less old-fashioned.
Last edited by Ascension; 08-26-2009 at 01:31 AM.
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I really love this map. I don't like to comment too much because I'm still pretty new here, but I had a couple ideas.
Regarding the clean vs dirty version: I like the clean a little better, but only because I think the dirty version looked a little over-rippled. Seeing that you can remove that effect pretty easy, have you tried using a regular "ripple" filter (set around 20-25%) instead of the "ocean ripple"? I think it has a more subtle effect.
On a different note, the trees in the districts NW and N of the canal look like they are missing shadows (they sort of look like piles on the ground rather than tree leaves above it).
Regarding the monotone version: I'm thinking of converting my Oten-jo to a sepia color after this challenge for a more classic antique styled map, so I'm curious about your method. I like it a lot, but is there a reason you blurred it or was that an effect of the process you used for the look? I'd like to see a non-blurred version if possible.
It's really interesting you mentioned this; I was also considering going sepia! I've been fiddling around with it on and off in my working file, trying to come up with the right mix of adjustment layers. I think it'll have to be a project for another time though.Originally Posted by MysticMagellan
Ascension - I think I like the most recent experiment the best of the lot!
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Thanks for the feedback guys. Much appreciated. My whole quest has been finding the balance between the technical and the artistic while keeping the flexibility to jump around and make changes with only a few clicks or adjustments...and I think that I'll add this one to my repertoire, as an adjunct to the antique style. Still got some work to do on the hand-drawn style...too rippley. I've got some ideas, but no time.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
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Hot dang, that's cool!
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