My first world map

[Gary N. Mengle]

This looks spectacularly good.

[smyrin]

Can you create a tutorial of a style guide on what you did to create this... I liked what you have done, but not having had the time to experiment, was hoping you might take the time to record kindof what you did and how you went about it?

I second this request.

[FAHall]

Tear,

The maps you created here are amazing.

The style is exactly what I want to create for a world map that I am trying to create for a novel that I'm working on.

I love both your topographical and political styles, and I would absolutely love to learn how to create those myself (as I am unable to pay someone to create maps for me =()


I use GIMP, do you think that maps like the one you created could be created in GIMP?

Also, say I actually manage to create a map like that (heh heh...) how difficult would it be to take one of the individual kingdoms, or even a region within a kingdom and blow it up so that I could create more detail as I develop the details of my world?


Eventually, I want to have a complete atlas with maps of the entire world (as you have created here), single countries (blown up for added detail and with other countries grayed out), single regions (same as above, but for individual regions within countries), and then even some of the larger cities.

This is a huge project, but the first step, and the one that seems vital to being able to fully write my novel, is getting a world map. The other stuff can come later if it is going to take tons and tons of man hours.



Again, I absolutely love the work you have done here, particularly the color scheme used and your expert use of nav lines.


I can't wait for the tutorial, and hopefully I will be able to recreate the same kind of thing in GIMP.

[Tear]

Thank you for your comments.

I use GIMP, do you think that maps like the one you created could be created in GIMP?

Yes, I do.
I don't use Gimp myself so I can't give you any directions, but there are quite a lot of Gimp users on this forum. I'm sure they can answer any questions you might have.

how difficult would it be to take one of the individual kingdoms, or even a region within a kingdom and blow it up so that I could create more detail as I develop the details of my world?

Since both Gimp and Photoshop are raster-based, blowing up a single region would get you some blurry guidelines that could be used as an equivalent to a rough sketch at best. You'd need to make a new map, basically.
I posted a map of the northeastern island "Durra" here, for example.

I can't wait for the tutorial, and hopefully I will be able to recreate the same kind of thing in GIMP.

I'll be away for a trip to the desert in December, so it will take some time, but I am determined to get it done eventually.

Good luck with your project.

[basil4j]

I would also be interested in a tutorial! This is great!

[Rythal]

I don't think that those landmasses are very realistic.


































j/k, looks good!

[Steel General]

Cool stuff Tear, a slightly more "tropical" version of our good, old planet.