New map - Kingdom of Grierland

[pyrandon]

Nice area map of Grierland, landorl! Unlike the others, I must admit I do not like the moutnain styles--unless they are meant to be giant hills vs. mountains, they are not jagged enough to depict the collision of tectonic plates, etc., for my tastes. Otherwise, I like the style and color of the map--and your addition of the city details to the Terraficta style are nice!

Can I ask if there's a reason why every major settlement is on a river? It is true that medieval cities often formed on waterways, but not without numerous exceptions. Just wondering.

Nice work!!

[landorl]

As you start to get away from the rivers the ground is more broken and less fertile. There are smaller settlements(villages) there, but they are not mapped because I only want to show the slightly larger towns on the maps.

[landorl]

Here is an updated map of The Kingdoms. It is much further along now. The mountains have all been placed, and the outlines for some of the forests are in. I am not happy with the look of the forest though, and I think that I will experiment with other looks.

[Ishmayl]

Can you explain to me about Terra Ficta? I went to their site, but since I'm not a PhotoShop user (I use Corel), I didn't understand a lot of what they were talking about. However, I would love to be able to do close-up maps in that style.

[NeonKnight]

I find with certain aspects of the Sarah Wroot style, a LESS is MORE approach is needed. Here are a few examples of some maps I have done with her style.

See. the areas you did around the Free States, they have a much nicer look, and the trees are spread about more, and don't take that cluttered feel/look to them, while the area for Elindol, has so many trees, they almost look black.