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    Map My most ambitious maps so far, the whole Sword Coast map !

    My friends ! Today I bring you my greatest achievement so far. A map of the whole Sword Coast ! It's huge ! At 7000x4336 px at 300DPI this thing will print to poster size. Smaller more manageable versions are included too, plus a commercial license so your stuff and modules looks great.

    It zooms-in a great deal. Thanks for everybody's support and purchases btw and be on the look out for a bundle, I'm bundling all my Sword Coast stuff this week in a mega pack.

    You can find this one here and I'd love to hear feedback on this one.
    http://www.dmsguild.com/product/2230...iate_id=446018

    You can follow my work more closely and get some maps here too https://www.patreon.com/elventower
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    Excellent work overall. The forest are especially well rendered. I got a lot of nostalgia for the Sword Coast due to the old Baldur's Gate series. Looking at the map takes me right back to nights full of adventure.

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    Very nice! There's definitely an echo of Jared Blando's work in the little decorative patterns used on the land and sea. I especially love how lively the lines around the coasts look - you so often see elements like that looking very crispy and mechanical, but that doesn't exist here. Nice use of texture and color too.

    The only things I think could use a little more refining would be the border and the legend box. The border could maybe use a bit more decoration, and the legend perhaps would benefit from a darker stroke around it or something? Just a suggestion, they just look a little unfinished in an otherwise very well layed out whole.

    In any case, certainly a rep worthy piece!
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    A fantastic piece of work!

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    Very nice Derek. I can see progress in every new map you make. Awesome.
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    Looking real nice, Derek and a great set you've build up there!

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    It's a fine map, Derek! If I had a nitpick, it would be about the forests : the trunks are a bit too thin for me, somehow.

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    I especially like how clean this map looks. How did you make the watermarked details in the background?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BrobaFett View Post
    I especially like how clean this map looks. How did you make the watermarked details in the background?
    I used a regular brush and just set the layer to overlay mode with like 10 or 20 opacity. then adjusted the hue.
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