Modern topographical style on a fantasy land

[NedS298]

Hello, everyone. Today I've been trying to get something of a modern topographical style going. Please note that I haven't spent much time on it, and therefore it's extremely incomplete, but please comment and tell me what you think.

desert valley.png

[acrosome]

Whatever the red dotted lines are supposed to be, they sort of overwhelm the rest. I'd pick something a bit more subtle. Otherwise, it seems stylistically fine.

[Nathan]

Same as above.
When first looking, you only see those reddish lines.

Otherwise the elevation seems quite convincing. In my oppinion, it's a small mountainous area. There seems to be no flatland at all.

[waldronate]

I think you should have used a little more noise after the basin fill and before the incise flow and cut back on the incise effect a bit. Often, a bit of precipiton erosion will help to reduce the umbrella-rib effect of too-deep river channels.

A key to define the meaning of the lines, numbers on key altitude contours to help judge things vertically, and a scale horizontally would be helpful. The basic shading looks nice, though.