Aetherworld: Finished World Map

[wittyoctopus]

Hey to all. This is the first map that I have ever attempted to create using graphics software on the computer. It was drawn using Photoshop and Illustrator. To be honest, for my first attempt at cartography, I am quite pleased with how it turned out. The mountains and hills were all individually hand drawn using a Wacom tablet. The "staining" is a compilation of an underlay and overlay I put together. I really appreciated all of the tutorials that I found around here as they greatly aided my fledgling abilities, and taught me quite a bit about the usage of Photoshop. Also a special thanks to everyone who commented and helped me out in my WIP thread. Please let me know what you think.

The map is of a fictional world I am working on setting up for my own pleasure.

Check out the WIP thread.

The Finished Map

You can also see a more detailed version of the NW corner of the map here.

[Robulous]

Looks great, glad you got the all clear from the river police

[rdanhenry]

And a fine first effort it is, too.

[Larb]

Wow, yes, that is a really nice piece of cartography.

[Sapiento]

Looks very good!

[Alex]

Very nice! I really love the style and look!

Seeing people's maps always makes me want to jump into that world... >.>

Rep!

[Lenox274]

Nice composition!

[wittyoctopus]

Thank you all for the kind words.

[Diamond]

That is really, really great work. It's a major pain in the ass to draw mountains/trees/etc individually, but it really pays off when you do - just gorgeous. I love the colors and aging effects too. Thumbs up and rep from me!

[wittyoctopus]

That is really, really great work. It's a major pain in the ass to draw mountains/trees/etc individually, but it really pays off when you do - just gorgeous. I love the colors and aging effects too. Thumbs up and rep from me!

I agree about individually hand drawn elements look great and that they can gt to be a royal pain in the ass. I had originally created a GIMP image hose brush and had laid the mountains out on the map using that, but after getting close to calling the map done I decided that I should suck it up and hand draw everything in. Tanks Diamond for the inspirational kudos.