My WIP

[crazybear]

Hello all, I just bought Photoshop CS3 a little while ago and though I would make a map with it now that I have it. I decided to follow one of the tutorials here and I picked Pyrandon's "Thracioth map walk-thru" tutorial to start out with.

It is a very nice tutorial and I would like to show you all what I have done so far and get your feedback on how it is coming. I have just finished with the base land and sea colors and have started drawing in some of the mountains. Please tell me what you think!

[Steel General]

Great start, keep 'em coming.

I've played around with a bunch of the different tutorials myself and have found that by mixing a couple of different techniques I can usually get preety close to my original vision.

[ravells]

Agreed. An excellent start! Looking forward to seeing more of it.

[landorl]

I think that this is a good start. I don't see any real problems yet. I like the drawings that you did for the mountains, although these mountains look very intimidating and impossible to cross. That may be the effect that you are going for though.

I do hope that you add in some foothills though, just to make it a little more gradual.

[NeonKnight]

My first thought when I saw it was, WOW, another CC3 user, but then I read, and then REREAD you said PHOTOSHOP CS3.

So, WOW!

I like it, it looks sweet, and I cannot wait for more.

[jfrazierjr]

My first thought when I saw it was, WOW, another CC3 user, but then I read, and then REREAD you said PHOTOSHOP CS3.

So, WOW!

I like it, it looks sweet, and I cannot wait for more.

Heh.. I got the same thing! My mind was really tripping when I was thinking "Hmmm I wonder just how much use he will get out of a PhotoShop tutorial by using CC3?"

[crazybear]

Thanks guys! You are all really encouraging. I will work more on it this weekend and keep you updated on my progress.

[crazybear]

Alright everyone, I have added the rest of the mountains and now some freshwater. I'm not sure I'm happy with the freshwater though. Let me know what you guys think.

[Ascension]

Looks fine to me, it's logically consistent with the ocean although maybe just a shade or 2 too light...maybe darken em up to match the oceans but not a big deal as far as I see.

[NeonKnight]

Uh-Oh! Don't let Rob see them rivers in the upper right!