Vegla
Friend of mine wanted a "quickie" so this is what he got. I tried to make it in a even earlier style (15th century instead of 18th). I believe I got the mountains wrong and probably some other stuff but he liked it. It gave me the opportunity to play with colors; I don't put too much color in my maps.
I think I might give 15th century style another go after I look at some of the maps from that era.
Last edited by Bohunk; 04-22-2009 at 02:22 PM. Reason: decided to actually upload the map
Kinda reminds me a bit of the maps the Belgariad & Mallorean series - only better.
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When I first saw the title I thought it was about textured glass cuz Vegla is one of the companies...anyway, Pretty good quickie map.
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I really like this style. Well done!
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I really like the style.A few typoes and graticule lines going over the borders.
Are the coastlines designed or generated?
Yea I fixed "forgotton" before I gave it to him. On alot of the maps in that era the grid most times goes over the border and labeled in the border. So I guess it could be handled either way.
I always generate coastlines using FT. Although on my next map I might not...depending.
I love the dirtmap on the sea. Great quickie!!! How long did it take to do?
love the map Bohunk. Does anyone know how to do coastline waters like that in photoshop?
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FT time was about 15 minutes. I usually take alot more time than this with FT. I believe it to be one of the most important parts of the map.Originally Posted by ravells
About an hour in PSE.
robb --> if ya find out let me know.
If you're talking about the dark woodcut lines then you could do that with the Wind filter. Make a white layer then make a selection of the land, increase the size of the selection to suit, new layer, fill with black, deselect, merge down, Filter - Distort - Wind (use from left and from right a couple of times), then mask off the area to be visible (or simply delete the lighter tones with Select - Color Range). You could also add a bit of a wave to the lines with the Ripple filter...Filter - Distort - Ripple.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
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