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    Map 2nd Map- Map of Lakeshire

    Here is my second finished map. I've changed some of my techniques from the last map I made, especially the buildings. Some of the stuff is from video tutorials by Butch Curry. It was made in Photoshop CS4. Feel free to give constructive criticism.

    Info on the Town of Lakehire:
    Lakshire is a town full of people that love Lake Fairwind. There are people on the lake everyday. It is a well known port. Lakeside is mostly residential. East Lakeshire has a small amount of houses. There is no wall around the town because the nearest threat of danger would have to go through alot of defenses before it got to the main region that Lakeshire is in.
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    The buildings are cool. Now ya just gotta make the forest look like that.
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    Like what??
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    Post Bevel the trees, he means!

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    Like what??
    As in you did nice bevels on your buildings to show the rooflines with shading which is made distinct by your line work.

    Now create shapes for each individual tree and apply a bevel to those shapes, so now your trees will have a depth effect beneath its linework - understand?

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    i think the trees look great! they could look better if they were individually shaded, but sometimes a wash of colour does the trick...

    i would go either way... it all depends on how much work you want to put into a map...

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    It looks weird and doesnt really credit to it being a hand drawn style map.
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    Honestly, I like both. I think what would look fantastic is to fade out the clouds just a tad and then darken the outside like it is in the first map in the thread.

    This is coming along great! Get well soon so we can see the next version

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