[WIP] I beautified the map I got from ck2generator

[LordBaconus]

Woohoo, first post

First of all, the map in Crusader Kings 2:

http://i.imgur.com/AOXIOc7.png

http://i.imgur.com/AOSJiMd.png

And the map after I was done with it:

http://i.imgur.com/mWeNaRC.jpg

And my attempt at plate tectonics:

http://i.imgur.com/twqppxt.png

I'm not really happy with the way the rivers are, and I put a huge plains in the middle just so that the game would give me some horse nomads but I got none. I let the map touch the top border to get some desert folk but as you can see in the first and second image all the generator gave me were two of the sorriest excuses for a desert I've ever seen. I'm really happy with the mountain ranges though, except for the one in the middle which might be too broad.

I wanted to do some worldbuilding on this, too, but I'm not too experienced in that area. That was the whole point of using ck2generator in the first place. Guess I'll have to do it the hardway.

By the end of it the PSD file was 180mb large and my computer was in its death throes so I had to cut it short, but I wanted to do a winter version of the map too. What you're seeing is the summer version. Overall, I'm proud of it, but it could be better in areas. Also, I followed a tutorial, so I kinda cheated a little.

[Caenwyr]

Oh no, following a tutorial definitely isn't the same as cheating. It's what I would call learning, and it looks like you did a good job! The map is far more pleasant to look at than the original. Congrats on the work!

Care to share which tutorial you used?

[LordBaconus]

The tutorial used was this one which is very long but also very thorough. I did some slight modifications to water color, since I wanted more contrast. Sorry I didn't reply earlier, didn't expect adult life to be so full of busyness