Hello all Guild Members,

First of all, thank you to everyone who has ever given me feedback regarding a submitted map; I treasure your responses highly because they’re a reliable benchmark by which to gauge my improvement. In fact, they’re the ONLY benchmark by which to gauge my improvement, except perhaps reputation (and I know I have a LONG way to go before I’m a Guild Artisan, and I eagerly rise to that challenge.)

Second of all, living below the poverty line precludes many luxuries, namely Photoshop, Illustrator, a decent computer, a tablet, and so on (and my cat can get very demanding when she’s hungry). So please forgive me if my only available software, GIMP, on a crappy computer, has given me substandard results, such the blurring of tilted labels and perhaps limited file size (I know this one weighs in at 1838 x 1838 pixels, and I’m pushing the limit here).

I’ve included two maps because I couldn’t decide which looks better; I was hoping you could provide a little feedback on that matter.

By the way, I hope I can get some credit for refusing to juxtapose earthly DEM data; I don’t want to plagiarize Mother Earth, LOL. I’m continuing to pioneer a totally unique topography algorithm, and like many great achievements, this one is going to take a LONG time. (And this is another reason why feedback is more valuable than ever!)

So, here it is. I sure hope you’re not disappointed!

And if I'm blessed with the gift of a response from a Guild Artisan, I want to ask: How am I improving, and how can I make my maps more realistic?

(P.S. This map couldn’t have been completed without Cleo the Russian Blue, and my partner Debbie, whom I am newly engaged to.)

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