WIP - Tirathnael Region map

[DethinBlack]

So, I haven't posted in a while. Mostly due to work. I havnt had anything to post... Anywho. So, I was poking around (at work) and found the map making in Word idea.

So I set to work, because I actually have that program here! (yeah... Im at work right now.)

During my down time today, this is what I have come up with. It doesnt use many of the techniques from the Tut, but the major idea is there. I loved the idea btw. (Wildoxmoan, you were Repped and Rated for that.)

I started with the boarder, and drew my coast line in the center with auto shapes. The mountains came next, done with two auto shapes, one an inverted V and the other, a blobby thing to show some sort of shadow. I then took those and grouped them together making one object. Replicating that into the two parts of the range was way easier then I thought it would be. (There is a short cut, CTRL-Click on the object and drag it. This can be done with multiple objects at once.)

I followed that with trees, three shapes there, one cloudy one, with two stems. I followed the same rules I did with the mountains.

Next came the swamp and desert. Again, all multiple objects grouped together, and replicated a massive amount of times.

I wasnt sure I was going to do it, but I decided to add color to the peice. This was a bit tricky, as I had to start playing with the object Orders. if anyone want to know how I did that, i will be glad to expound.

The lines around the coast, and the roads were done in the same way, buy making the object, and then futzing with the properties of it. They are all at verying degrees of line heaviness, and with different line types (dotted, dashed, dashed and dotted... ya know)

Im still working on what I want to do for text, if I want to add more to the map, maybe adding some different symbols with the forests. I also dont know what I want to do witht he compass. We shall see there

I am uploading this as a PDF file, for size, ease, and what not. Its a simple conversion from word.

Any ideas, and critiques would be most welcome! thats one of the reason we post here right!

DB