Cruenti Dei world map

[thomryng]

Thanks, tilt. How's that "community leader" hat fitting you?

OK, here are some of the fixes I thought about yesterday in action. Plus, oceans!

CDMM_step07_11x17.jpg

Still to do:

• Bolder colour for hemisphere frame. Maybe a royal blue?
• Lighten the latitude and longitude lines. The planet looks like it's in prison!
• Add numbers for latitude in hemisphere frames.
• Equator? Tropics?
• Terrain - I've got some great brushes I want to try out.
• Names. Main font will be Dominican. I'll probably use Platthand for the ocean names. Maybe Clerica (caps) for major land masses.

And then I need to start thinking about images for the poster outside the map proper.

[tilt]

*lol*...thanks fits very well, the throne arrives tomorrow and the smith has got the plans for the crown drawn up

like the new colors... lots of water on that planet

[ravells]

Looking great so far! I'm definitely with you in making the gridlines less prominent, maybe make them thinner and lower the opacity rather than lightening them?

[Diamond]

Hey thom, beautiful work so far!

[Nathan]

Beautiful work there !
I'm looking forward to see the finished project

[thomryng]

I'm working on the fiddly details now, but I'm not really happy with how it's turning out.

Here's a WIP shot at full size.

Screen shot 2010-10-31 at 13.44.21.png

Suggestions?

[ravells]

Try to avoid solid black. Make the trees a very dark gray or dark brown and same with the text. Put a tiny outer glow on the text (same colour as the text set to multiply) to suggest the text is drawn on the map and has bled into the paper. Take a look at the link in my sig as to placement of text labels.

Those mountains rock!

[thomryng]

Try to avoid solid black. Make the trees a very dark gray or dark brown and same with the text. Put a tiny outer glow on the text (same colour as the text set to multiply) to suggest the text is drawn on the map and has bled into the paper. Take a look at the link in my sig as to placement of text labels.

Those mountains rock!

Thanks, ravelis.

Let me give that a whirl. And I just downloaded the PDF on labels - looks interesting!

[Troedel]

I like the sandy colours. I would suggest to extend the advice on the the text to the mountains, sort of basement suggesting foothills and rougher lands. just my five cents.

[Aval Penworth]

Hmm. Along similar lines already mentioned, I feel the mountains look good but the text, tree outline and coast outline are too heavy by comparison.