The grid reminds me of the old battleship background, but it is a believable sea background.
I like that background. It's looks vaguely like a whirling gale.
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The grid reminds me of the old battleship background, but it is a believable sea background.
Last edited by Kagenoku; 04-09-2008 at 04:12 PM. Reason: unneeded comment
Like the layout on the 2nd version of the plasma-fied map very much, though for my taste I'd have gone a bit lighter overall (it's probably my eyes). Looking forward to seeing how this goes...
I don't know what happened...but I think my super admin powers messed up the thread title...and I can't remember what it was supposed to be...could you either edit it back yourself or tell me what it should be so I can fix it?
Edit: Nevermind...I found it in the still cached RSS feed....byawwww!!!!
Errrr. I thought I posted this last night, but I guess I forgot to hit the actual button. That's what happens when you try to work with the intertubes after an exhausting day of filling my face at a birthday brunch followed up with running a 5 hour D&D game where I as the DM am pretty much pulling stuff out of my behind.
Anyhow, in my mind, this map would be used for a online PbP or PbE game, which is why it's got the grid and the colors are more "saturated" than they would be if I were to print it. The nice thing about using Illustrator is that it's pretty easy to change a lot of the fiddly details once the map's done.
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Interesting you should say that. The base for the sea (and land) shading is actually two different plasma maps. One I got from a java applet I found in the intertubes. The other is actually a photo I took of some storm clouds here in Seattle a few weeks back. When I realized I needed two plasma fractals to get the look I wanted, it also occurred to me that the picture on my desktop (of the underbelly of the storm) looked exactly like a plasma fractal.
So, that you think it reminds you of a whirling gale is kinda cool.