my first decent map

[pippin369]

this is as hinted above my first "real" map. it would be nice to get some feed back:)

old paper map hallashom.jpg

[Aerius]

Hey Pippin, good start to map making, here's just a few pointers from what I'm seeing.

- You put a lot of work on the trees, if I were you I'd switch more effort onto your buildings, trees should be more organic and less lined in while the buildings could use some.
- The water lines you have all over the sea should be a bit subtler and draw less of the eyes attention.
- And tone down the edge cracks a bit, it's a little crazy.

Keep up the good work!
-Terry

[pippin369]

thanks for the pointers
btw the trees took no time at all seeing as they were just a pattern the longest thing was setting all the effects up.

[jtougas]

Looks good. I'd agree with Aerius about the buildings. Adding roof lines to them would go a long way as a bit of shadow. Your trees are great but a bit "saturated" make them a little less bright and well defined and your on your way. Also I have to agree with Aerius about the "torn parchment" effect. A little there goes a long way. Overall this is very nice. Keep up the good work and have some rep.

[drow]

i take it you've been watching the Fantasy Cartography with Photoshop series? its a good start, and keep going with it.

[pippin369]

yes i have and would a rasterized cloud effect (as a mask) work for torn edges. anything that looks better would work.

[pippin369]

I still haven't fixed jp the torn edges but i toned down the water, trees and detailed a FEW buildings what do you think?


old paper map hallashom.jpg

[arsheesh]

This looks like a great example of a map that you could hand out to your players. Nice job.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh