Lookin most excellent, except the trees look kinda flat. But, like I said, lookin good.
Good job with the lighting on the land - that looks much better. Unfortunately now the directional lighting jars with the shadow that surrounds all of the forest. I have to say I'm not too keen on those trees. With your hand drawn mountains it would be best to also have some hand drawn trees.
Shortly after I posted that I found this forest brush posted by The-Somberlain.
I think I'm still going to try something else, but here's what I have for now...
That's a definite improvement. Nice work. I also like the rift.
Originally Posted by industrygothica
Tree trunks!!!!! Good work! very purddy.... I too really like your scar... ummm... err.. the scar on your map that is.... I have no idea if you yourself have a scar... if you do, please don't tell us about it...
May want to spend a bit of time giving the tree trunks a bit if manual love though. They are rather sharp and given the rest of the maps tone, they stand out as being a bit blocky. *shocK*: I would say using the smudge tool to sweep the bottom out in small flares to the left down and right down positions like roots and then touch up with a tiny smudge on the bases, but that's just me.
Joe
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While I'm resisting the urge to comment on giving the trunks some manual love, I'll post this update...
While I'm resisting the urge to comment on giving the trunks some manual love, I'll post this update...
Umm.. it might be me, but perhaps you gave those tree trunks way to much manual love....Them tree trunks is gone....
Joe
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This is with the original tree trunks (I redid them in the last post), but with the opacity reduced and a slight blur... I think it helps a little.
WOW!!!
It is sooooo cool to see the mountain brushes work on a real map! Thank you for using them. I will make more mountain brushes before long to give mappers more options when building a range. (really like)
I really like this style of map and love the gorge near the middle. I think your trees are coming along nicely too.
my only "negative" comment would be about the sharpness of the coastline as compared to the woodcut water affect. I think it is because of the bevel you have on the land layer... have you considered manually making a drop shadow out of a duplicated land layer? Overall ... wow cool map keep it up.
Thanks again
-Chris
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Glad you approve of the use of your brushes.WOW!!!
It is sooooo cool to see the mountain brushes work on a real map! Thank you for using them. I will make more mountain brushes before long to give mappers more options when building a range. (really like)
I really like this style of map and love the gorge near the middle. I think your trees are coming along nicely too.
my only "negative" comment would be about the sharpness of the coastline as compared to the woodcut water affect. I think it is because of the bevel you have on the land layer... have you considered manually making a drop shadow out of a duplicated land layer? Overall ... wow cool map keep it up.
Thanks again
-Chris
How's this for a coastline?
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