First of all, being this the first reply I got and have it so overwhelmingly positive, really motivated me to keep going and improving, so a major thanks to you! I really didn't expect this type of feedback.Originally Posted by Wired
For a first attempt this is phe-no-me-nal!
I'd probably change the coast lines a bit. The bold black makes it look - at least to me - as if that's all cliffs. I mean, if it's all cliffs: kudos.
I attempted to do the coastline so it kinda popped out of the sea, so we could differentiate better the land from the water and I did get some nice feedback from friends about it, but I'll totally study some other styles for when I remake it.
Thanks! I wasn't very satisfied on how my mountains looked but didn't know how to make them better with the tools I had available at the time, and because I just wanted to get the idea on paper I just went with what you have before your eyes. (The same happened with the forests actually).There is a great thread here full of advice (for me when I was learning) on how to draw mountains
http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...ad.php?t=28985
I'll totally work to improve my mountains and I'll also do some research on geography in general (something that I totally should have done before I started the map but didn't) and rivers in particular, as you suggested. I'll start exploring other styles and give them more of a personal touch soon enough in my future maps. Thank you for the tip!I really like this! For a first map it's really nice, I do think that you could work on your mountains a bit especially with shading. Some of your rivers seem geography incorrect. Other than that I think this is a great map to build off of, if you want my advice I would say that you should find something that makes your style and maps memorable and different.
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