January 2016 Challenge: Hyboria

[Carnifex]

I am not really qualified to criticize anything so I have only one question.
Why are the rivers so large ? Just eyeballing and comparing them to the mountains' size they are some 10 - 20 km large what is quite unusual.

thanks for the input! It's just to make them easily spotted,,, especially if you zoom out a bit. But I will probably make them a bit more narrow.

Note: one pixel equals 1 km (1000m)

[Carnifex]

Overall, very nice, although personally I find the blue of the oceans awfully bright.

Thanks! The colours changed a bit in the export - I have to check it out.

[xpian]

Rivers, roads, and borders are often represented on maps as wider or thicker than they actually would be, as seen from a satellite. Maps are abstractions, and the important thing is to show where these essential features lie relative to each other. I give a lot of leeway to the way that features like these are drawn, especially when they are otherwise excellent. For instance, rivers that have a proper, realistic flow pattern and good branching and meandering are great, with the thickness of the river on the map being just a matter of taste.

[Carnifex]

Rivers, roads, and borders are often represented on maps as wider or thicker than they actually would be, as seen from a satellite. Maps are abstractions, and the important thing is to show where these essential features lie relative to each other. I give a lot of leeway to the way that features like these are drawn, especially when they are otherwise excellent. For instance, rivers that have a proper, realistic flow pattern and good branching and meandering are great, with the thickness of the river on the map being just a matter of taste.

Thanks! So I didn't have to write it myself

[Carnifex]

I will settle for this part of Hyboria. Started adding places and town names. Lots of things left.
Comments welcome!
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[Carnifex]

One last WIP... doiong some border, title and finishing touches...

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[Carnifex]

Probably finished!

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