Astrea and Ozpya (Kind-of a First Map)

[ThomasR]

I'd say, promising start and I'm eager to see more !

[perfectdisaster]

Arsheesh and thomrey, thanks! I appreciate the words of encouragement, especially being so new to map making. And I'm bit of a perfectionist, usually my rough sketches are color coordinated and much easier to read.

I'll be also using a Bamboo tablet, which definitely helps on all of the drawing.

Two tries later, (GIMP froze and I hadn't saved, whoops, and I got the sea coloring mixed up) this is what I ended with.

Astrea and Ozpya D1b.png

My canvas size is 3500x2000, and I resized my sketch to 3000x2000 so that there's some more open space on the sides (something I always forget when I'm sketching). I ended up getting rid of some islands, adding new ones, adding a new lake, and then resizing all of the other lakes.

I didn't want the lakes to be too similar to the ocean in color, so I went and colored them the color that my rivers are probably going to be. I'll probably end up changing the coloring later on, but for now it'll do.

Also, I'm the type of person that measures how long it takes me to do project by what the movies/TV shows I watch while working. It's an easier way for me to measure how long it takes me to complete a project, especially after a couple weeks have passed. So this part was made while watching Muppet Treasure island, because Tim Curry.

Tomorrow, or later today, will be my favorite part: mountains. (Hint sarcasm.)

[blue adventurer]

everyone is using pc to create maps but still good job and can someone tell me how to upload my drawings im new to this

[perfectdisaster]

everyone is using pc to create maps but still good job and can someone tell me how to upload my drawings im new to this

To the uploading, after you save your map as a JPEG or PNG, you can upload it in one of the forums. When you create a new thread click on the "Insert Image" button and just upload the image from your drive or internet. In case you need visual aid, here's a screenshot:

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It takes a few seconds for it to load after you've pressed upload, but it'll upload. Hope this helps!

[perfectdisaster]

Today was a busy day. I went ahead and changed my color palette, so that meant I had to recolor my sea and land. Then came the mountains (and volcano), and then I went ahead and added my border, because I'm scatterbrained sometimes. The key will go on the parchment on the left, and the compass will go... somewhere. That part I haven't decided yet.

But this is what I got done today:
Astrea and Ozpya D2.png

I used the Fuzzy Brush #19 to color the mountains and volcano. The colors from the volcano aren't in the palette, but it's probably my favorite part of the map so far. The parchment background is from Jonathan Roberts (off-site), and you can check out his map-making site here.

I'm not in love with my mountains, but thus far they're my best attempt.

Today I worked while watching another project from The Jim Henson Company, the TV show Dinosaurs, seasons one and two.

That'll probably be all for today. I need to have some sort of meal and take a break. Tomorrow I'll get to the forests and rivers, maybe some of the hills depending on time.