Reply With QuoteI think the problem would lie more with perspective than scale
I wonder if there would be a way to represent a winding staircase to the island instead of a straight path.... To me, the winding stairway represents infinity a bit more, but may be much harder to achieve on this scale...
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I think the problem would lie more with perspective than scale
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I just noticed the big label on top. It doesn't look good imo.
The glow looks like PS standard and the font looks like copperplate gothic. Such a nice map needs a better font...
Very impressive SG!
It is Copperplate Gothic Bold - I couldn't find another font I really liked, so I went with that, I'm open to suggestions for other fonts.Originally Posted by Hoel
@Bohunk - Thanks, I'm pleased with the way it turned out.
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Amazing map!
Question (read this as I'm on my knees with hopeful clasped hands and big brown eyes): do you have a tutorial on here for mountains?
Thanks for your comments...Unfortunately I do not have a tutorial, I'll see if I can come up with something but I'm really bad about keeping track of what I do. - so no promises.
EDIT: Since I had to take the day off work, I threw together a tutorial on how I do my mountains. Posted in the tutorials section of the forums.
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I guess it depends on what you're trying to convey about the map.
Copperplate was extremely popular with amateur and semi-pro designers in the 90's but has since fallen from grace and is now shunned by most graphic designers.
If you look over some free font sites I think you can find a much better font
Take a look at Augustal, Caslon or Warnock if you have some money to spend.
Definitely not spending any $$$ on fonts - just found out I need to replace a bathroom tub in my house - YUCK
I'll look around the free font sites if/when I have time and see if anything catches my eye.
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Another of my fav fonts is called Skyclad Gothic and I got it free over at letterheadfonts.com when they were having it as a give-away so take a look at it and see if you like it. For me it seems to fit but you might not dig it but LHF has some awesome fonts.
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