[Award Winner] Rising up the mountains in Photoshop

[Tear]

Are you working in a higher resolution than this?

Yes. Labeling all the locations would be impossible otherwise.

[Gandwarf]

Yes. Labeling all the locations would be impossible otherwise.

Thankfully

[Steel General]

@Tear - That looks fantastic so far. Once you're done I suggest you send that to George Martin himself. He seems to really enjoy getting stuff like this and usually has it published on his website.

[Tear]

I suggest you send that to George Martin himself.

I can try.

But there's still some more work to do first. I spent quite some time putting all the castles in place.

[Gandwarf]

Great stuff Tear... I stand in awe.
I like the labeling a lot... the labels in the snow almost look like footprints

This map definitely deserves a thread of its own!

[Steel General]

This map definitely deserves a thread of its own!

Yes I agree, move it to it's own thread.

[Tear]

Yes I agree, move it to it's own thread.

Ok. WIP thread is here.

[Ilwan]

Fantastic tutorial. I am working on a map atm. and am wondering how to do swamp/marches that fit with the style. Ill attach the WIP so far. Swamp is going to be in the bottom/center of this map:

any suggestions?

[Coyotemax]

I used a mold looking texture in mine, and colour tinted it to have a slightly bluish hue. I placed it like the tree layers, but took the bevel off. maybe give that a whirl? If you don't have a good mold, any flattish grassland should work if you tint it properly.

[pasis]

I would try to find a suitable texture or mixture from several textures. You can always change the color tone easily in Photoshop, so you don't have to worry about exact color. Attached is one texture you could try and modify to suit your world. I hope this helps.