Big WIP Project - Neoseilthir

[Juggernaut1981]

As usual, another tweak here, a fidget there...
Neoseilthir.jpg

[Diamond]

Hey, that's looking pretty good. I can't freaking believe you're putting those trees in one at a time! Oh the tedium...

[moutarde]

It's looking good so far, and I feel your tree pain... Have fun!

[Coyotemax]

Cant' believe I've missed this thread after all this time!
I like the map, you've got a great consistent feel going on with the terrain features and labels.
That cartouche looks a little more blurred than the rest of the map to me (or maybe it's my sleep blurred eyes). Do you have any further plans for it?

[Juggernaut1981]

Cant' believe I've missed this thread after all this time!
I like the map, you've got a great consistent feel going on with the terrain features and labels.
That cartouche looks a little more blurred than the rest of the map to me (or maybe it's my sleep blurred eyes). Do you have any further plans for it?

I am stuck with a horrible conundrum regarding the cartouche.
I love the "heraldry" type images. But the stock images for heraldry I have are all 100px x 100px GIFs...
So, do I try to scale them up and gently blur them to get rid of the pixelation?
Do I try to inadequately copy them by hand? (and when I say inadequate I'm saying my drawing failures are as epic as Nero's Fire-Prevention Systems...)
Do I try scour the net for something that doesn't seem to exist? (A bank of nice usable line-art-style heraldic icons that you can composite into a wide variety of final emblems that are in similar sizes/styles/feel)

So I went for catch-22. Make the cartouche using these stock images, and then "blur it a bit" to try get rid of the ****E-AWFUL pixellated edges.

[Juggernaut1981]

Hey, that's looking pretty good. I can't freaking believe you're putting those trees in one at a time! Oh the tedium...

Moutarde: The process is kinda simple, but repetitive. Draw a butt-load (yes that is a standardised metric measurement equivalent to Missy Elliot's Ass) of circles or triangles (with the zoom set stupidly high...) and then come back later and draw a bunch of little vertical lines...

Just for those in the crowd... most of the "details" on the map have been done by mouse or tablet with the zoom between 400% (tablet laptop on commuter trains) and 1600% (large screen w/mouse).
If you all didn't know already, I do most of my cartography on my 35min long train commute each day. So when you see updates every day or two... that's usually what I've achieved in about 1h or 1.5hrs...

[Diamond]

Do I try scour the net for something that doesn't seem to exist? (A bank of nice usable line-art-style heraldic icons that you can composite into a wide variety of final emblems that are in similar sizes/styles/feel)

If somebody were to find (or create) that, they'd be my hero...

[Juggernaut1981]

If somebody were to find (or create) that, they'd be my hero...

I already have one, it just won't work as nicely as I would like...

[Coyotemax]

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/ has quite a selection of useable items, i've spent hours just looking through to see what I can do with them (thanks to aslanc for pointing me that direction)

[Juggernaut1981]

Coyote (et al)> I've posted a thread with the stock images I have...

http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...-Files&p=99992