Navigating a New England Harbor

[meg]

A WIP?



This is beautiful enough as-is that I want to print it, frame it, and stare at it forever!

[snodsy]

Oh, i thought i had already commented on this map, but i think it was only in my head so far.^^ I love how you depicted the coastal town and the transparent look of your waters always fascinates me! Your works are a like impressionist paintings to me. Zoomed in, the linework looks sometimes a bit rushed and jittered, but zoomed out everything comes together to a wonderful harmonious whole

Thanks Abu the line work is a bit jittery, I just can't draw much cleaners, my hands shake, so I've just learned to deal with it, it is frustrating.

A WIP?



This is beautiful enough as-is that I want to print it, frame it, and stare at it forever!

Forever is a long time , but appreciate the comment, thanks!

[Diamond]

Beautiful work, man. I really admire your use of color and line with your elevations. I've learned a lot from you just watching you develop your maps!

[snodsy]

Beautiful work, man. I really admire your use of color and line with your elevations. I've learned a lot from you just watching you develop your maps!

Thanks Diamond appreciate that, this style is working for me pretty good, basically add a low elevation topoline and a high elevation topoline, then starting filling inbetween, the more line the higher it feels, and of course the spacing is important. HOWEVER I'm having an issue with this map - I live in the Ohio Valley, shale and limestone - stacked sediments - lent themselves well to my local maps --- but Marblehead is granite and has a different geology - so I don't think this style is really true to the map. I was thinking of finishing this one, then trying one that feel more monumental stone.??? or adding some vertical lines and eliminate some horizotnals on this one. Not sure, just my internal issues with this one.

I agree about the rhumb lines. I think they look better in areas where there is little else to look at - like the sea. Now that you've started adding more detail to the land they just wouldn't look right.

The colours are all very tightly controlled towards grey. Are you intending to keep it that way? It gives the land a kind of foreboding feel to it, but maybe that was your intention?

I've only just noticed the surf, even though it was there all the time! LOL! nice work Snodsy

Mouse I think I will stay pretty monotone with this one. May do a couple options as well. Thanks for the comments.

[Josiah VE]

Oooh, I haven't seen this yet. Very lovely so far.

[Meshon]

Really amazing map, I really like the locale. I'm very intrigued by your comment about representing the geology. You are indeed a careful Cartographer...

Cheers,
Meshon

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[Matthew VE]

Looks awesome so far!

[snodsy]

Latest Update, more of everything - forests, boats, stairs, house, fort.NewEnglandHarbor4.jpg

[Mouse]

I just love your maps.

Are you nearly done with it yet? I can't imagine that there would be that much more detail to be added.

It looks pretty finished to me

[Matthew VE]

Looks amazing!
One very small thing, but I don't know if you noticed is that at the group of three trees on the very left has one of the cliff lines running over top of them. Another tiny thing is that the lighthouse is worse quality than the rest of the map, you wouldn't noticed either of those things unless you were looking very hard.