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Rivermill
This map I made using photoshop. It depicts a small village on the edge of a forest. Two rivers flow from mountains far to the east eventually draining into a marshy bog.
I originally began this project as an experiment to recreate forests similar to the ones found in the Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 book, Cityscape. I didn't use any patterns, all the textured looks were created using the default filters. I also didn't use a wacom tablet, this was all with the mouse...
Hope its a worthy addition to the Cartographer's Guild.
Enjoy,
-Leviathan
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fixed the attachment, all is as it should be now.
Nice map! May I ask, how did you do the farm fields?
it was pretty easy, it started with the road layer. All that was was a brown and black color done up with the cloud filter, sprayed strokes and paint daubs. I set that layer up with a vector mask filled with black. I then used the pen tool to draw up the main shape and crop lines, stroked the path with small brush that had scattering and spacing settings. Then I added an inner shadow to the layer and altered it's blend mode and opacity. That was it...
That's really nice. I might suggest turning down the contrast of the folds, they take a bit away from the detail for me.
I like the way you did the swamp!
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"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
As CoyoteMax said, you might want to 'turn down' the highlights of the folds (especially the main hortizontal one). Otherwise a fine piece of work.
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@ Coyotemax, I agree with you, problem is I flattened the image after adding the displacement... so to make the folds more natural I'd have to remake them, which isn't such a bad idea because after I had added the creases I did some burning and accidentally made the bottom swamp area too dark as well as the tress near the bottom left and top. by starting back before the creases I could take more care in preserving the colors a bit better. I would also like to lighten the text up a little, as while I was trying for a wooden barrel look it became a bit hard to see the text. Though, since I've already begun my next project, I'll have to split my time up. I may get to it today, maybe not, all depends on my mood.
oooh flatten is the bane of my existence
according to your profile you're using photoshop - so i have a suggestion (that Ascension pointed out to me)
Instead of using Flatten, create a new layer on top of everything, then do Sht-Ctrl-Alt-E - that creates a flattened composite on the layer you just made, but doesn't flatten the file itself. Then you can run your effects on that, if they require a fully composited image...
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"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
Nice map there Leviathan, welcome to the Guild!
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
