Areneas - World Map

[Salama]

Hi there! I haven't done many world maps, so decided to get some practice with a personal project. Any tips, comments or critique? Thanks!

World_Map.jpg

[- Max -]

Not bad at all. Beside a few rivers issues, the thing that is a bit odd is to use some top down style forests with some iso/side view mountains. You might want to keep some consistency on all your geographic elements. Otherwise, some nice colors.

[Salama]

Thanks for the comments Max! I tried some isometric forests earlier, but managed to get them to look like the trees were as high as the mountains. Going to experiment with them some more. Thanks!

[arsheesh]

A fine first attempt I'd say, but I concur with Max's critique.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Salama]

Ok, Thanks for your help. I tried some different style forests, do you think that the perspective is more believable with this example?

Screen shot 2014-01-03 at 4.39.26 PM.png

Also, should I upload these kind of screenshot files somewhere else and link them here, or is it ok to attach them here? I tried to find out reading some read me first-threads but couldn't find how it's preferred here...

[- Max -]

Yes indeed it looks more consistent (and pretty nice btw )

[Salama]

Thanks Max! Appreciate it! I'll draw the forests again with that style, but first I think I'll fix the rivers. Now that it was mentioned, I noticed that most of them don't flow the right way...

[Ilanthar]

Very nice map with gorgeous colors. Did you need the black contour for your mountain labels? It kinda break the harmony of the labels imo.

[Salama]

Thanks a lot! Hm, not necessarily, I'll look into it when I revisit the typography. Thanks!

[Bogie]

Nice map, very dramatic colors.