South Eporue Map

[LordCartoart]

Hello, I have started a new digital map. I got the shape from flipping part of Europe up-side down, which is quite obvious right now. Soon, I will change the shape a little, so it will not be so clear that it's a chunk of North Europe.

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For the name: "Eporue", I simply turned the word "Europe" backwards then added "South" in front. So, it went from "North Europe" to "South Eporue"



P.s. I accidentally didn't save my progress on my last WIP "Vreonhaith", so I asked an admin to delete it. (thanks ChickPea!)

[Mouse]

LOL - you know, if you hadn't explained it I wouldn't have worked it out all that quickly. For some reason my mind was interpreting the black as the land mass, which makes it look more like a distorted map of America, with a walloping great Atlantis not far off the eastern coast

Looking forward to seeing more...

[LordCartoart]

The black actually is landmass. The transparency is water: to the bottom left, is the Baltic Sea, and to the bottom right is the North Sea. That island to the right is England. Hahaha, I do see what you mean though: Denmark looks like Florida, and Finland looks like Mexico.

[Mouse]

What a weird coincidence!

[LordCartoart]

Last update for today. I added notes for the nations and mountains, and prepared a parchment background. I also fixed the maps resemblance to Europe, but kept the shape somewhat.

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There is still some Europe left in this map, however. When I named the nations, I used Google Translate to convert English into Scot Gaelic, and I got the names.

Translations:
An Fhraing = France.
A'Ghearmail = Germany.
Rioghachd = Kingdom (this is where England used to be ).
Tuath = North.
Lar = West.

[LordCartoart]

Next update: I applied the parchment to the land outline, then beveled the land. I also added shade along the coast, and made the mountains. Currently, rivers, forests, hills, (borders?), iconography, and typography still need to be added, along with many other small details.

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I am currently deciding on font and iconography, which will be added after the hills, rivers, and trees.

[Mouse]

That's looking great, LC

I'm glad the labels are only temporary(?)

The font is a bit large and doesn't really go with the 'parchment map' feel.

[LordCartoart]

I'm not very sure, but can anyone tell that these are forests?
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I thought I was on to something, but I don't know if this looks like forests to anyone else.

[Mouse]

Its too small to see clearly, but at this scale, sadly, I have to say no. I'm not really sure what it looks like, but IMHO its too contrasty and hard looking to be trees.

[LordCartoart]

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All the nature has been drawn in. Now on to the city icons and typography!