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<blockquote data-quote="Artimidor" data-source="post: 3058969" data-attributes="member: 44776"><p>As you've mentioned Santharia and Jürgen pointed me to this thread (it's always helpful to learn some other techniques, so thanks for that!), some updates from my side on Santharian map making:</p><p></p><p>The tutorials on the site are pretty ancient by now (as are my old maps) and I just didn't have the time yet to make a much better tutorial with everything I've learned in the meantime concerning usage of textures etc. But I can give you at least a few glimpses on how things have progressed in Santharia concerning map making.</p><p></p><p>Personally I prefer handdrawn stuff combined with Photoshop techniques (shadows etc.) and usage of textures plus 3d objects added in. It's a lot of work, but the results are quite satisfying methinks.</p><p></p><p>As I don't have an advanced tutorial yet, here a some stages of map drawing, which might help you follow the process:</p><p></p><p><em>(Click on images to enlarge. Note that the enlarged versions get pretty large!)</em></p><p></p><p><a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_1_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_2_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_3_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_4_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a> </p><p></p><p>Links to further development stages:</p><p>- <a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_5.jpg" target="_blank">Stage 5</a></p><p>- <a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_6.jpg" target="_blank">Stage 6</a></p><p>- <a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_7.jpg" target="_blank">Stage 7</a></p><p>- <a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_8.jpg" target="_blank">Stage 8</a></p><p>- <a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_9.jpg" target="_blank">Stage 9</a></p><p>- <a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_10.jpg" target="_blank">Stage 10</a></p><p>- <a href="http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_11.jpg" target="_blank">Stage 11</a></p><p></p><p>And the final result looks something like this:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.santharia.com/maps/provinces/manthria_frame.htm" target="_blank">The Manthrian Province</a></p><p></p><p>Hope that provides at least a bit of inspiration for aspiring map makers <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Artimidor</p><p>Webmaster of the <a href="http://www.santharia.com" target="_blank">Santharian Dream</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Artimidor, post: 3058969, member: 44776"] As you've mentioned Santharia and Jürgen pointed me to this thread (it's always helpful to learn some other techniques, so thanks for that!), some updates from my side on Santharian map making: The tutorials on the site are pretty ancient by now (as are my old maps) and I just didn't have the time yet to make a much better tutorial with everything I've learned in the meantime concerning usage of textures etc. But I can give you at least a few glimpses on how things have progressed in Santharia concerning map making. Personally I prefer handdrawn stuff combined with Photoshop techniques (shadows etc.) and usage of textures plus 3d objects added in. It's a lot of work, but the results are quite satisfying methinks. As I don't have an advanced tutorial yet, here a some stages of map drawing, which might help you follow the process: [I](Click on images to enlarge. Note that the enlarged versions get pretty large!)[/I] [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_1.jpg][IMG]http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_1_small.jpg[/IMG] [/URL] [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_2.jpg][IMG]http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_2_small.jpg[/IMG] [/URL] [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_3.jpg][IMG]http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_3_small.jpg[/IMG] [/URL] [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_4.jpg][IMG]http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_4_small.jpg[/IMG] [/URL] Links to further development stages: - [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_5.jpg]Stage 5[/URL] - [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_6.jpg]Stage 6[/URL] - [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_7.jpg]Stage 7[/URL] - [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_8.jpg]Stage 8[/URL] - [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_9.jpg]Stage 9[/URL] - [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_10.jpg]Stage 10[/URL] - [URL=http://stuff.santharia.com/artimidor/manthria_details_11.jpg]Stage 11[/URL] And the final result looks something like this: [URL=http://www.santharia.com/maps/provinces/manthria_frame.htm]The Manthrian Province[/URL] Hope that provides at least a bit of inspiration for aspiring map makers :) Artimidor Webmaster of the [URL=http://www.santharia.com]Santharian Dream[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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