a map, anyone care to critique?

Kweezil

Caffeinated Reprobate

• Apr 12, 2003

• #1

This is my first post in this forum, though I've been tempted by the various character pic threads I felt I ought to open with something actually art-related.

This is a map I've been working on for a while, and I'd lke to get some opinions on it before I go any further with it. It's the overview map for my homebrew world, Tenaebrys, though only the geographical features have been done so far. Also this is intended to act as a rough overview and an image map to more detailed regional maps, so please excuse the quality.

 

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Kweezil

Caffeinated Reprobate

• Apr 12, 2003

• #2

Hrm, the pic didn't attach. Let's try again...

 

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Chauzu

First Post

• Apr 12, 2003

• #3

Looks good. That big lake in between the mountains looks very interesting. Look forward to seeing some zoomed in maps.

 

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Zion

First Post

• Apr 12, 2003

• #4

Nice.

What program did you use to make it?

 

Kweezil

Caffeinated Reprobate

• Apr 12, 2003

• #5

Zion said:

Nice.

What program did you use to make it?

Click to expand...

Campaign Cartographer 2, with some tweaks in Photoshop.

 

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Alisanos

First Post

• Apr 24, 2003

• #6

Very Nice

I especially like the way you took the time to turn the river into a Delta on the eastern edge of the map. One thing I would suggest is when you have 2 or more rivers converge increase the line width of the river downstream of the convergence. Keep up the good work.

 

Scorpio

First Post

• Apr 24, 2003

• #7

Nice work! Now just detail the rest of the terrain to match the detail of the mountainous areas....looks good.

 

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Alchemist

First Post

• Apr 24, 2003

• #8

My only critique is that your north pole dosen't seem to jive well. You've got islands stuck right up against the pole along with the top of your major continent. I'm not sure how to distort that into a globe that is still consistent.

Nice work otherwise.

 

Kweezil

Caffeinated Reprobate

• Apr 24, 2003

• #9

The map doesn't run all the way to the pole. It stops (IIRC) ~70o North, to avoid any serious polar distortions, and because I had nothing to put up there .

Forgot to add, the completed map (closer to completion, anyway) and the regional maps are here: http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48558

 

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Mapmaker

First Post

• Apr 24, 2003

• #10

Looks pretty good...nice sense of real-world geography for the most part, with plenty of inriguing locales. You clearly put a lot of work into it.

I'd suggest more gradual transitions in the water depths, and perhaps avoid going so light around the coastlines for better costal definition. You might also add some texture to the forests, deserts, etc.

I really like the detail in your mountains. Nice work...I didn't know Campaign Cartographer could do that.