[Competition] War of the Burning Sky Map

[helium3]

I was going to do two different styles of this, but someone did something very similar to one of those styles, so I only did one. Bad news is I was working on the labels for a few hours without saving (I was burning the midnight oil) and Illustrator crashed and I got bumped back to a version a few hours earlier... I'm working on the labels and such now. Not sure if I'll get it done, so I figure I'll just post what I have now. Here it is:

http://www.icirclegames.com/external_images/colored7.jpg

I like the old school look of your map.

 

[JVisgaitis]

I like the old school look of your map.

Thanks I can do Photoshop maps, but I think a good world map needs to be done old school style. I was going for a Lord of the Rings-esque look. Now if I can just get the damn labels done...

 

[JVisgaitis]

Still plugging away. Is there a time when this contest is over as I'd really like to finish this...

http://www.icirclegames.com/external_images/lettered1.jpg

 

[Morrus]

Still plugging away. Is there a time when this contest is over as I'd really like to finish this...

http://www.icirclegames.com/external_images/lettered1.jpg

End of today. I'll go by the time zone on the US west coast so as to give you as long as possible.

 

[Pbartender]

Alright, here we go. These maps were built using the MapMaker PLUS font and image package in Photoshop. I designed these to emulate the old-fashioned renaissance-style maps.

The original piles are .PSD files, and are layered for ease of editing... If anything needs to be adjusted, added or removed, please let me know.

Be warned, these are huge files (~900 kB)...

War of the Burning Sky, DM's Map
War of the Burning Sky, PC's Map

 

[JVisgaitis]

End of today. I'll go by the time zone on the US west coast so as to give you as long as possible.

Cool thanks. Should be enough time as I do need to watch the Super Bowl.

Alright, here we go.

Very cool. Are all the elements individually hand drawn or did you cut and paste? Its hard to tell. Either way, looks very sweet.

 

[Pbartender]

Are all the elements individually hand drawn or did you cut and paste? Its hard to tell.

That means I did it right! Thanks!

But no, those are all bits and pieces that were hand drawn nearly 500 years ago, and I cut pasted from original medieval and rennaissance maps...

See: Abraham Ortelius

 

[JDragon]

That was sort of stream of conciousness. If you would like I could create a more "step by step" explanation on how it was done.

Thanks for the compliment, I really appreciate it.

That would be great. I've played with Photoshop off and on for years, but only skimmed the top of all the things you can do.

JD

 

[alleynbard]

That would be great. I've played with Photoshop off and on for years, but only skimmed the top of all the things you can do.

JD

Here it is. Let me know if you have any questions. I use Photoshop CS by the way. I probably missed something or assumed too much while typing this up so if I jump suddenly and it doesn't make sense how I got there I would be happy to clear it up for you.

http://www.roxanne.org/~torvel/mountaintutorial

 

[Ashy]

Hello all,
Sorry for not posting sooner but for those of you who know Ashy over at
wowweezowwee.com you know we have been busy getting things put together especially on Sky Spire Abbey, if you haven't been there... GO! it rocks! I've been lurking on EN World for a while now but never posted. I enjoy doing maps so I figured, give it a shot! I have a version of the map for PCs and for DMs on my web sight together so PCs warning...spoiler ahead the files are set at 300dpi and are quite large. Everything is on its own layer and can be moved, 86ed, or altered quite easily.
Enjoy,

http://www.teagardengallery.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2430


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