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Published: 2018-01-04 13:00:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 4857; Favourites: 165; Downloads: 0
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This map was created for a Cartographers Guild challenge for December.I entered a bit late, like around the last day or so because I wasn't even sure I could finish on time.
This was one of the first times messing with doing trees via the clone stamp tool, which was of mixed success in my opinion.
It was interesting to work on but truned out significantly different than I would have expected, which was due to running out of time.
Other bits....
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Huh, it looks a view of the globe at a great height. I mean, this does not look lousy, unlike real maps from the modern era.
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Thanks M5
It is a high perspective sort of view.
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Oh, ok.
Yes, it looks great!
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Lovely work mate! Love the perspective on this but especially the mountain work - reminds me a lot of flying over New Zealand.
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Thanks Mike
How often do you get the pleasure of flying over New Zealand?
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Not as often as I'd like? 
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It looks great to me, especially that you got the relief depth to show very nicely even with the aged effects and so many trees. (It's also nice that I have a big 4K screen and can see it all in full-size at once.) I do see what you mean about the trees, though it may be the colors that make them stand out a bit too much; also, I wonder if any programs let you create a brush that can vary some of the shapes (angle of the trunk, elongation of the top, etc.) as you brush. IIRC most good tablets should be able to let you do the step by eye, but randomizing shapes is a pretty tall order I suppose.
Still, quite a beautiful and well-detailed map of what must be a pretty busy trading region. Thanks for sharing.
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Yeah, it is a problem. It's easier to just draw them all by hand, but far more time consuming.
You can get a brush to do adjustments based on pen pressure but then it isn't an opaque tree, which is really key.
Without it being opaque, it really fails visually.
This is part of why I don't really use map elements, even my own crafted ones.
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I really love the landscape and carts you are creating.
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Thank you Dorothee
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The perspective-effect on this one is unique. It immediately caught my eye, though your maps are lovely every day of the year!
~ Brass
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Thank you Brass
I like doing unusual views sometimes.
It's a nice break from some of the more involved top down views.
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A very pretty map, indeed. My only issue is that the perspective makes it awkward to see how far things are from each other and how large other things are. But as a fantasy map, it's excellent.
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Thanks Mobiyuz
I do mix perspective in some odd ways at times.
I have a fondness for oblique views.
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To be honest, it's actually really cool as a design for a map at the beginning of a book. I like this design, it's just not really that good for showing distances, which unless travel times are an issue in the story, probably isn't that much of a big deal anyways.
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That is true. Though the main area of focus, Chahongi-zha, is mostly good for doing a scale measurement.
I even forgot to add a scale and compass, though a scale would serve only marginal use with the perspective and all.
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Thanks Rob
Hope your holiday was good.
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It was, thank you! I hope you had a good time, too.
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Beautiful work. I believe you had fun placing all those trees individually
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Thanks Voolf
I did and didn't.
At first it was sort of fun...
but then when I would zoom back out and see how much I still needed to do...
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Once again, a beautiful and organic piece ! The perspective would do wonders on one of your "Thurians"
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Thanks Thomas
Do you mean you'd like to see a Thurian map done like this?
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Hell yeah ! I think this one could be a Thurian if you just expanded the scope.
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We're pretty close in on this map.
A fair bit closer than on the big Thurian world map.
I actually totally forgot to put a scale and compass on this map.
I had meant to. I should add them and repost this, maybe.
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I like this one a lot, wonderful work!
Happy new year to you, btw!
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Thanks Steffen
Hope your holiday season was a good one.
And happy new year to you as well.
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