HOME | DD
ForgetDeny — Map 07
Published: 2012-08-10 08:04:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 2586; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 69
Redirect to original
Description
Unfinished practice maps. I actually have added theoretical borders and population points to some of these, but thought I'd share them without. Fully digital, photoshop, a bit of ArtRage and a range of techniques drawn from all sorts of sources. Don't use these for anything, especially without my permission - I might want to use them myself someday.Related content
Comments: 12
Love the look of this, but Freyr is right regarding the rivers, they're pretty impossible. A few general river guidelines:
1. Rivers start at high altitudes and flow downward
2. Rivers join, they generally don't split except under specific circumstances.
3. A river should never connect one coastline to another. That would mean that the entire river sits at sea level, making it one long skinny piece of ocean instead of a flowing river.
Remember, water always only ever obeys gravity. Water wants to get to the lowest point it can, which is generally sea level. And water really likes being with other water. A great overview of rivers, how they work, and how to get them right in your maps can be found at the Cartographer's Guild forums here: How to Get Your Rivers in the Right Place
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Cheers for the tips. Was actually trying to play around with non-normal geography in this one though 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
great map *-* i really like the effects
i wish i can draw one like that D:
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Cheers, it really is just having the patience to make millions of layers that each make subtle and slight tweaks.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
one day i hope i can make it.. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Practice practice practice. I'm by no means a pro yet either.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
xD
but u're already good :3
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
nice but geographically speaking there is one illogical point in it. It looks like the same river flows north and south. That means there is no watershed. I don't think that is possible. The same goes for the south bit- it has two places where the river flows into the sea. That is not possible. I think on earth there is exactly one river who has two exits. Or rather a connection between two river systems.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Cheers for feedback. There are a couple of point where the river banks get blurry too - still learning how to deal with them properly.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
read your comment about unusual geography. Interesting. With a meteor impact you'd have something that would look like a circular sea (no outlet) and all the water flows into it like a star. The water falling outside the crater would flow out - so the crater rim would form a watershed between the inside and the outside.
With a faultline you don't get a river - you get an inlet- or a very narrow channel which turns one part of the land into an island (depending on size)
👍: 0 ⏩: 0