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Published: 2011-04-14 14:50:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 23600; Favourites: 204; Downloads: 0
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This is a map I've drawn to test a tutorial from the Cartography Guild by Tear. As it's just a test there isnt much detail on it.Ramah introduced me to the tutorial. You can find a similar map he has done here [link]
Total time is about 7h
Visit The World Building School here [link]
P.S If you would like to use this map for your own world Building purposes, please feel free. Though do let me know/post a link as I'd love to see what you do with it.
Would you like a Map like this one? Commission me here [link]
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A portion of this map matched perfectly with the storybooks that I am currently writing.
Here is the deviation artwork used...
Please thank Ramah for me!! Queen Willow of Hedgerow Hollow thanks you Β both!!
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Looks great! thanks for sharing
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Hello, I' also like to use this map for an Rp if you don't mind.Β
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Hello, it very cool ^^ Can i take this map on my role-playing forum?
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Hi Sharmox,
Please feel free to use it for your personal use. Just provide a link back to the image here on DA. All the best,
Nate
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Do you have a link to the actual tutorial?
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Never mind. I actually just did a DA search for it and found the link, but for some reason the page wouldn't load. Anyway, sorry for the lazy question and good job on that map. It has a kind of elegance to it that I don't always see in Scifi maps
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No worries SC, though I've got the link here: [link]
You may need to sign up to The Cartographers Guild in order to view the tutorial tho 
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Thank you so much
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Ah, I'm remembered that long ago I've try this STYLE and failed >.<, those map was pretty good ^^
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hehe yea, it is quite an epic style. Takes quite a bit of time to draw.
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Thank you very much
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It's a good begining! My type of cartography its more ancient and medieval but i love this type too, great work ;D
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Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the compliment. You have a great style, as I've mentioned on your images
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You're welcome.
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This is great, looks very professional ^^. What edition of photoshop did you use if you don't mind me asking ^^
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Hey ParadiseKiss,
Thank's for your comment. I'm using CS5, though a lot of the techniques will work in any CS (as far as I'm aware) It has been along time since I used anything less than CS4 so I forget what features Adobe has added when.
My next plan, when I have a bit of spare time, is to try and steamline the process to improve development speed and also improve the quality. I'm not happy with some of the colouring.
How are you btw? Working on any interesting projects at the moment?
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No problem, it's a great map. I've also checked out your world building school and the article on the approach to world building is incredibly helpful.
Good luck with streamlining your process, although in terms of quality, this map is definitely high quality ^^. I have Photoshop Elements 5, which I've figured out doesn't have the a lot of features that I need after looking up many cartography tutorials. What do you plan to change with the coloring, btw?
Right now, my mapmaking has kind of slowed to a halt, so I've been working on custom character sheets, and d&d tiles.
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Thanks! I'm glad you found The World Building School useful. Sometimes I do wonder if it's helpful or not, so it's nice to hear feedback
Yea I think you might struggle with Photoshop Elements, but it would be cool to see what you can come up with. Maybe you could figure out a cool map style that would work well in Photoshop Elements.
My map making is slow as well as I don't have Photoshop at home so I only get about an hour after work to do any digital work. As for the colouring I'm not too sure. I'd like the mountains to pop out a little more and the tree's to look more tree like.
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For beeing just a test this map looks very good!
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Thanks. I'm happy with how it came out on the whole but there are things that can be improved. The geography isn't realistic for one. I'm having a play around with it as we speak
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I wouldn't know about that. What exactly is "realistic" in terms of constructing a fictional map?
Heh...in short, don't kid yourself. The geography may be very alien and unusual, but that doesn't necessarily make it unrealistic.
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Well what I mean by "realistic" is I didn't put in the tectonic plates, prevaling winds or temperate bands. Therefore I can't be certain that each climate is correct. E.g. the way the mountains formed or the fact I have quite a bit of grassland checkered with desert.
When developing a full world map I'd put all these things in. Granted it is possible to form reasons why the climates are as they are, but I like to geek out over getting them "correct" lol.
Thanks for your comment btw
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Oh! Well, I had no idea so much stuff had to go in there. Still, I'm with you...I've been in that "gotta-get-everything-right" boat before. XD
You're welcome.
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hehe, yep. Perfection to the core!
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