Community Atlas - Alarius: Environs of the Southern Scar
Shessar
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I've found the inspiration and energy to add another map to the Atlas. I am using the same style for this as I did for the Northern Scar for the sake of continuity. Somehow the Herman Wielink style just fits this region.
I'm still in the early stages of the map and am fiddling with the rivers at the moment. I'll post updates once I've made more progress. Input and advice is always welcome.
I'm still in the early stages of the map and am fiddling with the rivers at the moment. I'll post updates once I've made more progress. Input and advice is always welcome.
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What was the settings?
Also the greyish rockish texture/terrain that houses the scar is fantastic! Where did you get that from?
Good to see that you have returned FarsightX3! The texture you are asking about is actually the forest texture from the Wielink style but I have added a Hue/Saturation effect that de-saturates it to grey.
Dogtag has guessed my river technique. It is just a lighted bevel on the land sheet. I use the Edit function to tweak it into something that looks reasonable and an inside glow to add beach-like highlights. The water is just the ocean background sheet. It takes a little time, but I think it's worth the effort.
It's funny because on the map I am working on has a zone called the Sundering Lands and that saturated texture will be perfect for it along with the lava! I may have to use your idea Shessar! If you don't mind!
Otherwise, even if you pick the new sheet before you draw the fill, the drawing tool may still put it on the sheet set for the tool instead. Some draw tools set the sheet to SHEETNAME*. If the current sheet begins with SHEETNAME then it will use the current sheet, otherwise it will draw on the first (top-most) sheet in the sheet list that begins with SHEETNAME.
I do like the Herman Wielink style, and this is off to a very good start.
Everyone is right about the rivers and coasts. What you've done there is very effective and creates that seamless look between land and ocean. I also love the scales you're using. The size of the trees and the village of Malva look perfect in comparison to the mountains - given the reference of your scalebar. Have you thought about adjusting the scale of the towers and castle to preserve the perspective?
Looking forward to seeing how this goes.
Good job so far!
DMG
Great to see you back. The map looks great so far!
@DMG: You are right about some of the symbols being too large (including some of the mountains). I've been meaning to compare symbol scale with the Northern Scar regional map and just kept forgetting. I also want to make sure that the northern and southern parts of the map match up and keep forgetting that too. Thanks for pointing it out to me!
Rivers are finished.
Mountains have been redrawn to blend better with the Northern Scar map.
Symbols have been resized to match the Norther Scar map. The blend isn't perfect, but neither is it meant to be. I just wanted some continuity between the two maps.
I'm much happier with this version but I'm sure I'll continue to tweak the mountains as I progress on other areas of the map.
The rivers work really well with the HW style. Congratulations, dude!
DMG
I am less than a month away from my son's wedding so my free time is almost non-existent, but I managed a bit of mapping time last night.
I think I'm finished with this map. I'll let it sit for a day or two to see if anyone has suggestions or advice before passing it on to Monsen.
The map has been turned in to Monsen.