Hy @Loopysue thanks!

Using Adobe Lightroom, above and below I used graduated filter to darken by lowering the exposure.

in the middle - the mill and in some houses I used the radial filter to increase the exposure and "draw attention" to the buildings.

in the end, I increased the shadows in the corners using circular vignette.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Fvz98lJ7Q&t=201s

Maybe this video will help something. For me, he was absolutely essential.

June 2011, Tired of drawing maps by hand since 1989 when I started playing at 12 years old, I thought: - it's not possible that there isn't a specific program for that...

After asking Saint Google, I found CC3 and my world was about to change... At the end of July I moved from my home country, and arrived in another country with just a backpack on my back. Without a computer and in need, CC3 was obviously far from my priorities.

Time passed and my difficulties became fewer. I had a computer and I felt a deep desire to draw again. Searching the page again, I saw that it had a lifetime guarantee... how wonderful! September 2021I installed the program again and here we are today.

hey @Royal Scribe I shared other information, also using the Mike Schley style, maybe some of it could be useful in your next venture.

https://forum.profantasy.com/discussion/13386/mixing-mike-schley-isometric-city-mike-schley-overland-symbols#latest

Another option is make a mini valley between hills of groups that go faster. Put a river.

around 39.000 😮

Let's go!

Making Hex maps with "separate" themes: deserts, forests, mountains, etc. I got the idea of ​​using these small maps to produce a whole map, divided into "zones", and making them one by one. I asked my brother to make shapes where the large Hexes connect to each other.

I dont know if make 19 Hexes like in the drawings above (example pattern below), or make them in packs of 7 Hexes for reasons of better fit.

What do you think about which image/pattern to work with? I still have no idea whether to use the white space in the center as an ocean and islands, or some kind of limbo and clouds.

Thank you very much.

Sometimes, it is possible to make lakes and waterways with a little patience when fitting images of hills and mountains.

Spectrum Overland has sharper and more interesting shadows than Mike Schley for example, but on the other hand, it is very difficult to invert the images to have more possibilities of varying the scenery.

Many thanks to Profantasy for running the competition.

Many thanks to everyone involved in this competition full of high-level maps.

Many thanks to @Monsen for his tireless work here on the site, in the competition and in maintaining the community atlas.