Wyvern said...

It was a very interesting explanation!

I think I gave up about 100 pages into "Rocks and Minerals The Definitive Visual Guide" by Ronald Louis Bonewitz. It wasn't a course book, but a recommended tool for identification purposes. I still have it on my bookshelf - for identifying things. Maybe it goes into too much detail on the chemistry of each mineral. It all vanishes into a blur in my memory. I love watching Myron Cook videos on Youtube, though. I think process interests me far more than chemistry.

Absolutely true! I've shown some of the wacky things I tried along the way, but only about half of it.

I don't think we got as far as fossils. Shame, really. I'm very interested in Palaeontology, and binge watch hours and hours of video documentaries relating to that.

Come to think of it, most of what I know today is generally from watching documentaries and Youtube videos.

Sorry, @Royal Scribe For some reason I missed your earlier comment in the turn of the page.

Thank you :)

Looks like it's going to be an interesting map :)

Congratulations :D

I haven't done any more mountain ridges, but I have worked out a way to make hill symbols that let the underlying terrain texture show through them.

What are the most useful shapes for hills, seen top view?

They don't really change the shape of the underlying hill because all of them are transparent - sort of. I added the second sheet so they could be put closer together than they can on just one sheet.

That's why I need to try and get all the most useful shapes ready made.

The result is a combination of both - like you get with a bevel hill.

You can get an idea of how roughly I traced them if you hide the trees and turn off the sheet effects. Then you will see the black polys I drew.

I can't tell you how CC4 will do things, as I'm only involved with the DD4 art assets, but in my opinion it would be reasonable to suspect that what works in CC3 will also work in CC4 - whatever else it may do.