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Sue Daniel (aka 'Mouse')
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  • [WIP] Hyboria Map

    Thanks :)

    I copied the existing land shapes to the COASTLINE sheet, and then hid everything but the land sheet and turned that solid white. With the COASTLINE in place there was no longer a need for the glow, so I switched it off, though it is still there in case you want it in the future.

    I thought, but couldn't be sure, that there was a COASTLINE entity as well as a LAND entity in this style. It sounded like there should be. The drawing tool draws an identical polygon on both sheets. All I have done is replace the missing poly on the COASTLINE sheet.

    JulianDracos
  • [WIP] Hyboria Map

    Have you thought of making the continent lines thin enough to match the average thickness of the ink in the mountain lines? That will make the coastline look less distinct, but you can counteract that by adding a Glow effect to the LAND sheet, set to Outer and a dark grey, so that the water is shaded away from the land a set distance all around.

    I know the old 'I'll know it when I see it' issue. I have that myself quite a lot. So lets try to get the coastline looking good first, and then maybe you will have a better idea of what you want for the land.

    Are you going to use this with a pure white background, or are you looking to add a subtle paper texture? A plain white background is what you want if you intend to use the map printed on paper, which will be its own paper background, but if you only ever intend to use it as an image file you might want to add the paper texture in.

    JulianDracos
  • CA style development - "Darklands City" (issues for September and December 2021)

    Ok. We have all the animals I've got time to do this time around - cows, bulls, horses and sheep.

    With only a few days left before handover, I can do a couple more things now. I'm tempted to go for ruined versions of a keep, the bridge and maybe a tower if I can get it done.


    MonsenWeathermanSwedenTheschabiroflo1JulianDracosdragarhirDaltonSpence[Deleted User]RaikoDaniel Pereda De Pabloand 3 others.
  • CA style development - "Darklands City" (issues for September and December 2021)

    Well that's easy, Quenten. Since turkeys are too small to be more than a dot at city scale, all you need to do is draw a dot in turkey colour, and then put flames coming out of it :)

    Need for a bull noted, Wyvern! LOL!

    Wyvern[Deleted User]JimP
  • Cant find Dungeons of Schley from menu window when making house interiors

    There is a Live Mapping session Ralf did in 2020 showing how to create a floorplan map from a city building here. If this is the one you have already watched, I will look for another one, but this one is probably the best and most appropriate for the style you are using.


    ScottA