Map of a Continent

[Jeff]

Hello eclipse, I've spent basically all my free time today making a world map for a game I'm working on. I'm pretty happy with how it looks right now, but I still need to add towns and labels and shit. Without further ado, here it is:


Click on it and view closer for better results. Ignore the bevel in the top left area, I'll fix it momentarily.

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[SawQuart]

The top picture has too much contrast. The snow burns my eyes.

[DMF]

awesome looking !

[Jeff]

> The top picture has too much contrast. The snow burns my eyes.

better now?

[SawQuart]

Yeah a bit. Looks nice.

[or3o]

i want it :/ make me a map like that!!! i need a new desktop background 

[dxxknight]

I like it! It looks and feels like a map. 

[Jeff]

> i want it :/ make me a map like that!!! i need a new desktop background 

haha, thanks. You could make this your desktop background if you want, but I really don't think it looks _that_ good. Also it's a .jpg so the quality isn't great.

> Yeah a bit. Looks nice.

> I like it! It looks and feels like a map. 

thanks

[or3o]

not too bad:) http://onlineorigins.zapto.org/new.png

[Synergy]

I love a good map. 

This is very nice, but I still think the snow has too much contrast still, and I wonder if that snowy area would be mountainous?

Obviously there's no scale, so it's a bit hard to gauge distance, but I don't think you'd ever have lush, green vegetation only a bit south of a snow-covered region.

Although.. Thinking about it… I suppose, if the area is large enough, you could be looking at say Russia in the Northern section then Asia in the Southern area..

TL;DR - Needs a scale. 

[Jeff]

> I love a good map. 
>
> This is very nice, but I still think the snow has too much contrast still, and I wonder if that snowy area would be mountainous?
>
> Obviously there's no scale, so it's a bit hard to gauge distance, but I don't think you'd ever have lush, green vegetation only a bit south of a snow-covered region.
>
> Although.. Thinking about it… I suppose, if the area is large enough, you could be looking at say Russia in the Northern section then Asia in the Southern area..
>
> TL;DR - Needs a scale. 

It's not large, and there is no lush vegetation. The climate is congruous to europe, in the south(the peninsulas on either side) there is desert, in the big valley just east of the western peninsula there is some wooded areas and prairies, and in the north there is pine forest/snow. Does it really look that lush?

As for the mountains in the snow, if you look in the northwest there are some. In the north east there are some smaller ones, as well. If you zoom in you can see them. Mountains are probably the feature I've struggled most with, in the tutorial I used the poster just said 'use a low opacity brush to make mountains' and when I did it they looked pretty shitty. I ended up using a 'splatter' type of brush at ~3 opacity and building it up, but it still didn't look as tall as his. I might have another go at it if you guys think it looks shitty.

[Synergy]

Well, anything that is that dark green has got to be fairly lush; woodland or rainforest at least.

Overall, I think it's good. Apart from the high contrast on the snow-areas, it's fine. All I was questioning was the realism of having a wooded area so close to what is essentially a glacial or permafrost region. If the mountains were more clear, and less of the snow area it would make sense.

It really depends how realistic you want it to be. 

[Mhampster]

I like it, now if only i had your talents.