Anybody care to share their map?

[The Grey Sage]

What program did you use to make this?

I second this, I would really like to know!

 

[MichaelSullivan]

What program did you use to make this?

Unfortunately I don't recall...I did it years ago - probably almost a decade. I was able to create the ocean, land forms etc then after it was made I used photoshop to add town and landmarks etc.

 

[MichaelSullivan]

@MichaelSullivan: That's a very stylish map, though it's a little hard to read in places. Is the climate cold and the map white due to ice and snow, or is it just the style of map?

Thanks, I agree it is getting hard to read because I have "dinked" with it so many time with various resolutions etc. One day I need to strop off all the towns and rebuild it from the bottom up but I just don't have any cycles to devote to it.

The color does not indicate climate. Elan is similar to earth in that it has 4 seasons an it mirrors that of the Northn Hempishere - in other words Winter is cold and it snows, Spring is warm, etc, etc.

 

[Johnny Cosmo]

The color does not indicate climate. Elan is similar to earth in that it has 4 seasons an it mirrors that of the Northn Hempishere - in other words Winter is cold and it snows, Spring is warm, etc, etc.

I guessed so.

And as for the software, no matter what it was actually created in, it's entirely achievable in Photoshop (or something similar). I can't imagine any cartography software having the flexibility to pull that off, but I could be wrong.

 

[Thalian]

Hopefully someday soon I will "finally" finish my world map. What once started as one piece of scrap paper has turned into 10+ pages, all of which is pretty detailed. Maybe I will post a pic of a section of my work, it is hand drawn as that is what I prefer (I'm not a fan of digitally rendered maps, but that's a matter of personal taste).

 

[Ophiucha]

So this happened... I was messing with difference clouds. No further explanation.

 

[Thalian]

Cool outline!

 

[Lamar]

Here's a link to the map for my current WIP. http://www.wildhavencreative.com/tellurian04.png

 

[Johnny Cosmo]

@Ophiucha: Nice, I like the colours.

 

[Cinder]

I LOVE MAPS.

Now we've got that out of the way, I'd like to share one of the many I've created!

The world is called Sephyr. It's a pretty simple map, but I think it's sweet.

http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w357/Evanthorne/Fantasy/Sephyrmap.jpg

By the way, an artistic friend of mine drew the map from my really bad outline.

 

[Elder the Dwarf]

I like that Lamar... in large part because the name reminds me of my personal favorite place in the world. (our world, not yours )

 

[Johnny Cosmo]

Thanks for sharing Cinder - very nice.

 

[Elder the Dwarf]

Cinder, that map is awesome! I wish I could draw like that, I've tried several times but failed miserably... oh well.

 

[Johnny Cosmo]

Oh, I missed yours Lamar. I like it a lot, very clear.

 

[Cinder]

Thanks guys!

I have a whole folder of maps I've created over the years, but that's the most artistic. The rest are hastily drawn on paper, or badly computer-made. I don't usually make them stylish until people need to see them.

I looked through the pages of the thread - some put me to shame!

 

[Johnny Cosmo]

It doesn't really matter if they're well developed or not, I'd love to see more!

 

[Kenny_K75]

Pen and ink

I just drew mine out the old way with pen and ink.... will post to the thread soon but only completed it yesterday...

 

[Kenny_K75]

So this happened... I was messing with difference clouds. No further explanation.

Really like that map....

 

[ellianbaker]

It's a work-in-progress, but here is my map of Aracea. Hopefully this link will work. I haven't used Flickr before, believe it or not.

Aracea_Basic | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[Johnny Cosmo]

I quite like that. It's very straight forward. Not sure about the colour of the sea, but I guess that doesn't matter too much.

I've started work on yet another map. I've only posted one so far, but that was the third version, and it changes drastically each time.