This is a 10mb file. Expect to wait some time while it loads. The map is for a friend's campaign setting and it is a work in progress. I'm still dickering around with various settings and filters to try and get the lineart and text to blend better with the background.
That is a very cool map!
Thanks! It still needs some texture work to blend the whole thing together better, imo. And I need to replace the thin lines around the continents with black lines instead of the lighter brown lines.
The world itself is pretty interesting. I can't wait to play in it. Each continent is a massive shard from a destroyed moon that has found a stable orbit in the upper atmosphere of a gas giant with earth-like conditions.
I must say, I truly wish I could figure out how to do this particular type of map. I haven't found a decent tutorial online. Do you know if there is one, or possibly have the ability to create one based on this?
I'd say that's a real texture scan for the base image of the paper with a bunch of stains (either procedural or scanned) with some multiplication/color burn mixing taking place (probably in the realm of 40-60% opacity)
The continents are outlined with a simple selection process; Select the ocean, apply a stroke, contract your selection, second stroke, rinse and repeat.
EDIT: Am I near the mark?
I'd say that's a real texture scan for the base image of the paper with a bunch of stains (either procedural or scanned) with some multiplication/color burn mixing taking place (probably in the realm of 40-60% opacity)
The continents are outlined with a simple selection process; Select the ocean, apply a stroke, contract your selection, second stroke, rinse and repeat.
EDIT: Am I near the mark?
Pretty much on the mark. I bought the background image from istockphoto. Royalty free use. ^_^ So... if anyone wants a map, I might be up to taking some commissions. I'm re-learning my old mapping techniques.
