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Originally Posted by wthrasherb I just touched up a tiny bit here. I decided the southern most landmass didn't need to have a desert and I softened the shadows across the land... Are the shadows softened TOO much compared to the last one (the post above this one)?
Originally Posted by wthrasherb Yesterday I noticed the northern most areas of my map, including the highest mountains with snow caps, were washed out and lacking definition. Here is the most recent incarnation of Aerdlon with a few color touch ups. The ocean color and texture has been giving me the most trouble. On one of my monitors the colors look just fine, but the on another monitor they look too dark or too bright... Any feedback or tips for the ocean ...
Originally Posted by wthrasherb Hey, what's up mapographers! I'm making an effort to be more active in the community, so here is my first ever publicly displayed map! This is a rough work in progress, but I told myself I had to stop making excuses for why I didn't want to post any of my work. This is one of the many incarnations of a world I have been developing for my fiction. The examples I'm posting right now are the very first stages of the (latest) full world map (I'm a top down builder). There's not much ...
Does any one can tell me, How to upload a map I did in CC3 or how to make an album to share with the community? Mucho Thanks,
Hey! Does anyone know how to actually draw an accurate map of the real world by hand? I understand that there can be some difficult mathematics behind it but it would be great if someone could help simplify it for me. Hope to hear from someone soon. Regards, John
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