[WIP] Daxtera - World Map

[Dumont]

Starting work on a world map for my D&D game, for which I previously posted a city map WIP in another thread.

Software: I'm normally an Adobe guy but I wanted to try the GIMP/Wilbur tutorial that's so popular here. Ran into a few issues with Wilbur getting it to do what I wanted (particularly with river creation) so I ended up taking what I had so far and pulling it into Photosohp and just started messing with layers, blending, colors, etc. - I would actually have a hard time telling you how I got the map to this point in a step by step manner.

I will say though that for the outline creation, I was able to make some improvements on the Hard mix process in Photoshop that's not as destructive and allows for a really easy time getting everything exactly how you want it.

Current nitpicks of my own:
- River placement isn't very realistic (some of this I painted myself into a corner with past storyline decisions, oh well)
- Not happy with the land colors yet
- I want to add forests to the map but the scale is going to make it look bizarre, most likely
- This doesn't feel like enough mountain ranges

Anyways, C&C is appreciated, and I'll be posting more as I finish up the geography and begin labeling. Native res is 2800x2800, I'll post a full size version once I've reached the finished product.

(Update: it's done! I posted the finished map here.)




UPDATE 2: I'm doing more work on this for a new purpose. Latest WIP: