The planet view is really excellent. Good colors.
The planet view is really excellent. Good colors.
Thank you Ilanthar! I took it to a printer yesterday and got 2 copies printed (something like 36 x 19 ish) to see how it looks on paper and I was pleasantly surprised. One of my computer screens makes things look so dark, and the other screen makes things look too bright/light colored, so I've been kinda nervous about how it would turn out. I'm glad to hear that it looks good from a Guild Expert! Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Next steps
I thought I should make at least some kind of progress post even though I haven't made it very far since my last post. This week has been extra busy and I haven't had much time to work on the fun stuff
Anyway, I'm still working on the World level for this map right now (although after this post I'm going to start work on a more detailed region). The last version I posted was an Equirectangular or Cylindrical Equidistant (and technically Plate Carree) map projection. Today I'm posting an Equal Area Azimuthal projection developed by Karlheinz Wagner in 1949 (commonly called Wagner VII). This projection (or similar variations) are often used for today's world maps.
The border and background are not necessarily what I'm going with right now. I was just piecing together a basic look for now.
Comments and feedback are very welcome...
That's very attractive, will be nice to see it when you are done
The globes and the projection turned out very nicely. I like the sea floor texture that you are using. The background of the frame however appears blurry and out of focus. I'd recommend going with a large high-res texture.
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
Colors looks nice. I don't know what software you use but I would recommend tracing graticules and frames with a path tool then apply a stroke. At the moment it looks very pixellated.
The current graticule was made in Fractal Terrains 3. I agree it does look pixellated in this version. Thanks for taking the time to comment!Originally Posted by - Max -
I will definitely take your advice on this one and work on the graticule more. What do you mean by a path tool? Like the dreaded "pen" tool in Photoshop/Illustrator?
Graticule suggestions anyone??? I'm all ears!
I would like to make one that I can manipulate separately from the rest of the map if possible. In Fractal Terrains you have the option of adding various graticules and I can show and hide whichever ones I need for whatever projection. They aren't necessarily the best graphic quality however.
No problem. I use to draw them with the path tool of Photoshop (Illustrator one works as well) then I apply a stroke on it. Do it on separate layer and you'll be able to manipulate it separately
Well, I guess I'm gonna get that much needed practice with the darned old pen tool... My Wacom tablet has nearly suffered the wrath of my frustration a few times when attempting to sue the pen tool... LOLNo problem. I use to draw them with the path tool of Photoshop (Illustrator one works as well) then I apply a stroke on it. Do it on separate layer and you'll be able to manipulate it separately
Some time back I posted a bunch of blank graticules as PDF files; take a look here and see if any of them will work. I don't recognize your projection, though, so it may not be there. Running these off is just a matter of five minutes' work, though, so if you tell me what you need I can generate it and send it to you pretty quickly.
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