First time cartographer (WIP)

[Eugene van der Merwe]

World: Untitled
Region: Untitled
Status: Work in progress

To do: Roads, villages, cities, ports, ruins, forests, caves, etc.

This is my first try at cartography. Everything was made in Photoshop CS6.

This will be a map used as the world map for my D&D campaign. Any helpful advice or critique will be welcome.

[Lingon]

That's a really great start, love the style and colors! The shading looks great when zoomed out, but at full size it's a bit too fuzzy, giving the impression that something is hovering above the landscape. Try sharpening it along the ridges, while letting it fade into the valleys, to really sell it as mountains. And welcome to the forums

[darcycardinal]

World: Untitled
Region: Untitled
Status: Work in progress

To do: Roads, villages, cities, ports, ruins, forests, caves, etc.

This is my first try at cartography. Everything was made in Photoshop CS6.

This will be a map used as the world map for my D&D campaign. Any helpful advice or critique will be welcome.

Good Start It could use a bit more shading along the coastlines, but overall very good!

Darcy

[Eugene van der Merwe]

Thanks guys. Will check to make some changes over the weekend and upload some pics again.

[Eugene van der Merwe]

So I have been playing around with the map, I this time changed it to a colour map without any relief mapping etc.

I will post a final map along with all the variations I have gone through, but for now here is my map re-colored with some added details.

Any tips, advise or positive criticism is more than welcome.

[jpstod]

looks good..

Remember the only person that has to be impressed by your style is you...
Find your own style....don't try to be just like everyone else..otherwise all maps become Mundane and uninspiring

[tilt]

very good start, looking good. The mountainous areas were a lot clearer in your first map, so unless you've decided against them you might wanna deepen some shadows and lighten some highlights here and there

[candice88]

looks good..

Remember the only person that has to be impressed by your style is you...
Find your own style....don't try to be just like everyone else..otherwise all maps become Mundane and uninspiring

<<< Agree with this comment ! find your own style, thats will make you different with others