Super Realistic Topo Terrain

[Peter Toth]

Dear Guild,

Here is simply another wholehearted attempt to create super-realistic terrain, without using any pre-existing satellite DEM data. For those of you who prefer the "human element" of roads, cities, and such, I'm sorry if you're disappointed. My preference for mapmaking is to emphasize nature and present pristine spaces devoid of human developments, for I'm highly dismayed by the degree to which we've polluted and developed the earth. Indeed, worldbuilding/conworlding allows me access to a world teeming with unspoiled natural wonder, even if every square meter of this earth becomes marred by high-rises sprouting unchecked, roadways branching ad infinitum, and--the ultimate anathema--gridlock and associated toxic gases!

Perhaps when I've mastered topography, I could progress to other aspects of mapmaking. Please let me know how I'm doing, though.

Thanks,

Peter