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    Map Illustrated vs. Political map of Noss

    I posted a version of this map some time back when I thought it was finished, but now I made a variation that is for legibility just to showcase the main realms, cities, and mountain ranges, and I also added the political divisions. I updated the illustrated map as well, changing font sizes and placement and adding a thin border to it. Full-sized maps are 14.5K wide (had to resize down a bit here to keep within the 10Mb file limit).

    These are all for the fantasy novels I'm working on, for a series titled the Noss Saga. You can find out more about my novels here:
    https://www.joaquinbaldwin.com/books

    Done in Azgaar, then Illustrator, then pencil/paper, then Photoshop (lots of back and forth).

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    Those are very nice maps.

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    Hehe... That is the lot of many among us: we're never happy with the maps and want to keep tweaking them forever!

    I do remember liking the map when you first posted it, and it still looks great! I really like the style of your mountains.
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    This is really beautiful map.
    The diversity is great, and the illustrations are also very nice.
    Well done.
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    Thanks, everyone! I'll be making maybe 2 or so area maps for each of the six novels, all in the same style. Luckily, now that all my mountains/etc are in Photoshop brushes I can replicate them quite easily.

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    Looking forward to seeing those.

    I love this map, so many little things to explore with details that inspire so many questions about the world. Especially like the mountain and forest style

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    Absolute killer texturing, so classy.

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    Very cool Map !!
    I love rich and rugged terrain!👍👍👍👍

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    Love it when zoomed in. Zoomed out I find the larger text distracting. Can't pinpoint if it's the color, curvature, size, outline or the font itself, but something pulls in the wrong direction. (Might be just me?) I like the details that show up when zoomed in, the grass, pathways, flags etc. Reminds me a bit of "Kingdom come" map.

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