Originally Posted by XCali
Ok since I started this challenge I am taking this to try to get out a little bit of my usual confort zone of realism maps tha ti get usually commissioned and I wanted to try something a little different and more fancy , since my weak spot is usually the frame design and other labelings ( usually people ask me for blank maps or barely labeled) so I wanted to make some exercize on that regard and try something news, i hope you can help me guide me in the right direction and sugest me what is good and what is not good, espeially in the frame design and labeling...
here are some progresses.
General Map overview
Some close ups :
I liked the idea to show both the places of the world throught some painting images and also the Kingdoms / races ...
I would like to show more of the idea of this world like creature types and technology but I have no idea how to implement in the map .
Also I am wondering how that style looks , too fancy ? does not match the map? Strange? Is the Font right? Is the thickness of the border frame too simople ? too thin ? how could I represent the kingdom borders? how can I implement the creatures and technologies? else? What are your sugestions about?
Thanks for any answersI want to explore new styles and I hope to have something worth working on here .
Basically the Idea that started ramping up in my head after I started this challenge starting from that original AI image, is about a desert dying world, a last sea is where civilization is spreading , in the valley of a Canyon as deep as 1500 - 2000 m strong ascensional currents roam the canyon dense air and allow for special flying boats driven by ropes, silk sails and bambooo and wood to fly and use those currents, not many use that technology but is accesible to all people nations, out of the canyon the boats can't be used, the sea is instead traveled by usual ships of ancient type like oars and sails, out of the canyon the environment is extremely hard and degrees rise considerably , the desert is traversable only by the most expert travellers and by use of some environment adapted creatures ( I thought of something like giant lizard armadillos with a howdah , or the like ) ...
OF course this is a Fantasy settings so magic is present but dark and rare and mostly practiced from witch queens from the far north east.
For the rest the world is uninhabited by humans and scattered ruins lie around ...
I also designed a precataclysm world ...
) I like that much better, since I like the little art windows but I feel like it way overcrowds the map to have them directly on there. You're going to move them to the circles in the frame, right? As far as the fonts, I like the one on the map, but the one in the new frame is MUCH better and somehow fits the idea of the map better, in my opinion.
