What do you guys think? I just followed a tutorial from the cartographers guild to make it. I got a little lazy with the legend, but outside of that I think it came out okay.
http://i.imgur.com/HC9BcfX.jpg
Edit: Forgot to mention, the novel is based on Swedish vikings, so the map is heavily based on the outline of southern Sweden.
Posted Oct 27, 2013, 9:29 PM UTC
Wow. that looks bad ass. What program did you use?
I used Photoshop. I am able to use it for free since my boyfriend is in college, so I got away with using a professional program.
That is amazing. I almost want to ask you to make mine.
Screw almost. I want to ask you to make mine.
Haha, well thank you very much. Those are very encouraging words! :D
Woah. I'm so jealous. mine looks retarded.
Nice one man, looks great.
Wow, that's very nicely done!
Wow that looks awesome - very jealous
Looks pretty great.
Very nice! Can I ask which tutorial you used?
http://www.cartographersguild.com/tutorials-how/8086-%5Baward-winner%5D-saderan-%96-tutorial.html
It can be downloaded in .PDF format.
Very nicely done! Is it based off the Saderan tutorial from the Cartographers Guild?
My only comment is the run of the rivers. There are a few instances where there are fork-outs as the river runs downstream. In reality, different forks of a river come together as they run downstream (say, to a lake or the ocean).
Ah, thanks for the feedback. :) Yes, I think that is the tutorial that I primarily used. There were a couple other tutorials that I skimmed over for tips and tricks, but I really like the elevation patterns of the Saderan one.
This is pretty inspiring. I never really thought to use Photoshop to make a map. I'm feeling motivated now.
It's not clear, but your rivers appear to be flowing the wrong way. Tributaries flow into larger rivers as they flow toward the ocean. Except for that -- very impressive! Wow, so much better than my maps (http://imgur.com/a/kVfz5).
Edit: just saw blowing_chunks comment on the run of the rivers, so never mind! :)
Is this Sweden? Lay of the land looks really similar to the Baltic sea region
Edit. Oops just read your edit