I’m almost done with this map! The glacier is now pseudo-3D to match the rest of the map; and I colorized the terrain – I think this makes the map much more readable.
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Tags: Cartography, Fantasy, Map
Getting there…
The “Mine” symbol is a public domain symbol off of Wikipedia, the trees are from OpenClipArt.org and are also Public Domain. I’ve also nicified the rivers. Now I need to figure out what to do with the glacier – and, of course, work on fine-tuning the locations etc.
Tags: Cartography, Fantasy, Map
Mountains: Done.
The next steps will be more complicated: Decent rivers and forests. I’m also not quite sure how to do the glacier yet, but we’ll see!
Tags: Cartography, Fantasy, Map
WIP#3 of today’s map. The mountains, images, and compass rose are public domain graphics from OpenClipart.org.
Tags: Cartography, Fantasy, Map
WIP#2 of today’s map – the compass rose is from openclipart.org.
Tags: Cartography, Fantasy, Map
Had an idea for a map last night, this is WIP#1. It’s a quick one – I will probably get done with it by the afternoon.
Tags: Cartography, Fantasy, Map
Sun is shining – here are much better close-up photos of the star map:
Yes, yes, these are not professional either, but I am sure you’ll agree a far cry from the blurry shots I took in low-light conditions.
Tags: Cartography, Galaxy, Map, Milky Way, Orion Arm, Orion Spur, Science Fiction
Tags: Cartography, Galaxy, Map, Milky Way, Orion Arm, Orion Spur, Science Fiction
I decided to release the following image under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Please credit me with a link back to http://www.enderra.com – Happy mapping!
Click on the thumbnail above to get the original size at 4096×4096 pixels; it’s 6MB as a PNG file.
The image is based on a NASA image of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Tags: Cartography, Galaxy, Map, Milky Way, Orion Arm, Orion Spur, Science Fiction
Got the A1 version of my star map. Again, as with the small test version, the photos simply don’t do it justice, but I had to post some anyway.
You can see some dice in one pic, and the small test print in two others, to compare the size. And, yes, I really need better lighting in this apartment.
But I’ve also learned two lessons more to the subject matter:
- I am very happy I did not edit the image – the test print seemed dark and the labels hard to read; on the A1 map both the color and the readability of the labels are absolutely perfect in my opinion.
- It was an excellent choice to go with matte photo paper, over the glossy stuff.
I’ll get two A3 matte versions printed in a few days (Saturday) as well. One is going to go to Lex Mosgrove, because he claimed that he wanted one.
Tags: Cartography, Galaxy, Map, Milky Way, Orion Arm, Orion Spur, Science Fiction
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