[PnP] Korchi preliminary (mapping)

[Burton Choinski]

Latest version, with the hill/plains rough added (can be considered  
to be wooded or brambled)


On Sep 8, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Burton Choinski wrote:

> I was planning to simply load in the image into Canvas and then  
> make the linework overlays on top of that (names, roads, etc).
>
> Roads through the mountains may wind a bit differently to follow  
> the flatter passes.
>
> I'm not sure if I'm going to add the hill scruff or not.  I have to  
> see how it looks with my new instructions.
>
> On Sep 8, 2007, at 12:57 PM, Sylverrs_ dragon wrote:
>
>> Will interface the cities to it and get you some things in a few  
>> days (I hope). Map looks good.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> From: bchoinski at comcast.net
>> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 07:09:36 -0400
>> To: pnp at abroere.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: [PnP] Korchi preliminary (mapping)
>>
>> I have a preliminary map now (6459 x 10000 pixel) with the raw  
>> terrains in.  Current working file is 1.41GB (my poor Mac is  
>> crying -- Photoshop under rosetta is pretty painful for this scale)
>>
>>   I had to generate the terrains completely in Photoshop (I could  
>> not get the fractal outlines I wanted from Canvas), but the  
>> technique I figured out for photoshop has me happy enough.  It's  
>> more art at this point since I have to draw the terrain wiggles  
>> now, instead of letting a program do it.
>>
>> The lake render layer adds a bit of character to the terrain.
>>
>> On interesting thing is a single, very obvious mountain peak that  
>> rendered up in the mountain process.  It and the mountain chain  
>> attached to it (looks like a dragon or large snake with the peak  
>> at the heart) is begging for a site.  Another mountain south that  
>> drops right into hills gives me the impression of a sheer cliff  
>> thousands of feet high.
>>
>> Image attached (low scale at 1200x2000 pix)  It scaled well in JPEG.
>>
>> Feel free to mark up a copy of this image with notes and email  
>> back with comments.
>>
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