Inkarnate Practice

[Bannanachair]

I decided that, for the fantasy RP I'm going to be making, I want to make my own map, so I decided to practice with some map making on Inkarnate. This map will probably not be used by me for anything, but you guys can steal it if you want. So far I only have the coastline and not the interior of the continent.

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I have the main continent, some islands off of it's coast, a continent that I turned into a large collection of small islands and another continent to the side, plus what looks like it may be a mystery continent or island in the bottom right corner. I know that it's not very good, but does anyone have any tips for using inkarnate so that I can improve a bit?

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now it's better

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in seriousness, though, if you want to make it look more realistic, you should try to make the coastline more rough looking. Right now it looks pretty smooth - which is a good start; you've got some good basic shapes; but it needs that next step to really sell it.

That said, I know absolutely nothing about Inkarnate or its abilities, so what I have to suggest might not be entirely feasible.


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Actually, I have another idea as well, if you want to make it look more realistic. Would it be possible to make the land masses look like they belong together more? What with the tectonic plates stuff, it looks a little weird to have big holes and gaps between land masses that don't echo as near-opposites on the other side. Adding an island (or islands) between might be enough, or changing the coastlines. Whatever you think could make it plausible enough to work better.

[Benzo]

I'll dig up my map of Helheim if I can find it, but the only real tips I have for you are;
Don't neglect image size in placing mountains and such, and remember to layer properly - It's the difference between a tower in the mountains, and a very uncanny looking clusterfuck.

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There you can see an example with the gates at the Frozen Ramparts; Actually made with 2 towers and a bridge, since no gate option was available under the free version. (Could probably make it a wee bit cleaner, but iirc, that angle was awkward to work with.)

[Bannanachair]

Dec 16, 2017 16:03:11 GMT -4 @nolongerthan20charas said:

now it's better

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in seriousness, though, if you want to make it look more realistic, you should try to make the coastline more rough looking. Right now it looks pretty smooth - which is a good start; you've got some good basic shapes; but it needs that next step to really sell it.

That said, I know absolutely nothing about Inkarnate or its abilities, so what I have to suggest might not be entirely feasible.


Edit:

Actually, I have another idea as well, if you want to make it look more realistic. Would it be possible to make the land masses look like they belong together more? What with the tectonic plates stuff, it looks a little weird to have big holes and gaps between land masses that don't echo as near-opposites on the other side. Adding an island (or islands) between might be enough, or changing the coastlines. Whatever you think could make it plausible enough to work better.

I spent the better part of two hours working on making the coastline less smooth and what you saw was the result of that. It's really hard, but it's the easiest one I've found. Part of the problem, I think, is that I don't have a large enough canvas to work with/I can't zoom anywhere near as much as I would like to.

[Baise-moi]

Not bad, except for what purring said.

[Benzo]

Dec 16, 2017 16:12:27 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

Dec 16, 2017 16:03:11 GMT -4 @nolongerthan20charas said:

now it's better

SPOILER: Click to show

in seriousness, though, if you want to make it look more realistic, you should try to make the coastline more rough looking. Right now it looks pretty smooth - which is a good start; you've got some good basic shapes; but it needs that next step to really sell it.

That said, I know absolutely nothing about Inkarnate or its abilities, so what I have to suggest might not be entirely feasible.


Edit:

Actually, I have another idea as well, if you want to make it look more realistic. Would it be possible to make the land masses look like they belong together more? What with the tectonic plates stuff, it looks a little weird to have big holes and gaps between land masses that don't echo as near-opposites on the other side. Adding an island (or islands) between might be enough, or changing the coastlines. Whatever you think could make it plausible enough to work better.

I spent the better part of two hours working on making the coastline less smooth and what you saw was the result of that. It's really hard, but it's the easiest one I've found. Part of the problem, I think, is that I don't have a large enough canvas to work with/I can't zoom anywhere near as much as I would like to.

I noticed that too, and it really is kind of hard to work within their small boundaries.

Idk if it helps, but there is a grid/cell option, which can help make a map feel larger than it is. (Iirc, you can get the cells/gridding to be pretty tiny)
Edit: On top of that, zoom in your window and it could help. Upper right corner, for most browsers.

[aa]

Tim, it's not bad. Since I've been working on a map for the past two weeks, I've been getting into all the details and tips on realistic geofiction, and so I'm able to deem this a good map. Well, so far.