Arelith Map!
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:23 pm
EDIT: This is now totally available to you crazy maniacs:
Here
For transparency purposes, from what I understand, it should take 30% of the cost that you pay and dump that in our server fund.
The keen-eyed among you may notice it slightly different from the pics I've been posting here (especially the full-size, which I removed from here, since it no longer looks like that). I made some adjustments so the land mass would fill up the poster space better, and added in a few more locations, changed some small things here and there, added some more text, etc.
ENJOY!
Hey folks!
So we got snowed in down here in the South a few weeks ago, I had about 8 days off of work with nothing to do...
I decided to do a map of my own for Arelith, and started sketching it out. After 2 days, I started inking it in. After another few days, I brought it into a scanner and hi-res scanned that sucker, and then brought it into Photoshop, and later Illustrator to color it. Today I finally knocked it out with the type layer, adding location names.
I was always a fan of the famous Morrowind map, and drew inspiration from it, both in muted color palette, and in font choice (it's called "Magic Cards", if any of you typophiles are into it). The beauty of working in digital, is that the actual colored map is much more colorful and vibrant, and I could run out maps with that as well. This version is with the saturation down plenty, to match that Morrowind map look. However, I plan on spending a day or two to make a few variants of the map as well.
I'm in the process of getting it uploaded to somewhere public where people can order prints (it's image size is 24"x36", but I have the original files to actually make it much, much bigger and hold resolution. 24"x36" is a common poster size however, so I made that the main version)
Here's some grabs of portions of the map:
These image grabs are very low quality compared to the actual art. I'll update this when I get the upload/purchase stuff all worked out! The plan is to have this be available for print purchase online, and have all proceeds go towards the Arelith Server Fund. So this way, you can buy it for your own nefarious needs, and STILL help out the community that you love and loves you back!
I know there have been many folks who have worked on their own maps over the years (and ManOfTheMoon recently) and I don't want to discourage them from completing their works. I think the beauty of Arelith is it's subjective nature, and I'd love to see what other people "see" when they map out Arelith! Ideally, if the artists are willing, we could set up all the maps ever made by the community to be purchasable and have the profits go towards the server. (To be clear, I mean the hosting costs of our cloud server)
Here
For transparency purposes, from what I understand, it should take 30% of the cost that you pay and dump that in our server fund.
The keen-eyed among you may notice it slightly different from the pics I've been posting here (especially the full-size, which I removed from here, since it no longer looks like that). I made some adjustments so the land mass would fill up the poster space better, and added in a few more locations, changed some small things here and there, added some more text, etc.
ENJOY!
Hey folks!
So we got snowed in down here in the South a few weeks ago, I had about 8 days off of work with nothing to do...
I decided to do a map of my own for Arelith, and started sketching it out. After 2 days, I started inking it in. After another few days, I brought it into a scanner and hi-res scanned that sucker, and then brought it into Photoshop, and later Illustrator to color it. Today I finally knocked it out with the type layer, adding location names.
I was always a fan of the famous Morrowind map, and drew inspiration from it, both in muted color palette, and in font choice (it's called "Magic Cards", if any of you typophiles are into it). The beauty of working in digital, is that the actual colored map is much more colorful and vibrant, and I could run out maps with that as well. This version is with the saturation down plenty, to match that Morrowind map look. However, I plan on spending a day or two to make a few variants of the map as well.
I'm in the process of getting it uploaded to somewhere public where people can order prints (it's image size is 24"x36", but I have the original files to actually make it much, much bigger and hold resolution. 24"x36" is a common poster size however, so I made that the main version)
Here's some grabs of portions of the map:
These image grabs are very low quality compared to the actual art. I'll update this when I get the upload/purchase stuff all worked out! The plan is to have this be available for print purchase online, and have all proceeds go towards the Arelith Server Fund. So this way, you can buy it for your own nefarious needs, and STILL help out the community that you love and loves you back!
I know there have been many folks who have worked on their own maps over the years (and ManOfTheMoon recently) and I don't want to discourage them from completing their works. I think the beauty of Arelith is it's subjective nature, and I'd love to see what other people "see" when they map out Arelith! Ideally, if the artists are willing, we could set up all the maps ever made by the community to be purchasable and have the profits go towards the server. (To be clear, I mean the hosting costs of our cloud server)
