Here is a WIP of the map of Athkatla.



This is an attempt to use the Dragon Age style of maps with the BG2 map as a reference. To the left/bottom are the Docks, for example.

Let me know what you think.

I could certainly simply throw the original BG2 artwork into a TGA or DDS, but those maps have quite a different look.

Oooh, nice. Reworked Denerim map? The only suggestion I have would be to change the righthand side of the river to make it wider and running along the existing north-eastern city boundary plus add in a significantly sized Bridge District.



EDIT: Here's a very quick and dirty example of what I mean:



You could probably kill the "shortcut" bridges at the Docks District as well. While they make logical sense, I would imagine the fluff would be something along the lines of the fact that there was only a single bridge was a contributing factor in how it turned into a whole inhabited district by itself.

ah i like what youve done since i saw it last. and nice suggestions from darth if you can get them in?

Thanks guys Yeah, no problem at all. Glad you like it.

Yes Darth, it is a reworked Denerim map... flipped horizontally and vertically....with alot of edits, of course.

I think this has got it. I am working in a PSD now... so let me know if anything else should be changed.

I have added proper Sherwood font text. Also added the sea name and the river name. Yes... got it from a Map of Faerun ) Didnt want to put any text for the districts as those will be handled in the toolset .map resources.

hawt.

.... And here's the new Worldmap



I've added some places to liven up the map. Once it is made into a DA game map, then icons can be added.

Nice work. A couple of minor suggestions, if I may.

For the Athkatla map, widen the river mouth a bit as the original Denerim part is narrower than the new part on the other side of the Bridge District, making it look a bit odd. And I still think you should get rid of those secondary Docks District bridges.

On the world map, the text "The Sword Coast" (and anywhere else you want curved text) should be a single line that has a warp modifier applied to it, not individual angled bits of text. For example:



In PS with the Text tool and the text layer active, on the toolbar click on the Warp Text button to the right of the text colour picker. I used Arch for that example with a Bend value of 35%. You'll want to play around with the various options to suit the situation.

ah that text goes a loooong way toward breaking up the "flatness" of the map you showed me earlier. nice. Applying the warp modifier to the text is a nice suggestion... even on text which has no great need to be curved, it helps make the map look a little more "hand-written" and a little less computer-procesed, so feel free to apply that technique all over the place, and make much of the text a tiny bit wonky...?

anyways, looking good

Thanks for the suggestions Darth (and Mike). I had actually forgotten how to do that in PS:P Thanks for reminding where the dang warp button was... had been looking for it in edit and layers.

Will go ahead and warp more text and tidy up some of the coastline.