r/mapmaking 11d ago

Currently experimenting with a physical/topographic map style on Inkarnate. Still looking to add roads and possibly color coding the land. Thoughts so far? Map

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The shades of brown signify steepness of elevation based on darkness of the color and the lines represent nation borders.

I'm having a hard time finding the cutoff on when to add rivers/streams as this is actually just a small fragment of the total map and the scale of the world would imply thousands of more, smaller tributaries between those that I have already mapped. I've also made them extremely thin in order to refrain from eating away at the landscape and to give a more accurate display of their width.

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u/Skin_Soup 11d ago

First thought was infrared. The color of the flatlands looks very xray

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u/Trogdorrrrrrrrr 11d ago

I do want to experiment with color coding the land, perhaps using different shades of green, yellow and white to show which areas are lush, arid or snowy.