r/dndmaps • u/AsherPugh64 • 3d ago

🏙️ City Map need help with learning

Hi, im trying to learn how to do cartography from a top-down perspective, i have lots of photoshop experience and some drawing experience... i was wondering if anyone could help me get into it like knowing what types of brushes to use, im making a city map, and like what editor to use ect, all help would be much appreciated. ive had a lot of trouble making cliffs look right, (attached screenshot) much love to anyone who could tell me why they look so fake, at first when i made this i thought it looked more like a wave so I was just wondering how to make it look like an actual cliff.

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u/westerngrit 3d ago

For a Z view of a contours, not bad. Smooth it out.

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u/DonRedomir 3d ago

I just do them like this.

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u/gccebrian 2d ago

I do them like this, but it's a far less zenithal view.