Inspiration: A series of beautiful maps created by Chaney Swiney, composed with excellent colors, typography and framing
Description: Felt like this was such a cool type of map that I wanted to try my hand at it. Focused on some of the islands that mean the most to me. I think the original maps were made in Natural Scene Designer by starting with a Distance Mask effect. I wanted to order the product, but it seems to be CD/DVD based - a wild flex in the year 2025. So I pivoted to what's good enough and free - got an approximately similar effect using the QGIS DEMto3D plugin combined with Blender's Mist Pass - may also be worth investigating distance to camera + textures?
Sources
Chaney Swiney - peakscapes
Open Topography - DEM
data.gouv.fr - DEM