Welcome!
Do you plan to work on this using any kind of graphical software?
(I have to admit I could only look at it for a short time to avoid a stiff neck ;-) )
>Moe
Welcome!
Do you plan to work on this using any kind of graphical software?
(I have to admit I could only look at it for a short time to avoid a stiff neck ;-) )
>Moe
If I stare at the country long enough
I can prise it off the paper,
lift it like a flap of skin.
- Moniza Alvi, 1993 -
A very economical entry point is Gimp, since it is free both as in speech and as in cookies. If you have access to a scanner, you can bring in hand drawn maps then colour them quite easily. This is what I did with the current featured map . If you are comfortable with hand drawing, then alternatively you might want to look at getting a tablet to draw with (again in a program like Gimp, or Painter, or a number of free/inexpensive tools). I just sold my old tablet (Graphire 3) for $50CDN on kijji, so they can be obtained for a reasonable price. I find it much easier to draw with a tablet than a mouse.
If you are more into line-art, then a program like Inkscape (also free) can be used easily with a mouse to create nice maps as well.
Once you get proficient with the idea of creating art in the computer you can consider options that may cost more. Things like Serif Drawplus or Xara Extereme are much less than the big name adobe products.
-Rob A>
My tutorials: Using GIMP to Create an Artistic Regional Map ~ All My Tutorials
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