River Alenm (and side arms) - ancient river clan map on wood

[Freehand 5.5]

Thanks for all the comments.
Darn, never call something finished before asking someone else.
I should have put it into wip projects. These pros hanging around have always some good suggestions.
(Perhaps there is some moderator around to transfer it.)


The wood should definitely not be aged, because it is a brand new map purchased from a contemporary mapmaker by the players during the course of the game.
I'm not a friend of always making everything old. Every map, how old it may be, was once brand new.
I'm trying to make good design without always integrating that same philosophy of fading away and memento mori.

The displacement filter sounds good, soon I will give it a try to make the look more like branded with a glowing wire.

Concerning the background. The original background of the foto was snow because I took it two years ago in my backyard.
But that does not go well with the desert adventure it will be part of. Therefore the object is free.
So there will be a photographed sand background, because the map is an adventure's handout. The page layout with the
background does not exist yet.