Quote Originally Posted by - Max - View Post
Your last link is broken
ok since you're on the road to make (hopefully) a masterpiece, I hope you don't mind if I'm being a little pernickety : I'd get the stars symbols some kind of old touch (giving them a bit of distressed touch or use some real engraved/wood cut ones rather than PS symbol) to make them fit the style map perfectly. I know this is really some details but details make great maps
there must have been a problem with the upload... ill just upload a new one if i get any work done on the map tonight.

regarding the stars - looking at them again you're right. the original idea was that the artist used a stamp or similar device to apply the form to the map, explaining why they're all the same (most constellation maps from the period have stars that are identical to one another, with no size variants between them). Keep in mind that this was not the finished thing - I was going to add a bit of texture to them - some noise or dissolve and blur.

I might try something else now