cool, it helps soften everything to give it a bit more of a hand-made look. good stuff
I used to try a texture on text to give it a subtle distressed texture but most of the time I wasnt really satisfied with it. I tried something different (more efficient and easier to do) here, an inner glow:
Obviously, size of the inner glow has to be set according to size text. Also the text opacity is 90%.
It works also on other elements, I used a similar effect on the border lines (mostly visible on the larger ones). Some pics for the comparison (without and with the effect) :
Thanks Caenwyr! Argh seems that I'm on heavy fire to make a tutorial or giving tips Alright here we go for the mountains : Those are hand-drawn with a graphic tablet (but in this style there's not that much tablet function used - just a very small controle pressure that's it, so that can be easily done by hand then scanned). Here's a quick one.
First draw a simple outline (here I used a small grungy round brush - no need to be too neat and clean for the style, that is intended to emulate some old 17th century style cartography mountains):
Then add "shadows" by simple curved hatching and a few dots:
Then add a bit of noise:
Once scaled down and put on a background with a dark brownish color you're done
Oh wait, now you just need to draw dozens more mountains You can draw them all on the map or if you want to re-use them on some other projects, turn them into brushes. Here I use them as brushes. Basically I draw the mountains, keep a few individual ones and build up some ranges (horizontal, vertical, diagonal ones, in short/medium/long sizes) and build up the final ranges on the map with them.
Hope that helps
Thanks, yep : doing less digital with digital
Yeah, I do that too, when it's not worth it to get out the ink and lettering pen. But I do an inner glow AND a texture overlay using a paper texture, both just low opacity... 12 and 7%... or about there. There's a mixture of digital and hand-inked lettering in both the Wyn and Callis maps... can't remember all of which was which.
You seem fluent in English. But a video tutorial wouldn't require audio comments... you can add them with text at the point of reference. Just saying. Though I shouldn't talk. I still can't seem to get a video from a raw state to edited and saved properly for upload.
Sorry to put you in the firing zone... except not really... You post such excellent maps on a regular basis... you had it coming.
Dang Max, another nice one I didn't even notice!
I really like where this is going, Max I'm sure the finished map will be another beauty for your finished folder.
I'm trapped in Darkness,
Still I reach out for the Stars
Thanks Viking and Eilathen, glad you like it.
Looking fabulous as always Max!
Cheers,
-Arsheesh