WIP - Map of Daenor

[PWKerns]

Hello! I've been admiring the maps on the forums for a while now and thought I'd throw my hand in by taking a hand-draw map that I did a few years ago and redoing it in GIMP. This map was done for a D&D Campaign I ran that had a Roman Empire inspiration with the action of the campaign set during the slow collapse of the Empire. Ultimately, I'd like to do maps entirely digitally, but for now I'll be stripping the coastline from the original map image. My current plan is to create an artistic rather than realistic map, mostly monochrome, in sepia tones echoing the current paper version along the lines of Darklingrisen's tutorial for GIMP.

1) Strip out coastline from image
2) Use layers and masks to add texture to the image
3) Use tutorials to add drawn-style mountains, hills using GIMP
4) Add rivers, roads, cities, points of interest
5) Feature names

Any suggestions will be much appreciated!



When I click on the map thumbnail it opens sideways in a new window - is there a way to fix that?