Brookhayven - Commission

[Cuin]

Did this town map a few months ago, but haven't had time to post. Now I do, so I'll just post a string of WIP photos I took. The final copy can also be viewed in my album here.

[Cuin]

WIP for title block calligraphy

[Cuin]

Finished version after scanning and fine tuning PS. If anybody had feedback I'd like to hear it.

[BlindBlake]

This is so nice! I love hand drawn maps.
One problem for me, it's the border of the map, I think it's too regular and doesn't fit well with the overall map.

[Cuin]

One problem for me, it's the border of the map, I think it's too regular and doesn't fit well with the overall map.

Yeah. I think I agree. This project had some total hours constraints, so I used a border from collective commons, and yes, one can tell it is of a different genesis.
I think I'm going to hand do some knotwork (a very tricky task that takes lots of time as far as my experience goes), scan it and add it to a PS stock for future projects. Thanks for comment Blake.

[BlindBlake]

I think I'm going to hand do some knotwork (a very tricky task that takes lots of time as far as my experience goes), scan it and add it to a PS stock for future projects.

Yes, this seems like a lot of time-consuming work. But in the end it's always rewarding in a way. Maybe you can design a seamless knotwork pattern and repeat it, one wouldn't be able to tell the difference.