[WIP] Series of travel maps (hand drawn)

[Edward II of Kenland]

I love the style! It reminds me a great deal of Matthew Paris' map of England!

[Qmoh]

I love the style! It reminds me a great deal of Matthew Paris' map of England!

I'm rather inspired by Nicholas Bellin and Edward Hasted

Let's move on

Roads

I check on gogle maps the course of major roads in the region and I apply them with a pencil. Then, with a 01 pen, I draw them. Piece of cake.

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Rivers and lakes

I do the same in the case of rivers and lakes, however, I use a thin penbrush, because it is more irregular. I draw rivers wider than in reality, because it looks nicer.
Then I draw with 003 pen the current of the rivers and waves of the lakes.

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Hiking path

The next step is to mark (red brushpen) the route of my journey on the map. The dots mean camping. Easy.

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Forest

I check on Google maps the distribution of forests in this region and I draw (005 pen) the contours of trees in these areas. Then I lightly shade the forest area (003 pen).

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And now the map looks like this.

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In the next episode: farmlands, meadows, swamps and details.