I'm a massive fan of the alternate history maps made by one Zalring on Deviantart (don't judge me). Their style makes it seem like I could go to some sort of library, pull out a dusty-ass map from the archives, and their maps are what I would find. I love it!

I've been trying to recreate their style for a personal project of mine for some time now. The latest in a series of roadblocks I've had to vault over is the borders between countries. See examples here: https://www.deviantart.com/zalringda...tory-673108724 and https://www.deviantart.com/zalringda...tory-669512528.

I also have a few other questions regarding Zalring's style:
1. The way Zalring renders mountains is gorgeous, but I've had a hard time replicating it. Does anyone know how they did it? Alternatively, you could post another, similar mountain technique.

2. There is a very subtle diagonal hatching texture over most of the map (it's more visible in the first examples). Again, anyone know how to replicate that?

3. Does anyone know how to make the map frame and the latitude/longitude lines?

Thanks in advance!