Browse around - esp the finished map section and find a few maps similar in style to what you want to achieve and tell us the link or the name of the map. Even with that description which was detailed it does leave a lot of room for possibilities.
Browse around - esp the finished map section and find a few maps similar in style to what you want to achieve and tell us the link or the name of the map. Even with that description which was detailed it does leave a lot of room for possibilities.
I have a 19th century map that I would like to emulate, and I could send you a scan of it, but I would like to 'dress it up' some, based on the work in the current gallery. Maybe add a little 3d relief and have some symbols for the mills based on the type they were and when they were built. All of the maps in the gallery are so good I couldn't pick one particular map. I have no artistic talent at all, by the way. So I would need something that had a symbol library of some sort. From what I have seen here, what I want to end up with may be beyond my ability. This forum appears to be for map artists.
You would be surprised. Many of us here could barely draw stick figures well(and some still can't, me included), but have learned how to make some pretty decent looking maps regardless. With the right tools and a bit of help, you could fake it easily enough with some time and patience.Originally Posted by dougs
However, if you want to stick with symbol based tools, then Campaign Cartographer or Fractal Mapper are probably the way to go, though I have no idea if they have a wide enough variety of mill symbols. I don't know about CC, but Fractal Mapper may have one vector and one bmp version of a water mill in it's library. Of course, you might also be able to find some free or free for personal only use symbols around the internet that can expand your selection.
My Finished Maps
Works in Progress(or abandoned tests)
My Tutorials:
Explanation of Layer Masks in GIMP
How to create ISO Mountains in GIMP/PS using the Smudge tool
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My company would be thrilled to take on this project. It's right up our alley, actually - artistically rendered maps that are geographically accurate and based on great data. Check out our website at http://www.xnrproductions.com for some samples, and if you like what you see please contact me via PM and we can give you a quote.
It sounds like a great project, and I would love to work on it. Depending on what you are willing to spend I am sure we could do something great for you.
-Rob
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