The Greater Therbani River Valley

[Coyotemax]

Karro: It's true, I'm not completely satisfied with the edges. I once made a map on real paper and burnt/extinguished the edges. I was hoping for the same look here, but it didn't completely work out. I tried lay a darker color around the edges to give that impression, but any pointers on shape/coloration for this kind of effect would be much appreciated.

Here's what I used on my Dannasis map for the burnt edges:

Layer Effects: Inner Shadow

Blend mode = Color Burn
Color = 150E01 (dark brown, almost black)
Distance = 0
Choke = 34%
Size = 54px
Contour = Custom, sloping up to the right. Specific settings in the thumbnail.

(Assuming you use photoshop, if you use something else perhaps someone could help translate this across if needed)

(ack, i just noticed you listed Gimp as your editor.. ermm..)

Of course, you would likely want to tweak these settings around for your own map since your parchment is a different hue, but it should give a decent starting point. It's about as close as I could get to the pieces I burned for examples to test

And i like the penciled in lines under the rivers - it does add to the effect of someone local having drawn it up