Some hand-drawn maps

[Venardhi]

Tablet is definately the way to go, and the Graphire 6x8 is very affordable and will do for most anything you want to do with it as far as mapping. The intuos line is focused more on the digital painter with angle recognition and extra sensitivity which you aren't likely to notice anyways.

My maps are all done on my tablet in photoshop, but really the tablet plays very little part in getting the stylistic looks I've acheived. Layer effects do most of the heavy lifting for me once I've played with them enough.

I do like the look of this map, I like the hand-made look which is why I've been working to give mine at least the illusion of that quality. There are definately a few things I'm going to take from seeing this and incorperate it into my own style.

Jolly good.

[RobA]

I'll agree with them - the Graphire is the best for the price. I am using an older Graphire3 6x8.

Oddly enough, I only use the tablet as a tablet when working in a bitmap/paint program (for the most part). When using Inkscape (a vector program) I tend to switch back to a mouse as I find it gives me more control when adjusting nodes and handles. (I do use it in Inkscape when freehand sketching or using the calligraphy tool, however)

-Rob (carpel tunnel no more) A>

P.S. sorry for the tablet threadjack...