So I have been messing around with a few books on drawing maps but mostly have fallen short in the art skill department. I decided that digital may be the way for me to go, easy to edit, easy to start over, and no pencils to sharpen... I looked at a few examples here and found Candacis' post for making antique styled maps: https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ad.php?t=15011

I dusted off the Gimp and used a cheat for my land masses: http://fantasynamegenerators.com/map...p#.V7-Z9vkrJhE

... And got to work... After a few false starts trying to convert what I had to what I was seeing in the instructions this is what I have so far:

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I still have a few steps to complete and the text is really throwing me one on the visibility and getting the details in but any advice would be great! Also, as much as I like Times New Roman does anyone have some good free alternatives that look a little more fantasy and not so typewriter?

Thanks for the view!