Elmsriggen WiP
So I took my experiences from my previous experiments and tried them out in a complete regional map. Workname: The County of Elmsriggen
Major cartographic elements should be done now, some typographical mistakes to be edited (or not... see if you can find them) and all the final work to be done... scale bar, cartouche, coat of arms, border.
Then some aging, colouring... still a lot to be done.
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Really like the mood and style. Good job so far
Veeery nice. This is a very good approximation of that good old 16th/17th century style, if you ask me. I especially like the towns, did you do them yourself? Also, the font is perfect. Which one did you use?
The hills and rivers are hand-drawn, right? What program are using?
Also - I claim the village of Obereck in the name of the Lords Overcorner from Neugereuth.
Last edited by Lukc; 10-28-2011 at 02:30 PM.
I like the black-on-white look of it already. It will be interesting to see what it might look like with some coloration, too.
I used GIMP for the drawing... every single little pixel drawn by hand (and mouse). I started of with broad river shapes that were selected and stroked... but it didn't just come out as I wanted to. So I traced every river's brink by hand to get it right. Hills and cities are also handdrawn and shaded.
Text was placed in Inkscape with the "Roman Antique" font... but I found that, as I don't use curves or fancy angles, GIMP does the job quite well, if a little more awkward when I need to reposition names.... which I had to do in the version you see posted.
Right now I am trying to draw the cartouches, but I am not quite pleased with the results yet. I am trying to reproduce the crosshatching technique that is used for shading in engravings... and it seems I must do that by hand also.
Last edited by Freodin; 10-31-2011 at 04:24 AM.
Freodin, kudos.
Now I'm even more interested to see how this turns out!
That's just, wow! It appears every city icon, and even every tree was drawn separately.... No stamping/cloning?!Originally Posted by Freodin
And can I interpret your comment to mean no tablet either? If so... wow!
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That really is amazing.
That's pretty awesome handwork. I especially like the wavy pattern filling the rivers.
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