[Arden Maps] Cartography Styles Collection

[Schwarzkreuz]

Over the years, I have applied many different Map Styles and am now back to show a few of those to highlight the progress & variety of them.

First is a style which was discussed between -Max- and me over 5 years ago at some intensity and have concluded into this style when I was commissioned to draw maps for Chaosium's Down Darker Trails Source Book of the Call of Cthulhu RPG.

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[Tiana]

So are they Illustrator brushes? The look is spot on.

[Schwarzkreuz]

So are they Illustrator brushes? The look is spot on.

Nope, its Photoshop-

[Tiana]

Nice! Are you going to share the brush set since you posted here, or are you just showing off what you developed?

[Schwarzkreuz]

Honestly, I just wanted to show how they are made and demonstrate their use. I think it is more interesting to create their own tools so it has their unique shapes. I might share a brush pack later with a selection of my items maybe.

[Warlin]

Honestly, I just wanted to show how they are made and demonstrate their use. I think it is more interesting to create their own tools so it has their unique shapes. I might share a brush pack later with a selection of my items maybe.

I find difficult to use a brush set for my maps, i find them too repetitive. But if the set is well executed and used with accuracy, why not ? Even if i find that way a kind of cheating . The result's better if you find the time to do it according to the relief Map.
Beside that, i find your set really intersting and well executed.
Cheers.
Warlin.