Norwich map 18th century
here's a map i worked on this morning as a present for my sister's B'day (she lives in the area depicted on the map). it took me a lazy 5-6 hours to do, with most of the time taken up by the labelling (damned labels!), most of which is based of a variety of old maps -16-18th century i was able find, so many names might not be the same as today's (like lowestoft, which on the map is labelled as lestoff)
hope you like it
Lynn_Norfolk_small.jpg
Last edited by vorropohaiah; 03-12-2013 at 11:55 AM.
Wow! What a nice map. And only done in 5 hours (very short to a beginner like me). I feel your pain about the labelling. Also, can I ask where you got the cartouche from? Did you draw it or did you find it somewhere?
Anyways, good job!
Pretty nice one for a limited work time. The key looks a bit stucked on the map though
just found one from an old map and modified it and messed about with some filters.Originally Posted by Black_Rose
Thanks I might do the same
Brilliant piece of work.
Can you be persuaded to do a tutorial someday? I would love to be able to do this, but I have no idea how to even begin
well, there's so little to this that i fear posting a tut might be a bit redundant - there's very few steps to show. the coast outline, rivers and roads are simple linework. there's a few overlay textures above it. the wave lines take a bit of work, though its just expanding the coast selection and feathering it, inverting it and deleting it, leaving the waves. that's about it reallyCan you be persuaded to do a tutorial someday? I would love to be able to do this, but I have no idea how to even begin
ANd that's how some simple work can make a good map
Wish I could produce a map that lovely in 5-6 hours!
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
Hmm... might do a Malta map in this style over the coming days and will track my progress as a mini-tut
also... 666 REP
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