It's been a while since I put up a WIP thread here (most of my maps are all made in the same style so not much point showing WIPs of them), so here's my latest experiment, the Elyden Mappa Mundi

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My intention is to get something similar to the Hereford Mappa Mundi (hence the unimaginative name :p ). This will require a lot of freehand and I'll probably draw most of the details by hand on paper and scan them into PS where I'll integrate them with the map. This is a very rough WIP, and much is likely to change before I finish it - the text is still Lorem Ipsum, though will be fleshed out once I progress. The map itself will be quite text-heavy with lots of little write-ups added next to the graphics. I want to try and get an authentic as possible antique finish to make it look really old and weathered. though the base colours I'll be using are browns, most of the weathering will come later, once the image has been flattened. we'll see

It's quite big, over 1 metre square and I had to shrink the map down to about 20% of the actual size to fit on the site.

to those unfamiliar with the Hereford mappa mundi, here's the real thing:

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