I've been lurking for a bit, but wanted to post some maps and gets some feedback. I'm a old-time D&D player (1978+) and more recently a DM (2012+). Here's a new map for the long-running campaign I run at home for my kids:

gudCompound2-grid.jpg

I used ink-pen + pencil for shading and then photographed it with my phone. Afterwards I did a bit of contrast cleaning in GIMP.
Once I've finished keying it, I will probably have another go at cleaning up some of the pencil artifacts (and then re-scan, etc.)

Not a terribly efficient pipeline -- I'd loved to hear how others do it.

I also struggle with brightness in print (B&W) vs. what displays nicely on the screen (i.e. blacker blacks).
Is there a rule-of-thumb for that?

Thanks in advance.