I've been quiet lately, on account of a cross-country move and the a whole bunch of assorted travel. But I have still been mapping!

First, holiday visits apparently mean playing with my father-in-law's laser engraver. So, here's a topographic map engraved onto a four-inch leather coaster. He made me a set of four:

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Next, I splurged on a Microsoft Surface for myself and I've been using it to try out cartography in Photoshop. I don't quite like it as much as doing things by hand, but the barrier to picking it up for a little playing around is much lower. Plus, layers and undo buttons are a thing! Anyway, I am quite pleased with some of the things I've been able to do so far. Here is my first (!!!) mountain-shading study, hand-drawn in Photoshop:

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