My DM handed out this hand-drawn map for our campaign, and I thought it might be a fun exercise to try to create a more "map-like" version of it.
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My first attempt was to do something following RobA's tutorial. However - due to my newness with GIMP - it did not turn out quite how I was hoping. It looked too "digital" for the setting. I stopped after placing the towns when I realized that I was unsatisfied with the mountains and forests especially.
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So, now I've moved on to trying something new, by mixing and matching from various tutorials and generally starting to discover a style of my own. So far I have the background parchment and the water laid out. Hopefully, I'll slowly work my way through the remaining elements. It'll be fun to see how the map evolves as I play with it.
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