@Impractical Cartographer
These are beautiful. Looking at them makes me want to also draw on paper again. I also like the perspective of the shots.
On what paper size and type/weight are you drawing them? And do you have any recommendations for good pens and nibs (like 0.1, 0.5 or whatever) you like to work with?
I liked my Ecco pigment (0.1) from Faber-Castell, but it is dry and I cannot use it anymore...
For me it is strange though to call such maps "hand drawn", since maps drawn on a pen tablet are hand drawn too, after all.
Last edited by Yrda; 02-23-2020 at 04:39 PM.
My tools list
This set is checked by me.
- White bristol 250g/m2
- Pentel Orenz Automatic Pencil 0.2mm
- Pigma Micron (003, 005, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 09)
- Pilot Parallel Pens (1.5, 2.4, 3.8, 6.0 mm)
- Pilot Plumix Pens (EF, F, M, B, BB)
- Pelikan Inks
- Promarkers
- Colored Pencils Faber Castell Polychromos
- Koh-i-noor Gioconda Soft Pastel Pencils
- Various nibs
- Glass pen
- Kneadable Art Erasers (Faber Castell)
Interesting - thank you for the overview! I've never heard of glass pens.
Bristol ? Interesting !
'love this new pic, IC, as I always do
Sometimes the best is the simplestOriginally Posted by MistyBeee
Bristol turned out to be the best paper for my needs. His only disadvantage is that he doesn't like watercolor (that's the reason for my experiments with alcohol and watercolors).
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I'm starting to color. Faber Castell Polychromos are my favorite colored pencils.
What kind of pencils do you use?
I also use Polychromos (but I haven't used them for maps yet), don't know better colored pencils than these.
For watercolor colored pencils I've got some old Albrecht Dürer pencils (also Faber-Castell), but I'm not really fond of watercolor pencils, I prefer to apply water colors with a brush (or play around with a water brush over fresh standard pen ink).
Last year, someone recommended watercolor pencils (I mean the grey ones) to me, I didn't know they even existed and haven't really tried them yet, but they could also be nice for greyscale maps with a watercolor effect.
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My latest map.
Carroburg surroundings (WFRP). Scale 1:100.000 (the icons of cities and villages are obviously larger and out of scale).
I'm not happy with the result. I think I could draw the farmland better.
What do you think?
The farmlands may be minimalistic but I think they fit the style perfectly. It bothered me when you had just one meadow for each farm, but you made it different this time. Looks great to me!
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I like it.
About the farmlands: Since this is something "cultured"/civilized, I'd expect it to look a bit less wild maybe. Compared to the trees the crop looks very high.
I've made a sketch/overpaint in Photoshop how I'd probably change them if it weren't hand drawn.
Just an idea, maybe it helps? (or it is just taste - if yes, nevermind
Last edited by Yrda; 02-28-2020 at 02:27 PM.
A simple and brilliant solution! Thank you!
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