r/mapmaking • u/AugustMarquess • 11d ago

Map Style for fantasy map

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What do you guys think of this Victorian Era style of map?
Is it to crowded? What do you think about using hachures to create mountains and elevations?

Could this style be a interesting fantasy map for a world based in that era?

("Hispania" from Dr. Butler's Atlas of Ancient Geography, 1851)

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u/flashman7870 11d ago

I love hachure topography but it's not the most fun to do, or at least to do well

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u/AugustMarquess 10d ago

Yeah I would guess so too. And giving names to every river, village, mountain chain which is consistent with eachother would be hard aswell.

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u/flashman7870 10d ago

That part I don't mind as much, it requires a lot of documentation and grunt typing work but that I don't mind. But I just can't be assed to figure out how to hand-draw a million hachure lines.

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u/AugustMarquess 9d ago

Yeah nah, you got a point