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Rant: My friend the cartographer gave me advice that ruined my map
My buddy Dave, who draws maps for a board game company, told me to shade my mountains by going left to right with a 2B pencil. Took me 8 hours on a 24x36 map of my fantasy world. Looked great at first. Then I scanned it and the contrast was so bad the mountains just look like gray blobs. Anyone else have a "pro tip" that backfired?
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tylerr2927d ago
That 2B tip sounds like the real problem. Did you try scanning in grayscale?
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jade_grant9527d ago
Is it really that big of a deal though? I mean, a 2B tip is soft but it's not like it's going to ruin your whole scan if you use a little pressure. Feels like people get too caught up in tiny details sometimes.
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