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Inktober 2023, Day 5, Map

Okay, got another late one. I saw some techniques on TikTok about drawing/making maps and figured I would try different ones. I used the rice technique to pin a fairly detailed map, but as I was adding the mountains, houses, etc., I realized I forgot to include enough room for text. I didn’t feel like going back, so I ended up just only putting the directions and the name of the island on it. I didn’t have any plan or sketch anything. I just inked out the island’s borders and made up the terrain as I went along. It looks kind of strange having a blank map, but oh well. The island is called Coila because there’s a region a region of water that forms along a peninsula that looks spiral shaped (real original name, lol). It also has 5 volcanoes, two mountain ranges, a bunch of dunes, a few small forest with different trees, an ancient city, about 5 villages of varying sizes, and about 9 or 10 lighthouses. I envisioned this map must of been a copy of the original, and the names of the villages were written in another language that was so alien that the counterfeiter didn’t even bother writing them down. Yup, that’s the headcannon I’m running with. 😜 The island has plenty of treasure and valuables that any pirate would be envious of, but it’s treacherous to get to, and rumored to be cursed. The map has been passed around, but despite the valuables present there, no one has ever been able to take them off the island and live to tell the tale. Is it due to the curse? We may never know. Seriously, we may never know because that’s about as much thought as I’ve put into this, and seeing as it’s an Inktober prompt, I doubt I’ll visit it again. XP

Also, I think I had mixed priorities with this one. I used the rice map technique I found on TikTok to draw the borders, but I was more interested in the other techniques used to make the paper look old and ragged, including crumpling it, using coffee to stain it, tearing the edges, and burning it in spots (and nearly lighting the map on fire in the process). So yeah, this map has seen better days.

Used a Sakura Pigma Micron Fineliner 08 for the map drawing. Also used: cheap typing paper, instant coffee, a hairdryer, a lighter and candle, cotton swabs, and my hands to tear and crinkle it. That was the fun part.

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Inktober 2023, Day 5, Map

Okay, got another late one. I saw some techniques on TikTok about drawing/making maps and figured I would try different ones. I used the rice technique to pin a fairly detailed map, but as I was adding the mountains, houses, etc., I realized I forgot to include enough room for text. I didn’t feel like going back, so I ended up just only putting the directions and the name of the island on it. I didn’t have any plan or sketch anything. I just inked out the island’s borders and made up the terrain as I went along. It looks kind of strange having a blank map, but oh well. The island is called Coila because there’s a region a region of water that forms along a peninsula that looks spiral shaped (real original name, lol). It also has 5 volcanoes, two mountain ranges, a bunch of dunes, a few small forest with different trees, an ancient city, about 5 villages of varying sizes, and about 9 or 10 lighthouses. I envisioned this map must of been a copy of the original, and the names of the villages were written in another language that was so alien that the counterfeiter didn’t even bother writing them down. Yup, that’s the headcannon I’m running with. 😜 The island has plenty of treasure and valuables that any pirate would be envious of, but it’s treacherous to get to, and rumored to be cursed. The map has been passed around, but despite the valuables present there, no one has ever been able to take them off the island and live to tell the tale. Is it due to the curse? We may never know. Seriously, we may never know because that’s about as much thought as I’ve put into this, and seeing as it’s an Inktober prompt, I doubt I’ll visit it again. XP

Also, I think I had mixed priorities with this one. I used the rice map technique I found on TikTok to draw the borders, but I was more interested in the other techniques used to make the paper look old and ragged, including crumpling it, using coffee to stain it, tearing the edges, and burning it in spots (and nearly lighting the map on fire in the process). So yeah, this map has seen better days.

Used a Sakura Pigma Micron Fineliner 08 for the map drawing. Also used: cheap typing paper, instant coffee, a hairdryer, a lighter and candle, cotton swabs, and my hands to tear and crinkle it. That was the fun part.