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Was wondering if anyone knew of any resources to help add some detail in the map, I've only done this for a couple days now. I'm no professional, nor am I a graphic artist...

(I know the grass is on top of river, I can fix that later)

This map is a work in progress, just making it for an RP as we go along through the world.

@ZayZe It's looking great so far! Do you mean links to tutorials/resources for map creating generally or for the programme you're using specifically?

Slightly updated version of the map

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Thank you!! I'm glad. It's come a long way since I first tried doing the basic things.

Well, I'm using GIMP. So I don't know if that helps any. Like I'm not really too sure what kind of details I can put into the map to make it look less plain I guess.

I don't know.

I'm also still working on it, so maybe it'll just fill out as time passes by.

it's really coming together!

One suggestion (and hey, this is just my personal preference!) is you might want to desaturate the green colour or/and add a texture to the overall map (like a grain texture for the grassland OR a paper texture over the top of the map) Can be finicky though so up to you if it's wroth it.

Here are some pretty awesome resources:

Stratomunchkin's Tutorial - comprehensive pdf download
Djekspek's tutorials - he has a library FILLED with individual stuff so have a shuffle through if you like.
Anything by these sexy people Like holy smokes, pretty much everything you could need.

I don't know how many future maps you plan on making, but theres this great book by Jerald Blando called "How to draw Fantasy Art & RPG Maps" which goes through every little thing piece by piece if that's your jam. I doubt you need to go that far, but I thought I might as well mention it :p