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This is a follow up regarding this post. Here I have posted the different illustration results using the same body of water, along with the EN World folks who suggested or supported the idea. I know a poll or ranked poll would've been ideal, but I don't really understand how either works. Body...

I checked out all the links. Now I believe I have a better understanding of the term. Thank you! Funny thing; on that Standard Hatching Styles for Drawings page, they show an example of what is referred to as Aggregate style. When I first began drawing the map being discussed, I drew what I...

Thanks to Ramza's request, I pasted in an illustration of the same map but this time with the dubious water symbol. See message #15 in this thread.

These are great! Like you, I'm trying to avoid the use of color (at least on this project). But I could achieve the deep water affect with gray, yes? (Don't say it!) The curved wave lines look tempting. Collateral effect, but you and Wofano have inspired me to put in canals of slime or lava...

Sure thing. Whenever I create a map symbol, even if I don't use it I still save it on the pasteboard outside the document. The right side of the map is kinda blank, since it's a WIP.

Shading is an excellent idea. The challenge here is that I'm using Adobe InDesign (PhotoShop be a bafflement to this former tech writer). Thus, I'd probably end up re-drawing the shoreline and/or the grid lines afterwards. Entirely within the realm of 'can do' but requires a little extra time...

So I understand "crosshatch" to be drawing fainter lines perpendicular to the map grid lines? If so, that's doable.

Lots of good suggestions in there. What I'll do is duplicate the map off-page and try each method in turn. One or more should do the trick. Thank you for these.

I may just go with this; I hadn't even considered breaking up the shorelines to indicate waves, even if the water in question is deep in a living cave system and quite still. Thank you for sharing this link.