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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Heard" data-source="post: 1680981" data-attributes="member: 7280">I dunno, if you hand draw your vector graphics then even making use of some of the cloning features (having a set of seven or nine mountains and replicating them and manipulating them ) I still don't see what the fuss is about. I just see a lot of the problems with computer maps being issues more specifically aimed at amateurish ones or ones done with specific programs. I could sit down and scan/trace out a map/do it all with my tablet that would for all intents and purposes be the exact same thing as I'd get with a pencil and brush but with all the best features of computer graphics. With a little effort you can even translate that into vector graphics and make consistent map styles...My main problems with computer maps? Errors get fixed instead of being errors. Sometimes you need to actively insert mistakes onto a digital map for 'realism'. Color is sometimes a bit over the top. The day someone makes a tablet with a thumb brush for blending I'll be forever grateful. Using certain brushes lends to a sense of sameness. Vector graphics sometimes have tendency to have their lines become all one width.But the main bonus of the computer is that you don't end up cursing as much when the cat stomps across freshly inked pages, or having to sand away a thumbprint; and when you suddenly realize that your choice of colors was really poor you don't have to end up doing the entire process again.Anyone doing hand drawn maps, I'd just recommend looking into seeing what all you can actually manage by either taking the work or the process digital. NOT CCPro, but Photoshop and Painter and such. Let the tools be your friend.</blockquote>

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