Resources for constructing your own sweet sweet fantasy maps.
A walk-through in three themes...
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Mountainification: https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2017/06/12/fantasy-maps-pt-1-mountainification/
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Scratchiness: https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2017/06/16/fantasy-maps-pt-2-scratchiness/
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Touchability: https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2017/06/20/fantasy-maps-pt-3-touchability/
https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2017/06/09/fantasy-book-illustration-maps-in-arcgis-pro/
Project Download... Here is an ArcGIS Pro project, from which all maps in this series were derived: https://nation.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cbb37c78aad7461a867496fa359da241
Textures... If you are using a different system, you can use these image textures: Landcover Bin Photos: https://www.dropbox.com/s/eyxuxezdqejeskx/LandcoverTypePhotos.zip?dl=0
Parchment Background and Overlay: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ll3kdy30rxk7aie/ParchmentMapTexture.zip?dl=0
Graphite S/M/L Place Symbol Images: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5a4my3lqp05b0bp/GraphitePlaceSymbols.zip?dl=0
Small Graphite Texture Patterns: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a6vnwkw0ve6gh25/GraphiteTextures.zip?dl=0
Graphite Landcover Elevation Images: https://www.dropbox.com/s/21u8vx3eblabx37/GraphiteMountains.zip?dl=0
Shaded Graphite Mountain Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6hsqc45c1ym8ya/ShadedMountains.png?dl=0
Source Data... Vector coasts, admin polygons, and rivers: Project Linework, Moriarty Hand: http://www.projectlinework.org/
Digital Elevation Models: NASA Visible Earth: https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=73934