The inestimable Dyson has inspired many a mapper. I’ve been a lurker of mapping for many a year, typically waiting for the right time and materials to align. Well, i ain’t getting any younger, so armed with the bottom of a shopping list and a purple pen…. This.
So, what are the aesthetic benefits of cross-hatching over a solid black/blue background or, indeed, the very lazy blank approach?
Did you find all that hatching therepeutic?
I seem to remember some maps of old had a speckled or dotted background. Or is my memory fading?
Cool map either way and there’s something about looking at a map like that that makes you want to populate it and come up with some devious backstory.
Cheers! Yeah, pretty meditative to do the hatching, and actually easier than blocking it all out manually. I know what you mean though, I actually want to populate it now.
In fact, I will.
Hold fire.