Cartography Tools

Day 7 of #dungeon23 has been posted (see my @JellyBeen blue-bird account). I added a bit of color this time — I needed some better delineation than my typical black ink and pencil. Check it out, and let me know here or there.

The featured image of this post shows a collection of some of the tools I use (there are more but only so many that I find helpful daily). Please have a look below for a reference list.

  • Staedtler mechanical pencil (my favorite since high school)
  • Staedtler white eraser (another long time favorite)
  • Staedtler triplus fineliner (for colors)
  • Micron 0.1mm, 0.3mm, and 0.5mm black (for majority of lines)
  • Metal straight-edge
  • Dotted paper journal from Artist’s Loft (not quite the quality of LEUCHTTURM1917 but a very economical substitute)
  • A very handsome leather cover for my journals
  • A bandolier I picked up on Etsy holding the following:
    • A mid-century modern pen using a very modern gel ink refill (a perfect match IMHO).
    • Staedtler pencil
    • Uchida Le Pen Fineliners (black and green — other colors not pictured)

I have so many more tools at my disposal, and I look forward to trying out a few more as I work through some more design ideas and thoughts for this #dungeon23 campaign.

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