Trying to get that faded, medieval map look

So I've been asked to make some maps that have that faded, medieval map look that I dearly love. Specifically of the central area in Veridia, our campaign setting in Golarion. This is a completely new experience for me and took a little work to get at least somewhat correct. Here's a couple examples:

This was just a really early map that I tried. I based it of the tutorials I found here, which are awesome. It took some tweaking, but eventually I got something recognizable like this:

This wound up being the basis for the map I'm using. If you're familiar with the Stolen Lands, you will immediately recognize Candlemere Lake and Lake Silverstep. I'll post the finished map when... well, when it's finished! :)

Redoing the map for the old AD&D the X1 Adventure: The Isle of Dread

Hi! I'm back after an extended hiatus. Been working on cartoons and other map projects that are all in various stages of completion. But I wanted to share a hex map I put together recently for the pathfinder campaign I'm in.

We wanted to play the old D&D module X1 "The Isle of Dread" but I wasn't particularly pleased with the map (We also swapped out the whole central plateau section for something more appropriate to our campaign - but that's another story). So I decided to remake the island map into something that would look better in roll20. Here it is. Enjoy!

  

 In our campaign this island was still full of dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, but as you got closer to the center of the island, the monsters took on a more Cthulu-esque quality. This was because we used the map as a lead-in for Strange Aeons and some of the early things that drive that AP (before book One) were found here.

We placed the island in the Castrovin Sea, east of Eastsea and the Stolen Lands where our kingdom is located. Here's a map of our campaign kingdom to orient you:

 

As you can see, we did quite well in our Kingmaker Campaign. Eastsea is the Savannah extending east from the Dunsward (and is not canonical - but we needed to put something there!). The Isle of Dread is somewhere in the ocean east of Eastsea. 

I'm still making maps

Life has been hectic for the past few months, but I'm still working on some maps. These days I'm trying to perfect the process using my Wacom tablet and bypass the whole pen and paper portion. Like any new media, it takes time and a lot of false starts to get the vision in my head to match what I see on paper. Here is an example of where I stand right about now:

It's not much, its very simple and straightforward, but it's a sign of where I want to go with this process.