• Adobe Illustrator

  How to add antique watercolor effect to map.

  Posted by Scott Gilmore on August 17, 2012 at 1:52 am

  I am trying to turn a map that looks like this:

  

  Into one that looks more like this:

  

  Specifically, is there a Live Paint Bucket effect I can use that mimics the blue watercolor border used on the lakes in the old map?

  Thank you in advance for any guidance you can give me!

  Tom O’sullivan replied 13 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jonathan Ziegler

  August 18, 2012 at 6:40 pm

  I would use the shape blender: copy one of your lakes, paste in front and resize, change the colors to match the blue water and beige-y map color you want and use the blend tool to get the gradient effect from the water to the map color. Creating a gradient could work, too, but it would take longer I would think. Then again i’m still using CS3.

  Reply back if you want a step by step and I can make up samples.

  Jonathan Ziegler
  https://www.electrictiger.com/
  520-360-8293
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  Tom O’sullivan

  August 20, 2012 at 11:40 am

  I’d love to see the end results and hear how you get on.

  You didnt ask about ageing, but I know a photoshop tutorial that might help:

  you need an nice old piece of blank paper –
  – photograph it or scan it in
  – give it a layer and set blend mode to multiply

  See steps 10 to 12 here (other ageing effects included):
  https://rosalarian.deviantart.com/art/Golden-Age-Tutorial-132295096

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