It allows you to set custom dimensions for whatever paper you want to print on, size of the hexes, size of a blank border, and strength of the lines. I can then scan the final map that I like and put it through my hex map conversion process like I did with my other hexmaps.Īfter some searching and asking around for the best way to do this, I got a recommendation for Free Online Graph Paper / Hexagonal.
It’s always been much easier and faster to just sketch and erase outline until I get the shapes into an arrangement that I like. So I decided to make an investment in time and money to get myself some nice big sheets of hex grid paper that I can free hand draw on with pencil. While it’s nice that you can erase anything you draw without smudging, the process of using an eraser in software always takes way too long and too many steps. But trying to design a map that looks interesting and pretty in GIMP or Photoshop is just a joyless chore in general and only gets worse if you try working on a hex grid.
I always had a lot of fun converting existing gridless maps into hex maps in GIMP, and I really like the way they look at the end.
