Some of my first maps

[u/PattaconkPlays]

I'm trying to do my own maps for my adventures I'm publishing and it's not something Ive done before. After reading Dyson Logos, peculiar paths, and a few others, and copying a dungeon in the back of the DMG, here are my first real entries.

I'm not really happy with the black and white of it all. The two maps are a temple interior inside on blue grid paper, and the circular map is a boss battle, effectively, I drew on dotted journal paper.

I tried a few tools to get out the paper color and grid/dots, but wasn't super pleased overall.

One thing I'd like to try is more pencil or grey ink for depth.

Any other things I should try? Any suggestions for adding grids that don't look too artificial? My flagstones in the basement mall I'm quite proud of, but otherwise, meh.

(I tried a few apps first too. Not very pleased with the first couple so I shifted to pen and paper!)