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- Get some geodata. I used Natural Earth’s countries, populated places and tiny countries (to have some stuff in the oceans), all in 110m.<\/li>\n
- Select a nice projection, I used “+proj=ortho +lat_0=39 +lon_0=139 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +a=6371000 +b=6371000 +units=m +no_defs”.<\/li>\n
- I used a three layer style for the countries:\n
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- A Simple Line outline with color #4490f3, stroke width 0.3mm and the Dash Dot Line stroke style.<\/li>\n
- A Line Pattern Fill with a spacing of 0.8mm, color #46a8f3 and a stroke width of 0.4mm.<\/li>\n
- And on top of those, for some noisiness a black Line Pattern Fill rotated 45\u00b0 with a spacing of 1mm and stroke width 0.1mm.<\/li>\n
- Then the Feature Blending Mode Dodge to the Layer Rendering and aha!<\/a><\/li>\n
- More special effects come from Draw Effects, I disabled Source and instead used a Blur (Gaussian, strength 2) to lose the crispness and also an Outer Glow (color #5da6ff, spread 3mm, blur radius 3) to, well, make it glow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- I used a three layer style for the populated places:\n
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- I used a Simple Marker using the “cross” symbol and a size of 1.8mm. The Dash Line stroke style gives a nice depth effect when in Draw Effects the Source is replaced with a Drop Shadow (1 Pixel, Blur radius 2, color #d6daff).<\/li>\n
- A Blending Mode of Addition for the layer itself makes it blend nicely into the globe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- I used a three layer style for the tiny countries:\n
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- I used a white Simple Marker with a size of 1.2mm and a stroke color #79c7ff, stroke width 0.4mm.<\/li>\n
- Feature Blending Mode Lighten makes sure that touching symbols blob nicely into each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n- You can now export the image at your screen resolution (I guess) using Project -> Import\/Export or just make a screenshot.
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<\/a><\/li>\n- Or add some more magic with random offsets and stroke widths in combination with refreshing the layers automatically at different intervals:
\n - You can now export the image at your screen resolution (I guess) using Project -> Import\/Export or just make a screenshot.
- More special effects come from Draw Effects, I disabled Source and instead used a Blur (Gaussian, strength 2) to lose the crispness and also an Outer Glow (color #5da6ff, spread 3mm, blur radius 3) to, well, make it glow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n