Pencil dotted map and 3D globe look
Pencil
Pencil-traced continents
Pencil renders the globe as a cross-hatched sketch: four layers of hatching at offset angles (20°, -30°) approximate a real pencil's directional strokes, with the dot field providing the underlying form. The effect reads as hand-drawn, illustrative, editorial. Use Pencil for design content (blog posts, design book covers, illustrator portfolios), for editorial features that need to feel less digital, and for products positioning around craft, slowness, or analog warmth. intensity controls hatching density, and the cellSize control adjusts the pencil-stroke pitch.
When to use this
- Editorial illustration in design publications
- Craft / handmade brand systems
- Travel-feature article headers and section dividers