Cartography - Ressurecting the World Map thread!

[Drizztrocks]

In fine tradition of maps that are simply too damn huge...

GENTLEMEN, BEHOLD!

 Great map! But...you have a town named Breast.

[Stargate525]

Great map! But...you have a town named Breast.

So does France.

Thank you, though, for the compliment.

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/006/d/8/World_Map_by_stargate525.png

And that's the new version of that map...

[Drizztrocks]

Wow that looks awesome. Do you use a certain program? Because if you do I want in on it.

[Ghostman]

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A map of the region of Euria from my Savage Age. Had to be resized a lot to be uploadable to the wiki; the original picture is 5400x3400 pixels and 4.34 Megs in size.

[DungeonMaster]

Where does one find these map-programs that everyone is using to make such fine maps.

[Elemental_Elf]

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A map of the region of Euria from my Savage Age. Had to be resized a lot to be uploadable to the wiki; the original picture is 5400x3400 pixels and 4.34 Megs in size.

o_O That looks great Ghostman!

Where does one find these map-programs that everyone is using to make such fine maps.

Most use either Adobe Photoshop or GIMP. The former costs a fair amount (but it's worth it) while the latter is free to download and use (though like all open source programs it takes a bit of getting used to).

[Gamer Printshop]

This map is not yet complete (and I don't have a thumbnail yet), but this is my entry (so far) for the One Page Dungeon Contest (for prizes.) This is concurrently my entry for this month's challenge at the Cartographers' Guild. The thread is titled Necromancer's Lair, but I've since tweaked that idea to be the lair of a Lich. This part of the map is closed off from the rest of the dungeon, accessed via an A-B Portal. The B-end shown as the magic circle at the base of the stairs in the Blood Canyon chamber (far left) is activated automatically by evil beings without mishap. However, neutral and good aligned beings must fail as Fortitude check DC 25 to pass through. If they fail their save which activates the portal, neutrals lose a single life energy level, while good folks lose two levels. This makes it extra nasty to enter the inner sanctum.

Also see the skeletal dragons surrounding the Skull Altar - the skull's open mouth is a direct portal to the Negative Energy Plane. The altar is surrounded by a moat of blood.

I'll post the final when I am finished!

Enjoy!

GP

 Lair of Lhessadrak - Inner Sanctum

[Elemental_Elf]

Lair of Lhessadrak - Inner Sanctum

The link doesn't work :(

[Gamer Printshop]

Forgot to place ".jpg" after the file, it works now, chcck it.

GP

[Ghostman]

Here is a close-up view of a part of my Euria map, to let you actually see some detail:
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[Gamer Printshop]

I almost thought about not doing this due to the amount of work involved, but I bit the bullet and gave it a shot. I created a detailed Boneyard, as part of my One Page Dungeon Contest entry. This took a better part of four hours to hand-draw, scan, import to Xara Xtreme Pro 4.0, then apply colors, beveled shapes and drop shadows. I hope to never have to do this again, but I'm satisfied with the results!

Enjoy the Boneyard!

GP

[Elemental_Elf]

Here is a close-up view of a part of my Euria map, to let you actually see some detail:
[spoiler][/spoiler]

Mmm, even better  :yumm:

I give it 4 !turtle 's out of 4! :)

I almost thought about not doing this due to the amount of work involved, but I bit the bullet and gave it a shot. I created a detailed Boneyard, as part of my One Page Dungeon Contest entry. This took a better part of four hours to hand-draw, scan, import to Xara Xtreme Pro 4.0, then apply colors, beveled shapes and drop shadows. I hope to never have to do this again, but I'm satisfied with the results!

Enjoy the Boneyard!

GP

Wow looks like you went through a lot to get that map completed. Well, let me tell you, your effort was not wasted! It looks great (as does the pic quoted from above!).

[Nomadic]

Wow GP, I hope you got payed well for that sucker.

[Gamer Printshop]

No pay, this is for an entry to the One Page Dungeon Contest, now in case I ever do get a commission for a boneyard, I'll already have created this, so I'll be paid for this some day.

[Gamer Printshop]

One Page Dungeon Contest map entry is complete!

Notice the webpage link at the bottom of the legend - it doesn't exist yet, but I will be doing this tonight. This map is completely hand-drawn, scanned, color/bevel/shadows done in Xara Xtreme Pro 4.0 - got almost 20 hours in this map, probably my most time consuming map ever.

Enjoy!

GP



Link to larger file:
Crypt of the Necromancer

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