... whattya think?


http://www.imagelink.org/id13343.jpg
Sepia Tone Version (http://www.imagelink.org/id13344.jpg)

Nice 8)

Love it :)

Here's a second map I did of someone elses rough draft. Took me about two hours.

http://www.imagelink.org/id13425.jpg

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Whats it for?

Are these supposed to be islands or continents? They look like islands to me...

The top one is a map of the only continent for my campaign setting. The second one is just one I did based on someone elses map cause I was bored this morning. And yes... they're supposed to be continents, Iilane.

Very nice. For a pen & paper RPG, I presume?

How did you do them? What software packages, I mean?

Yes, the map is for an on-going campaign I've been running off and on for eight years. It's not always looked like this though. :p I am a terrible person when it comes to sticking with the same setting/story/map. My love of cartography doesn't help any either. I have probably created over a thousand different maps in the last fourteen years I've been playing D&D.

I used to draw them all by hand. Colored with crayons or colored pencils. Rarely markers. Never could get the hang of them. The above map was done with a copy of Photoshop I bought while attending school for graphic arts and computer science. Which means I can't sell my creations. Stupid clause in the student license agreement, but I can make stuff for myself.

I've often thought of trying to sell them to pay for a real copy of Photoshop though. The latest version, Photoshop CS, is only $650. I might buy Photoshop Elements from Amazon.com though instead. It's only $75 and has most of the same features I use to make my maps.

You can go the quasi-legal way, buy an older version of photoshop (like PS4-5, etc) and then buy the CS Upgrade, which is only around $120~200 (I forget exactly).

A few years back Wizards of the Coast/TSR (before they were Hasbro) put out a CD Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas. Included was a mini version of Profantasy Software's Champaign Cartographer. It's a great program that allows you to create your own maps. You can even randomly generate and then modify your own maps. Here is a link: http://www.profantasy.com/

I've used the campaign cartographer before. I didn't like the first version though. CC2 is supposed to be much better. I prefer to have the freedom photoshop gives me however. Plus I can use it for all sorts of other things for my campaign stuff.