I think I'd use a simple dot for the settlement symbols. Or create a variety of symbols that have layouts that would be recognizable as that particular settlement. As it is, it's pretty obvious that...
Liked On: 04-19-2013, 05:09 PM
How much smaller than Earth? Scale is critical to getting mountains and rivers right. For worlds much smaller than Earth (not that we have many examples), tectonics are unlikely to play a big part...
Liked On: 04-19-2013, 04:32 PM
53705 This isn't really a tutorial, more a set of thoughts on different ways to indicate walls on a line map. 1. Hatching This just looks great. There's no doubt about it. If you want to see...
Liked On: 04-17-2013, 11:03 PM
Cities and buildings come up a lot in questions. I'll put together a software specific tutorial on buildings, but today I'm just going to go through my philosophy when illustrating a featured...
Liked On: 04-11-2013, 03:05 PM
I found an interesting factoid that probably only the most ardent of us will apply: The ratio between the length of a meandering river and the length of a line drawn from its source to its mouth...
Liked On: 04-11-2013, 02:55 PM
A soft update. Last night I was sketching (whilst trying to keep a low isometric perspective) a river rolling down through some mountains/hills off a high plateau, with a succession of waterfalls. So...
Liked On: 04-11-2013, 02:54 PM
I have a tendency to leave unfinished projects laying around in obvious places, and I add to them little bits at a time. This map has been sitting on my table for about a week now... first photo I've...
Liked On: 04-10-2013, 11:58 PM
How many of you have tried to figure out what buildings (type and number) you would need when designing a settlement? Well, this is an attempt to start a thread (perhaps sticky) for all of the...
Liked On: 04-10-2013, 11:25 PM
Great start Green-Pilgrim ... here is a list of Medieval Occupations I have compiled ... not sure if it is 100% accurate in terms of the commonality of the occupations as it is only based on my own...
Liked On: 04-10-2013, 11:25 PM
Good call - I've tweaked the walls. The walls in this case are pretty substantial - so they can be used as solid archery bases in and of themselves. But a tower certainly helps. This is now done -...
Liked On: 04-09-2013, 03:07 PM
http://www.fantasticmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Cover_web_smaller.jpg Today there's a new map pack up on the store - the Iconic Town...
Liked On: 04-09-2013, 03:02 PM
Hello, since this is my first post perhaps a short introduction is in place. My real name is Martin and I live in Sweden and I've been browsing the site for a few weeks. I found CG after googling for...
Liked On: 04-07-2013, 12:17 PM
Thanks guys! Here's the cover for the map pack (http://www.rpgnow.com/product/113110/Fantastic-Maps---Iconic-Town) - as well as the contact sheet of the 33 png buildings that come with the pack: ...
Liked On: 04-06-2013, 12:39 PM
Thanks! I prefer the way it is turning out much more than the regular map. Although the regular map is useful too because it is accurate! Here is a bit more.
Liked On: 04-02-2013, 01:40 AM
52946 Following the previous tutorial about town design here’s a tutorial on filling in the buildings in the town. I’m jumping in at the stage where we’ve already got the terrain, major...
Liked On: 03-21-2013, 11:34 AM
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