Eeeps, I've still got to finish your starships, Ian!
Eeeps, I've still got to finish your starships, Ian!
LOL, no problems ... I shall be adventuring in the Babylon 5 universe for some time to come I think. I could possibly look at the city map over the next couple of week as I've got a minor op coming up and a couple of weeks recovery time. It'll all depend on how I feel though. This may give me something to keep me occupied whilst recovering. Usually, between work, family, and the couple of hours gaming I get to do a week; my time becomes a bit thin on the ground. Sigh .... real life just seems to get in the way at times.
Google Groups for FGII Games:
European FG2 RPG - Fridays & Sundays (8pm UK time)
Using Ultimate FGII and can accept unlicensed player connections on some of the games
Sorry this is threadjacking a bit, but good luck with the op, Ian and a speedy recovery.
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Yeah, actually I have looked at the Tallon map and it is very impressive. Exactly the kind of map I am aiming for. I'm trying to get a copy of Illustrator (for purposes other than mapmaking), but money is a problem for me right now. Otherwise I'd make the map myself. I've still got a lot of my old hand-drawn maps, but I never made one for the main city since I was using the Lankhmar map. Mostly just dungeons. I may be getting a scanner soon. When and if I do, I'll post some of my old hand-drawn maps for fun. I'll also make a more accurate hand-drawn map of my main city and post it in this thread.
If you know any college students, you can get the whole Adobe CS suite for only a couple hundred dollars. The down side is that you can't do anything commercial with it.
Well, I have about a years worth of training in advertising art. They trained us with the Mac version of Illustrator, but adjusting to the PC version shouldn't be too difficult. I know someone who says they have an old copy of the PC version somewhere, but I haven't gotten a clear answer yet as to what they are going to want for it. I have lots of ideas on how to make money off of it once I get my hands on it. One thing I really want to get into is designing CD covers for bands (I'm a HUGE fan of Derek Riggs), but would also enjoy making desktop wallpapers, poster designs, even simple things like custom logos and stuff. I'm a decent artist (never had anyone tell me my stuff sucks anyway ) and I enjoy it, but all of the stuff I've done has been by hand and mostly just to pass the time. Hmm. I think I'm rambling. I think my point was basically that I would be doing stuff commercially with Illustrator, but I could easily make my own maps with it. Unfortunately, it'll probably be a while before I get my grubby little fingers on it.
Perhaps the thing to do, while you are waiting for your copy of illustrator to show, is to download inkscape (which is free and open source) and use that for making your maps. It may not have all the functionality of illustrator but I reckon it has more than enough to produce excellent looking maps. Sounds to me that you have more than enough artistic talent and drive to have a go at the map yourself!
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