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    Default Adobe Illustrator maps and mapmaking

    I've been working in Adobe Illustrator to make fantasy maps for a while now. I'm making dungeon maps, castle maps, house maps and battlemaps.
    I'm looking for other maps made in Illustrator (apart from modern atlas maps). I've done some searching but haven't came up with much. Any links or suggestions welcome.

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    Well, I made a map as the final project in my Illustrator class in college: http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=3627
    There's also ravells' Stormlit Cloister, although I think that may have been Inkscape: http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=2187
    HandsomeRob works in Illustrator, although his maps are in the modern atlas style (which he does for a living): http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=1577
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    Well all my maps are vector based, using Xara, not Illustrator, but very much the same process.
    Gamer Printshop Publishing, Starfinder RPG modules and supplements, Map Products, Map Symbol Sets and Map Making Tutorial Guide
    DrivethruRPG store

    Artstation Gallery - Maps and 3D illustrations

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    Thanks for the links guys! I have to read HandsomeRobs posts more carefully. Anything else?

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    Fixed some celtic knots with the pattern brush in Illustrator. Don't know what I will do with it though.

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    You do some amazing things with those patterns. Every time you post something like that I get all inspired to invent something myself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Midgardsormr View Post
    You do some amazing things with those patterns. Every time you post something like that I get all inspired to invent something myself.
    Thanks! My Adobe Illustrator skills have improved alot the last two years. It takes a bit more effort than Photoshop but is very rewarding (although I love Photoshop as well).

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    Wooden floor and wooden stairs for my map project... Stairs is a graphic style with some pattern brushes.

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    Some more stuff from Illustrator... now windows made in Illustrator... as a pattern brush/graphic style

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    I've used brush styles to create railroad tracks using Xara Photo & Graphic Designer (my preferred vector program), similar to your examples of stairs and windows.
    Gamer Printshop Publishing, Starfinder RPG modules and supplements, Map Products, Map Symbol Sets and Map Making Tutorial Guide
    DrivethruRPG store

    Artstation Gallery - Maps and 3D illustrations

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