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    Wip Westcrown - After-the-Fact WIP

    Here's a retrospective WIP of a map of the region of the country Cheliax surrounding the City of Westcrown that I did for Paizo's Pathfinder Companion: Cheliax, Empire of Devils.

    This commission arose as a direct result of the proposed map of a fire shrine that I submitted to Paizo to illustrate my manuscript for my adventure "Beyond the Chain of Fire" in Pathfinder #23. I posted that map in the thread Azer Spire Shrine and Magma Chamber in the Finished Maps gallery. Wes Schneider, Managing Editor and friendly dude, liked the shrine/magma chamber map and, a couple days later, emailed to see if I could do a half-page regional map for Cheliax, Empire of Devils on a rush basis.

    The moral, I guess, is that we need to get our work in front of publishers any way we can, be professional and friendly, and then always, always be available and eager when they call.

    Wes emailed me a draft of the manuscript describing the local area and directed me to the Cheliax map on page 69 of Pathfinder Chronicles: Campaign Setting. The region of the Campaign Setting map that Wes wanted me to enlarge and explore is tiny, maybe an inch-and-a-half wide. The manuscript adds numerous locales and environmental features not on the Campaign Setting map.

    Wes didn't specify the style for the map, so I decided right away to create two maps showing him that I could work in multiple styles.

    The first thing I did was scan the tiny portion of the Campaign Setting map that Wes wanted me to enlarge (image 01 below). I opened the scan in Photoshop and used the Clone tool to paint out the tags (image 02). I used the Text tool to add my own tags, creating each on its own levels so that I could manipulate them later (03).

    All images that I post in this thread , except the first map immediately below, are copyright 2009 by Edward J. Reed, all rights reserved.
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    Last edited by Ashenvale; 09-06-2009 at 02:44 AM.

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