Anybody care to share their map?

[ellianbaker]

Thanks! I toyed with various colors for the sea/oceans, but finally settled on something that didn't drown out (no pun intended) the rest of the map. Mapmaking in and of itself can be highly addictive.

 

[Leif GS Notae]

Lyonhead Bay, Nimeria on the world of Niris
(Link provided since my map was far too large for the post)

This is the section of my world taking place in one of my series that I write for my blog. I used Photoshop using instructions I found over at Cartographer's Guild. I have no cities denoted on the map, my ability for that level of detail on this map would just ruin it. However, that website has some amazing tutorials as well as maps the members made for viewing and inspiration.

 

[Telcontar]

Beautiful map, Leif. I've run across the Cartographer's guild, but didn't look around much. I wonder if I can adapt some of their tutorials to GIMP and improve on my efforts.

 

[Johnny Cosmo]

@Leif GS Notae: Nice work. I especially like the trees.

@Telcontar: I imagine you can adapt the tutorials, yeah. Some options will likely be in a different place, but I'm sure you can achieve something similar.

I ought to revisit the Cartographers Guild before I start working on my next map.

 

[myrddin173]

@Telcontar Actually there are a number of tutorials already made for Gimp so you won't have to do through to much trouble.

 

[Leif GS Notae]

Beautiful map, Leif. I've run across the Cartographer's guild, but didn't look around much. I wonder if I can adapt some of their tutorials to GIMP and improve on my efforts.

They have plenty of GIMP tuts there, I am sure you could find something worthwhile. Thanks for the compliment, I see areas that can be improved, but it is far better than my first one... heh

 

[Leif GS Notae]

@Leif GS Notae: Nice work. I especially like the trees.

Thank you very much Johnny, I struggled with those trees for a while. I am glad they came out the way they did. That was about 4-5 hours of work, but well worth it

 

[Elder the Dwarf]

I hate this thread haha. I am so jealous of all you damn artistic people!

 

[Telcontar]

Word. I've improved remarkably at sketching the beginnings of a map - at least, the coastlines. But beyond that I'm still pretty hopeless. GIMP helps cover up some of the lack, but if I ever get a book publisher I'll have to hire a map artist.

 

[RainbowGirl]

I don't have much artistic talent in this field but I still don't know if I would be able to pass it on to someone else. It would be good if I did I'm sure, I just don't know that I could handle it.

 

[Elishimar]

I did some more work on my world map. Some old fashioned pencil and pen on paper.

 

[Kenny_K75]

Nice map...

I did some more work on my world map. Some old fashioned pencil and pen on paper.

Really nice work..... Love the way the mountain range in the east turns into islands when it reaches the sea....

 

[Johnny Cosmo]

Love the way the mountain range in the east turns into islands when it reaches the sea....

I agree. Nice work Elishimar.

 

[Elishimar]

Thanks guys! also I need more practice, so if anyone wants help, I can take there rough drafts and make the same style of map if they want. let me know :]

 

[myrddin173]

Here is a map I did for my island in the Mythic Archipelago. I used some tutorials from the Cartographer's Guild.

 

[Johnny Cosmo]

It's bare, but nice. I know it will likely tell me in a tutorial over at the Cartographer's Guild, but any chance you could run through how you did the trees?

 

[myrddin173]

Yah, its just a start but stuff will be filled in eventually. I couldn't hope to explain how I did it, I kept having to flip between GIMP and the internet multiple times for each step...

Here is the tutorial for the map proper, and here is the one for the trees.

 

[Wormtongue]

I really need to update my map. It's a hand-drawn piece of paper that I've carted around for nearly twenty years now.

 

[zizban]

Here is a map I did for my sword and sorcery NaNoWriMo novel.


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[Jabrosky]

The continent of Noah crosses three climatic zones: the north is temperate, the middle is arid desert, and the south is tropical. Each of these regions is considered a subcontinent and has been given its own name: the north is Japheth, the middle is Shem, and the south is Kam. White areas with dots are desert, lightly shaded areas with faint streaks are grasslands, and darkly shaded areas are forested.

Noah's human populations are sorted into three races corresponding to the three climatic zones. The Japhethites are white, the Shemites are olive-skinned, and the Kamites are black. The people in all three races live in mostly tribal Copper to Early Bronze Age societies, with no extensive empires and large cities being scarce. As a general rule, Japhethite and Shemite cultures tend to be patriarchal whereas Kamites favor matriarchies in which political and spiritual responsibilities are traditionally vested in women rather than men.