Hi guys :)

I think I have time to do just a small map of an ice cavern near Kristol Springs (hence the name of the cavern.

The basic idea is... well, it's an ice cavern... but I'm going to see if I can draw most of it with vector shapes and use no bitmap symbols at all.

There are no deities or beasties involved, and at first glance it seems like a pretty ordinary ice cavern. That's as far as I've got at the moment. I'm still at the thinking and dreaming stage.

You know what - I didn't see it as a single image at all, but two copies of the same thing. I think I must be tired.

It's a nice idea, but in reality most artists have their own style and produce their best work almost exclusively in that style. In the beginning I believe Ralf Schemmann provided most of the artwork. He still does a lot of it, but it is nearly impossible to continuously and single-handedly pump out good quality art at the rate of 12 new styles a year without ever taking a break - especially if you are simultaneously responsible for a great many other things.

What normally seems to happen these days is that Profantasy find or are recommended to consider a particular artist's work and may invite that artist to do an issue in the current annual. As you may appreciate this doesn't always happen at the convenient rate of one per month, so I and a few others help Ralf to fill in the gaps.

This is just a suggestion, but perhaps it would be better to use this thread as a way to recommend the work of artists you like, so that Profantasy might use it as a sort of 'direction finder'.

Fantastic job, Medio.

I'm really looking forward to finding a bit of time to use it :)

I like where you are going with this :)

If you want to get rid of the green glow on the industrial grey move the sheet with the river above it in the list (which will place it, and its sheet effects, below the grey area in the map). You may have to juggle the sheets around a bit, but if you can't get them in the right order for things to show the way you want them to you might have to add a couple of new ones and move things from sheet to sheet to make it so.

Yes.

That's why a lot of people leave the prompt active, so you have the option to defer it a minute or two.

I wouldn't work with it off, though. That way lies tears, despair and much pulling of hair.

Its not so much about house shape, but the sum of all the details together. I've done about 10 more minutes on this map tweaking fills and adding a few dormer windows and extensions. With more time it would be a reasonable village map, though it needs a focal point like a tavern or something. That one building I would take some care with. The rest are just simple houses after all.

Don't forget that you can also make your own house styles to add to the mix, but you will need to do that first using the House settings and saving your own new styles. I have loads of my own.

Thank you :)

LOL! Ok, ok.

So... what shall we call it?

Any ideas are welcome.

Thank you, Autumn :)

Andre - Thank you very much! And you may be right about the ash clouds. I will have a think about it when I've done a few more symbols ;)

Hi Everyone! :)

Sorry - I forgot to do this yesterday.

Today, in less than an hour, Ralf will be doing a Live Mapping session showing us all how to do Complex Room Shapes. Please come along if you have time and join in the fun with us.