jmabbott
jmabbott
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WIP: Mega-dungeon, Dorag Skel Level 1A
Hi Folks,
Quite awhile ago, well before I started using CC3+ for my maps, I had a play around with generating a random dungeon using the tables in the D&D5E Dungeon Masters Guide. This WIP is the result of tracing my original PS CS4 work. There's still quite a bit to finish. Not every room will be furnished but they will all be labelled and I'll finish placing the doors and other bits and pieces and mask the background. The map is 620'x 440'.
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Bone Hill and Environs
The forest symbols are individual trees and there is no background fill, I'd hate to delete them after it took so long to place them. Maybe if I put a fill behind them they may look better.
My apologies, they look as though they've been done with a forest drawing tool - so kudos to you for doing that! In that case completely disregard my comment for this map, however, do keep it in mind as something to try in future maps.
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WIP: Community Atlas Competition, The Lost temple of Ankun-za
@JulianDracos Glad you like it. This is the Ancient Tombs annual style for the base map, text and hieroglyphs. The symbols are a mixture, most are DD3, the cots in room 6 are from SS4 Dunegons of Schley and the compass rose is my 'signature'. The scale bar is just straight lines drawn using CC3+ line tool.
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Ok, weird question. Someone has asked me to buy one digital copy of one of my maps...
Hi @Medio I do commission work, it helps subsidise my hobby...so I would advocate for selling them.
How much to charge is a challenging question, it depends on his intended use and what type of map and how big (more for the amount of work involved, not a physical size) it is. If he just wants them for personal use charge him what you would be willing to pay, if he wants them for commercial use, double or triple that.
Regardless, make sure you have a contract to protect yourself. Google "Art contracts" and you should get a variety of templates. It doesn't need to be anything elaborate just something stating who the parties are, what is actually being sold, what the purchasers rights are and what your rights are and so on.
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WIP: Local Map Ice Caves Exterior
Well, most City maps, and certainly Ryecroft does, have a Hill drawing tool. This goes on a sheet with a bevel effect. By playing around with the bevel settings you can generate decent looking hills, mountains. A lot depends of course on how accurate you need to be. Look at @Ralf’s live mapping session using the Ryecroft style. I haven’t used @Loopysue’s Spectrum style, but there should be forest drawing tools to take care of that.
Personally, I would do. Regional map and a separate City map.







