Hi Folks,

Here is a WIP of Map 3. The main temple for my latest commission. Usually, I just get sketches and a very brief art direction. This time, along with the sketches, the art direction is very detailed and I've also got the draft text - makes it both better and harder for me; I have some license to do what I want but I I'm expected to include more detail...

I'm thinking the circle on the outer ring would probably be better located bottom right... thoughts?

The yellow in the centre is meant to be the light coming in from the domed ceiling...

Thanks @seycyrus. Did that when I ran a LIST to check the entity number for that section and another part that worked correctly (thinking that they may have been separate entities such as when you use the line tool - even though I knew it was unlikely).

Hi Ya @WVFaeryWoman

Excellent series of maps and great progress. TBH, even though dungeon maps can be more problematic in some ways, I find them easier than overland and city maps. I think it's an issue of scaling; the vast majority of dungeon maps are drawn at a fixed scale of either 5 or 10ft grid square where an overland map can be anything. The default settings generally work OK for symbol size most of the time, but in the overland and city styles if you either have a much smaller or much larger map than the norm for the type, i.e a 3000 x 2400 city map or a 400 x 320 overland map to me the scaling is off, in that while it looks correct, it's hard to get a decent looking map for print, where you can't zoom in to see the detail...

Righto,

So I made a 'sample' folder using the sample maps from the documentation folders; here is the explanatory text from the email;

And the winners are:

Darklands Overland and City and Jonathon Robert's Dungeons!

Congrats & thanks @Loopysue my maps using your styles will see publication in the second half of the year!

Ok, so brief is colour. Maps are to have a renaissance feel. City map has cliffs. An interesting challenge...