Map making

Bread Butterbeard · Post by **Bread Butterbeard** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:38 pm

You could always do what I am doing, hire T_T bike to make them lol Elkiea is good at maps to she made one for me and it rocked.

Vanguard · Post by **Vanguard** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:42 pm

Program I like is called Campaign Cartographer. I have my world mapped out and constantly refer to it to keep from making directional and/or geographical blunders in my writing. Maybe might be something you are interested in. Ill put the address to it below:

http://www.profantasy.com/Products/cc2.asp

Havoc · Post by **Havoc** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:28 am

I recently added a sketch-artist to my real-life circle of friends. He's currently transforming my written description into a comprehensive map with high artistic freedom. W00T

Mornara · Post by **Mornara** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:48 am

Dang, how did I miss all the posts on this? I feel so incredibly intelligent now.

Wow, I've checked out a few of these, we'll see how they go!

eleika · Post by **eleika** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:27 pm

... Or, if you like, I could make one for you. ^_^

Dragonfleet · Post by **Dragonfleet** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:53 pm

Havoc wrote:I recently added a sketch-artist to my real-life circle of friends. He's currently transforming my written description into a comprehensive map with high artistic freedom. W00T

Wow, that's awesome Havoc. I can draw the basic design for a map on photoshop but I wish I knew someone who could add in greater detail such as coloured mountains and deserts and whatnot. =/

Vanguard · Post by **Vanguard** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:29 pm

The link I posted above is for software program that allows you to do such things, Dragon. Many different topographic features and colors.

Dragonfleet · Post by **Dragonfleet** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:42 am

Ah cool, I'll go check it out.

Mornara · Post by **Mornara** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:28 am

Whoa, did someone just volunteer to make a map for me?!? Eleika, if you are serious... Dang. Actually, I have to learn how to do it sooner or later, it's just that, me being very new to the trade, I do not have much experience or programs.

And the lands seems to keep changing and shifting, which is making it very hard to produce a final map! Stupid shape-changing world. :smt013

eleika · Post by **eleika** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:34 pm

No, you don't "have" to learn how to make a map, as long as you have a general idea of how things are laid out. Tell me, and I'll put it together professionally for you. I've found that having a map done often helps me tell the story better, but then, I've always been a very spatial person.

Yes, I am volunteering. PM me for more info.

Dragonfleet · Post by **Dragonfleet** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:37 am

Oh I'll have to take you up on that offer Eleika. Thanks. ^^ Will have to work on the basic outline of my map beforehand though...

thegreentick · Post by **thegreentick** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:13 pm

Call this going overboard but what I did was bought a globe, peeled off the picture of earth, primed it white, and drew my entire world onto it. That way, I can know how everything relates to everything else on a global scale. I also find that I can be a lot more accurate with placing mountain ranges, etc in relation to where tectonic plate boundaries and the like are. I haven't found a computer program that will allow me to do this, so I stick with my globe and pencil.

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