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A Landmass for use in your campaign

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#1
weaver2
Jul 27, 2011 17:26:44 Hi Everyone,
I'm new to D&D as well as the wild world of cartography. I spent awhile last night mapping out a land mass for my campaign with the help of a Cartography Guild tutorial and figured I may as well share it incase someone else wanted to use it. You are all free to share it with people if you'd like. It's my first time ever making something like this so please don't be too mean

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Happy gaming!
#2
Ibaum
Jul 27, 2011 18:53:57 Very nice. I could never get the mountains to come out nicely when I try to do it. So kudos to you.
#3
Krusk
Jul 28, 2011 9:31:55
Wow, thats very good. I might use it for an upcoming campaign.

A small critique. Your rivers look off somehow. I can't use photoshop or campaign cartographer to save my life so I can't give suggestions on how to fix it. Sorry.
#4
Astromath
Jul 29, 2011 13:08:04 This almost looks identical (right down to the coastline, mountains, and the satellite islands) of somebody else's world. I don't remember where I saw it though.
#5
weaver2
Jul 29, 2011 14:32:34
This almost looks identical (right down to the coastline, mountains, and the satellite islands) of somebody else's world. I don't remember where I saw it though.

I wouldn't at all be surprised if the style was very similar as I used a tutorial (as I mentioned in the OP). Though I assure you the land structure was randomized.

You can view the tutorial here if you're interested:
www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.ph...
#6
TregMallin
Jul 30, 2011 17:00:08
This almost looks identical (right down to the coastline, mountains, and the satellite islands) of somebody else's world. I don't remember where I saw it though.

I wouldn't at all be surprised if the style was very similar as I used a tutorial (as I mentioned in the OP). Though I assure you the land structure was randomized.

You can view the tutorial here if you're interested:
www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.ph...

Ah, yes. Tear's Saderan is a tutorial I'd like to master, but I've never had good luck with it using GIMP. Looks like you did a nice job.

Regarding the rivers, maybe they look a little straight (or rather, "not wiggly enough"). It's hard for me to say, because I'm not particularly good at rivers.
#7
yellowdingo
Jul 31, 2011 10:50:31 Rivers are funny buggers. Coal Miners found that rivers in Britain are actually around 800-1200 feet deep. They developed deep like the Grand Canyon but they filled with silt to aroud 50-100 feet and once the silt level was higher than the rock walls that confined their flow they then began to meander across a silted floodplain leaving their original river course behind.

You might consider this when developing your map.

Also what is your scale?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 weaver2 Jul 27, 2011 17:26:44	Hi Everyone, I'm new to D&D as well as the wild world of cartography. I spent awhile last night mapping out a land mass for my campaign with the help of a Cartography Guild tutorial and figured I may as well share it incase someone else wanted to use it. You are all free to share it with people if you'd like. It's my first time ever making something like this so please don't be too mean [spoiler open to see!] FULL SIZE LINK img20.imageshack.us/img20/5097/landz.png [/spoiler] Happy gaming!
#2 Ibaum Jul 27, 2011 18:53:57	Very nice. I could never get the mountains to come out nicely when I try to do it. So kudos to you.
#3 Krusk Jul 28, 2011 9:31:55	Wow, thats very good. I might use it for an upcoming campaign. A small critique. Your rivers look off somehow. I can't use photoshop or campaign cartographer to save my life so I can't give suggestions on how to fix it. Sorry.
#4 Astromath Jul 29, 2011 13:08:04	This almost looks identical (right down to the coastline, mountains, and the satellite islands) of somebody else's world. I don't remember where I saw it though.
#5 weaver2 Jul 29, 2011 14:32:34	This almost looks identical (right down to the coastline, mountains, and the satellite islands) of somebody else's world. I don't remember where I saw it though. I wouldn't at all be surprised if the style was very similar as I used a tutorial (as I mentioned in the OP). Though I assure you the land structure was randomized. You can view the tutorial here if you're interested: www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.ph...
#6 TregMallin Jul 30, 2011 17:00:08	This almost looks identical (right down to the coastline, mountains, and the satellite islands) of somebody else's world. I don't remember where I saw it though. I wouldn't at all be surprised if the style was very similar as I used a tutorial (as I mentioned in the OP). Though I assure you the land structure was randomized. You can view the tutorial here if you're interested: www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.ph... Ah, yes. Tear's Saderan is a tutorial I'd like to master, but I've never had good luck with it using GIMP. Looks like you did a nice job. Regarding the rivers, maybe they look a little straight (or rather, "not wiggly enough"). It's hard for me to say, because I'm not particularly good at rivers.
#7 yellowdingo Jul 31, 2011 10:50:31	Rivers are funny buggers. Coal Miners found that rivers in Britain are actually around 800-1200 feet deep. They developed deep like the Grand Canyon but they filled with silt to aroud 50-100 feet and once the silt level was higher than the rock walls that confined their flow they then began to meander across a silted floodplain leaving their original river course behind. You might consider this when developing your map. Also what is your scale?