Revisited this fantasy map I sketched out a year ago and gave it some color. I kinda like leaving it unlabeled and without towns. It feels like it has more possibilities this way. And it has nothing to do with me being lazy and not wanting to deal with labels and whatnot. Or being too cheap to buy Photoshop. I’ll confess that the first version … Continue reading Bestosa in Color
The town of Obsidian lies along the northern stretch of Briarstone’s Free Road, between Berlstrum and Goremont. The population is primarily gnome. The ground floor is “human” size and scale, where the rather random levels off the ground are more comfortable for the shorter races. Beneath the city is a well guarded secret, or at least not widely advertised to enemy forces. A large diamond … Continue reading Town of Obsidian
I am still working on drawing fantasy cartography maps (is cartography and maps redundant?), but not as diligently as earlier this year. I’ve been distracted with traveling and running D&D games and all the other stuff that takes up one’s day. And there’s this game on my phone … man, is it a time sink! But to prove that I’ve been doing something, even if … Continue reading In the Works
Time to try my hand at drawing a fantasy map following the steps of the How to book. My sketching fingers as still a bit rusty. Continue reading Map Sketching First Effort
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