Competition

This is a mapmaking competition entry from Pär Lindström. Design notes I decided to make a city map for the competition. The map is done in both CD3 and Photoshop CS5. All the houses (except the circular arena in the middle of the town) are done in CD 3. But to spice things up I decided to do some touches in Photoshop. What I did was to change the black and white map to sepia, added some hills in the upper left part of the map and put the whole thing on top of a picture of aged paper. … [Read more...] about Nyhem, by Pär Lindström

This is a mapmaking competition entry from Mrrkyllothur. ***** Update ***** As mentioned here, I offered to post updated maps for our competition participants if they felt like implementing some of the advice given by judges/commenters on their original submissions. Mrrkyllothur has done thusly, and here is his updated map: ***** Resume Original Post Below ***** Software used CC2 (floor plan), PSP8 (editing), PS7 (post work), Map Tools v1.3.b63 (dungeon … [Read more...] about Dungeon Stronghold of a Planar Lord, by Mrrkyllothur

This is a mapmaking competition entry from Sven Myrin. Notes I designed the Free Kingdoms map with Photoshop 7 per my usual style using many CC3 elements and with a healthy dose of blending effects. The map took about 20 hours of work to complete. Since I had to create the map from scratch for the contest, I did not have a real plan in mind to start. Going into the project, my main goal was to design a long bridge that would connect the mainland (in this case a peninsula) with a … [Read more...] about The Free Kingdoms, by Sven Myrin

This is a mapmaking competition entry from AkherQursan. Lune Fi The capital region of Latoon. Mainly inhabited by a race named Horin Ti. "A land not yet blessed by the gracious deeds often done by the tiny people of the Tri Oilun faith. With countless territories containing large dry canyons and beasts that are unmatched in size by anything else on the face of the planet, it is no wonder that the Tri Oilun’s have not yet explored and worked these intimidating lands. The future looks … [Read more...] about Lune Fi – Latoon Regional Map, by AkherQursan

This is a mapmaking competition entry from Duncan Peterson. The country of Kins'Rin is ruled by three people known as Arbiters who rule in three different cities. The central capital, Damasca, is ruled by Arbor. Once a common soldier, he was appointed by the former Arbiter as the master of Damasca for reasons unknown to any but the last arbiter. He is charged with handling overland trade. The second Arbiter is Jörs. He has been the Arbiter of Barrows Field since his sixteenth birthday, … [Read more...] about Kins’Rin, by Duncan Peterson

This is a mapmaking competition entry from Nick Pelletier. The Town of Gragmoor Quarry and the Monastery of Lacador Many years ago, a monastery to the goddess Lacodor was established alongside the wide river of Gragmoor, in an isolated part of an ancient kingdom. Across the river, to the North, a quarry was dug out of the hillside to provide stone for the monastery construction. After a few years, the farms, fields, gardens and orchards of the monastery began producing quite well … [Read more...] about Gragmoor Quarry, by Nick Pelletier