Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what's going on at the Guild over the past seven days.
Cartographer’s Choice
Congrats to Azelor on his Cartographers’ Choice award for map ‘The Kingdom in the Clouds’. Check out the full size version to appreciate the detail and hard work that went into this map. Great to see a Guild World map be recognised too.
Atlas Awards
Have you nominated your favourite maps of 2017 for an Atlas Award yet? Check out the current nominations here. Remember, you can’t nominate a map that’s already been nominated for a particular category, though you can nominate it for a different category if you so choose. Rules and info on how to nominate here. If you need a reminder of 2017’s Finished Maps, we’ve got a gallery of thumbnails. Note, this page is best viewed on a laptop/desktop PC, rather than a mobile device. It’s a very image-heavy, and may take a little while to fully load, depending on your connection.
Challenge News
Dec 2017 / Jan 2018 Lite Challenge
Congrats to qwalker on winning the Dec/Jan Lite Challenge with map Interstate Hotel at Flinders Island. This was the first lite challenge qwalker had entered, so double congrats on the win, and a first silver compass. Check out the winning map here.
Jan / Feb 2018 Lite Challenge
The new Lite Challenge for Jan/Feb 2018 is already up and running, and our thanks go to XCali for the idea...
Jan/Feb '18 Lite Challenge: Map a mysterious entrance! This months Challenge comes from the mind of XCali "Create a map around a mysterious entrance." Like a village having this ancient door in nearby woods. Or a city built to protect a door that hides a great secret. Or underwater ruins that obscure a lost tomb. Or a hidden pirates cove, the entrance to the inside of a hollow asteroid, The back way into Alcatraz like Sean Connery used on "The Rock" Ect. So many cool possibilities.
Challenge runs until 14th Feb, so lots of time to enter. More info in the thread here.
January 2018 Regular Challenge
Our regular challenge, running till the 31st, is ‘Fill in the blanks.’ If you’d like to create a map from a page of labels, there’s still time to enter. Challenge info here.
Five Threads to check out
The latest work-in-progress threads, interesting discussions, new tutorials etc etc. It's all here.
- Lilvanda WIP thread by Wingshaw
- Terraformed Mars WIP by steelmccoy
- Thirford by Samstego
- Got some advice to help a new member learn Gimp? Share in this thread.
- WIP : Hexographer to hand-drawn, by Olvyr
Five finished maps
- Two maps from Jo: 'Geneva (ish...)' and 'Tastail'
- 'Sorantis, a personal project' by Voolf
- Two maps from Caenwyr: 'Callowyn Castle, Home of Alridd "the Scourge" Cwrnoid' and 'Heimfold - Krekyo Dominion'
- 'Alcott' by tainotim
- 'Project Octopath Traveler' by FrancescaBaerald
Around the web
Some links for your reading/viewing pleasure.
- Persuasive Cartography... "a collection of 'persuasive' cartography: more than 800 maps intended primarily to influence opinions or beliefs - to send a message - rather than to communicate geographic information."
- Random Planet Generator. Fun planet/world-building generator, if you're looking for inspiration.
- 'Why the world only has two words for tea'. Do you say 'tea' or 'cha' (or some variant of these)? Interesting article on how language spreads, that may appeal to world-builders.
- From National Geographic, 'Vintage Video Explains How Road Maps Were Made in 1940'
- 'Fascinating Relief Maps Show The World's Mountain Ranges'. Some gorgeous images here.
- 'Snowpiles', and follow-up article 'Piles upon piles', "a fun little visualization: the total seasonal snowfall in the continental US for 2017–2018 so far, shown as a relief map". Complete with Python script to make your own.
- Solar System Maps "How big would the Solar System be if Earth were the size of a basketball? How far away would Earth be from the Sun? What about the other planets? This site will answer all those questions!"
- The maps of Montreal artist Jean-Louis Rheault.
- Extremities of the Earth: The Lowest Natural Point
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