Welcome to the weekly round-up. I took a break last week, so we’re catching up on two weeks’ worth of maps and news. Let’s dive in!
Challenge News
March 2018 Challenge : Map a Feud
Congrats to MistyBeee for winning March’s challenge with map ‘The Big War of Resh in Frel & Floris’. It’s great to see a new member win with such a high quality map!
Honourable mention to Greg, who came in second with map ‘The War of Olheim Stobir’.
April 2018 Challenge : Map a Realm
April’s challenge has started and we’re back with our favourite Donjon random generator. Diamond writes…
This month we're going to make use of our friendly neighborhood Donjon Fantasy Generators again. They have a randomized version of S. John Ross' 'Medieval Demographics Made Easy'* and we're going to use it to map a fantasy realm.
First, go to this generator: http://donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/demographics/
You'll see that it spits out a pre-made set of statistics, based on three factors at the top of the page: Physical Area, Population Density, and Kingdom Age. Your challenge is to take a result from the generator (I don't really care how many times you "roll") and make a map based on what you get. Now here's the catch: you can change ONE of the 3 factors by plugging in your own number... (continues in the thread.)
First, go to this generator: http://donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/demographics/
You'll see that it spits out a pre-made set of statistics, based on three factors at the top of the page: Physical Area, Population Density, and Kingdom Age. Your challenge is to take a result from the generator (I don't really care how many times you "roll") and make a map based on what you get. Now here's the catch: you can change ONE of the 3 factors by plugging in your own number... (continues in the thread.)
Check out the main intro thread for more info and discussion, and if you have any questions, ask them there. We’ve got several entries already, and you can see them in the main challenge folder here.
March/April 2018 Lite Challenge : Map Guild World
There are only a few days remaining before the Lite Challenge ‘Map Guild World’ ends, so finish up and submit your work. Check out the current entries here.
Guild World
We've had a couple of recent updates on GuildWorld maps.
Jaxilon has started work on area 62, now titled 'Khovania'. Take a look here at his WIP.
Meshon's back working on area 31 - The Glorious Empire of Aperia. Check out his latest update here.
Remember, you can view all the GuildWorld maps in the main folder, and enjoy Redrobes' giant zoomy map here.
I believe there are still a couple of spots unclaimed, if you'd like to join in. Post your request in this thread and we'll see what we can do.
Don't forget, we've also got Guild City and Guild Dungeon. If you'd like to join in with either of these project, post a comment in the relevant thread and start mapping!
Bookmarks
If you don't have a whole lot of time, but want some mapping practice, you can join in with our Bookmarks project. Quite simply, make a map-themed bookmark. Check out Tiphs' bookmark posted recently.
If you'd like to take part, start a thread in the main folder. It's a great way to get going at the Guild, especially if you're relatively new to mapping.
Five Ten threads to check out
The latest work-in-progress threads, interesting discussions, new tutorials etc etc. It's all here.
- Kaidan 2.0 - Feudal Japan, MegaCorps and Starships setting for Starfinder RPG, by GamerPrinter
- [m]April: my map-a-day challenge, by Wingshaw
- Couple of updates from Ilthanar: 'Test & Sketches' and 'New Eldoran'
- #地形化計画 #TerrainizePlan by qhqhTerra
- 'New World (Help with Tectonics?)', by davoush
- 'Gogla', by micaholism
- Two updates from MistyBeee: 'City of Kingkel' and 'Tamriel'
- 'Township of Sickle' by AaronSchmidt
- 'Ork workshop' by J.Edward
- Couple of useful links posted by Straf: 'Why cities are where they are' and 'The 10 Commandments of Typography'
Five Ten Finished Maps
Check out our latest completed maps from the past couple of weeks.
- 'Middle Earth' by MistyBeee
- 'Nesindra III' by J.Edward
- 'Weird Europe REDUX', by Daelin
- 'Tenshi'zan Peak' by Voolf
- Two new maps from Nopking: ‘9 Little Maps’ and ‘The land of Brushia’
- 'Map of the sea roads of the tarasques' by Ilanthar
- 'The Lands of Revilo' by Jared Blando, aka @TheRedEpic
- Two new threads from Jeremy: ‘Some new maps’ and 'Trying something new with my maps'
- Two new maps from Wired: ‘Vashaka Heighlands’ and ‘Invasion of Vesta Colony’
- 'Completed Map of Aendeross', by OUdaveguy98
Around the Web
Some links for your reading/viewing pleasure. (Sorry, I've gone a bit bonkers with the number of links this week!)
- 3D maps made with wood and laser from D on Twitter. Here and here.
- You can never have too many fonts, amirite? Creative Bloq has curated a list of '68 best free fonts for designers'
- From Mashable, 'Alternative Maps' challenges everything you thought you knew about cartography'
- A nice Twitter thread on procedurally generated maps
- From spacing.ca, "Do you love maps? Are you an illustrator, graphic designer, or visual storyteller? Spacing wants you to submit your original creative maps inspired by a Canadian city." More at the link. Submit by 30th April. (Thanks to Meshon for the link!)
- 'Stuff in Space' : "a real-time 3D map of all the crap floating in circles around planet Earth"
- 'The World Cup of Transit Maps 2018'. Follow and vote via their Twitter @transitmap
- Couple of links from Atlas Obscura: 'How Arrow-Wielding Men Mapped Britain in the 1940s' and '10 Great Gift Ideas for Map Lovers'
- 'How to Choose Symbology', very nicely made web site describing "Which symbology and analysis to use to effectively tell your story"
- 'Mapping the Grand Canyon in 10 steps starting with a DEM.' Fun litle animated gif.
- From Ars Technica, 'Satellite images from highly oblique angles are pretty mindblowing'
- Fun read from Tor.com: 'SFF and the Enduring Myth of Atlantis'
- From The Bodleian Map Room Blog, 'Olympic and Commonwealth Games maps'
- 'Tracing the growth of green space in Boston', via The Boston Globe
- First Nation's Mapping of Canada: Ochagach's 1730 Map, from My Mappy Place blog
- Via New Republic, 'This 19th Century Map Could Have Transformed the West'
- Couple of links that may interest the pros, or would-be pros: from somethingaboutmaps.com 'Cartographic Freelancer Survey Results', and from printmag.com '10 Things to Consider When Pricing Illustrations'
Some pretty maps, just to look at!
- From Mapmania, '1570 Map with Armenia at the centre '
- Panoramic map of Chicago, as it appeared in 1868
- A cutaway aeroplane map from 1930
- Panoramic view of Suez Canal from 1855
And finally...
I’m sure I speak for everyone at the Guild when I say huge congrats to Robbie and his wife on the birth of their second child.
That's all for now. Back next week.
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