Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.
Challenge News
May / June 2018 Lite Challenge: The Fast, Free and Crazy Challenge!
By the time this post is published (assuming Bogie's on schedule), the current Lite Challenge will have finished and voting should be underway. Head for the challenge folder for updates. Remember, there are only two days of voting this time, so don't delay!
June 2018 Challenge: Map a Frontier
June's regular challenge is well underway, but there's still plenty of time to enter. There's more info in the intro thread here, and you can view the entries in the main folder.
Five threads to check out
The latest work-in-progress threads, interesting discussions, new tutorials etc etc. It's all here.
- 'Ostrom', by Wingshaw
- 'Hothachar', by DanielHasenbos
- 'Imagycka WIP', by Sapiento
- 'World map (WIP) and region map', by Laelonys
- 'Town of Lark', by OldEarth
Five finished maps
Check out our latest completed maps from the last week.
- 'Saranie', by Ilanthar
- 'First map', by Pyttroll
- 'Il Grande Continente di Snaeland', by Francesca Baerald
- 'The Shady Dragon Inn: Patreon Battlemap #17', by Jared Blando
- 'Sepia Fantasy Map Commission', by LizardInk
Around the web
Some links for your reading/viewing pleasure.
- It was World Ocean Day last week, and we had a couple of maps to celebrate. From Harvard Map Collection, 'John Murray's proposed scheme for Antarctic exploration', and from NLS Scotland, 'A 1923 Diagram of Ocean Currents'
- From Ordnance Survey, 'Making antique maps more accessible'
- The illustrative maps of artist Helen Cann
- 'Bilbao in 1764, the largest city in the Basque Country and the main port of northern Spain'
- From Map of the Week, 'The Evolving Japanese World View'
- Literal translations of cities around the world, infographic
- From nature.com, 'Map-making on a budget'
- Is Kansas flatter than a pancake? Atlas Obscura investigates.
- Article on 'The world's oldest surviving globe'
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