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  • Weekly Round-up - 25th June, 2018

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  • Weekly Round-up - 25th June, 2018

    Published on 06-25-2018 03:15 AM
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    Salt Harbour Map,
    by smalyon



    Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.



    Cartographers' Choice


    Congrats to MistyBeee on winning a Cartographers' Choice award for her epic map 'The City of Kingel'. If you haven't had a proper look at this map yet, go do it now! See it here.



    Challenge News

    June 2018 Challenge: Map a Frontier


    There are only a few days remaining before this challenge ends on the 30th, so finish up and submit your maps before the deadline. You can see the current entries here.

    June / July '18 Lite Challenge: Map a Trip or Journey!

    There's still plenty of time to enter the Lite Challenge, running till 14th July. Have a read through the challenge criteria in the intro thread, and check out the current entries here. There's a silver compass to be won!



    Five threads to check out


    The latest work-in-progress threads, interesting discussions, new tutorials etc etc. It's all here.
     

    • J.Edward's been experimenting with Fractal Terrains
    • Kacey posted an update on map 'Ehlwren'
    • 'Cape City' WIP, by fol2dol
    • Wingshaw posted a helpful comment on the layout of fantasy cities, well worth a read through.
    • 'Midantine of the Sehterre Basin', by jplet




    Five finished maps


    Check out our latest completed maps from the last week.
     

    • 'Khroman Islands Archipelago', by Ilanthar
    • 'The South of Erthor', by MapMappingMapped
    • 'Airship Merlin', by J.Edward
    • 'Burninating the Sword Coast', by whipstache
    • 'The World of Grace and Fury', by LizardInk




    Around the web


    Some links for your reading/viewing pleasure.
     

    • 'Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony' from The Public Domain Review
    • 'Building the world', from Cartoner's blogspot. A Lego globe!
    • On Twitter, Gene Reddick posted some 'Mixed Reality' vids using Mike Schley's maps. 'Skullport', 'Frost Giant Rift', and 'Castle Ravenloft'. It's early days, but is this the future of game maps?
    • For footie fans, 'The World Cup in 33 Maps'.
    • World Airports in a voronoi diagram.
    • From The Guardian, 'Shakespeare, strikes and soapy pigs: a hand-drawn history of London – in pictures'
    • If you fancy something a little different to read, NY Times reviews 'The Map of Salt and Stars'.
    • From ProFantasy's blog, 'Mapping Narratives by Mike Schley'









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    Comments 4 Comments
    1. - JO -'s Avatar
      - JO - - 06-25-2018, 06:56 AM
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      As always, a very very very useful post ! Thanks again, Chickpea !!!!
    1. ThomasR's Avatar
      ThomasR - 06-25-2018, 04:34 PM
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      Thanks for the round-up CP, it's always full of great links
    1. MistyBeee's Avatar
      MistyBeee - 06-26-2018, 02:46 AM
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      I woke up ashamed this morning : I read the weekly round-up every time it comes and I never thanked for the amazing work ! Thanks a lot, Chickpea !
    1. ChickPea's Avatar
      ChickPea - 06-27-2018, 03:20 PM
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      Thanks so much, everyone!

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