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The Cartographers’ Guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Our membership consists of professional designers and artists, hobbyists, and amateurs—all are welcome to join and participate in the quest for cartographic skill and knowledge.

Although we specialize in maps of fictional realms, as commonly used in both novels and games (both tabletop and role-playing), many Guild members are also proficient in historical and contemporary maps. Likewise, we specialize in computer-assisted cartography (such as with GIMP, Adobe apps, Campaign Cartographer, Dundjinni, etc.), although many members here also have interest in maps drafted by hand.

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10 Years Of Cartographers Choice [at A Glance] - (65 comments)
Sahwyn - By Caenwyr - (11 comments)
The Cartographers Guild Map - By MistyBeee - (28 comments)
Sundown - By Arsheesh - (24 comments)
Valtoria - By ThomasR - (30 comments)
Veduta Of A Late Medieval Town - By Chlodowech - (22 comments)
10 Years Of Cartographers Choice [at A Glance]
For the 10th Anniversary, I decided to do a big mosaic of all the CCs on one page. It turned out a bit less mosaic than I planned but it's still nice to see them all together.
Sahwyn - By Caenwyr
: Photoshop with graphic tablet & stylus Well-known member of the guild, Caenwyr is an accomplished cartographer who has explored many kinds of maps (regions, cities, worlds, buildings...
The Cartographers Guild Map - By MistyBeee
Hand drawn in Photoshop CC2020 using a Wacom Cintiq pro 16 Beside the name of the map - that alone should catch your attention - we can only admire here a superb depiction of a marvelous p...
Sundown - By Arsheesh
Arsheesh is a well-known member of the Guild who's been active for many years, and has constantly improved and polished his iconic maps during that time. What a surprise that he hasn't ha...
Valtoria - By ThomasR
An active, supportive and prolific member of the Guild for years, ThomasR has outdone himself with this world map commission. The care and attention to land details, mountains, and shading...
Veduta Of A Late Medieval Town - By Chlodowech
Chlodowech is an unmistakable artist for everyone who loves detailed, patiently crafted and designed historical maps. Working with traditional media, a map like Veduta is a beautiful tribute...

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*** July/August 2024 VOTING: Wheel of Prompts ***
Thread Starter: Diamond
And so another Challenge is over and in the books - almost. Voting starts now, and will end in three days. Make sure you add some rep to those you felt
Last Post By: Diamond Yesterday, 11:32 AM

Cutaway Map of a Fantasy Temple/Palace
Thread Starter: IllustratedPageBookDesign
I had the rare time this month for a personal portfolio piece. The majority of my work is for fiction authors wanting small, 6 by 9 black-and-white maps,
Last Post By: Adfor 09-01-2024, 09:26 PM

July/Aug/Sept '24 Lite Challenge: Bits of Map
Thread Starter: BluePhoenix175
work is crazy at the moment so my submission is low effort sorry. if i get time i want to water color them.

### Latest WIP ###

Last Post By: Turambar 08-30-2024, 09:20 PM

Ferryboat Routes of Her Majesty the Queen Sorceress’ United Cities
Thread Starter: KMAlexander
Put together a sample map for my lastest brush set. This was a lot of fun to put together.

Last Post By: KMAlexander 08-28-2024, 01:40 PM

Hogenburg: A Free 16th Century Urban Cartography Brush Set (Over 700 brushes)
Thread Starter: KMAlexander
Hey everyone. It’s been a while! I’ve had a…uh, interesting first half of the year. (Details here and here.) Hoping the latter half of 2024 settles down
Last Post By: KMAlexander 09-01-2024, 04:58 PM

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Weekly Round-up - 21st May, 2018

Published on 05-21-2018 03:15 AM

The Lost Island of Queensryche
by aeshnidae
Winner of the April/May Lite Challenge

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

Challenge News

April / May 2018 Lite Challenge : Create a bookcover

Our latest Lite Challenge asked mappers to create a book cover using the land shape Bogie provided. But there was a twist. All labels and wording on the cover had to be famous bands or musicians.

Our congrats to go aeshnidae for the fantastic entry "The Lost Island ...

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Weekly Round-up - 14th May, 2018

Published on 05-14-2018 03:15 AM

'The Lands of Eydra'
by Jared Blando, aka TheRedEpic

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

Challenge News

April/May 2018 Lite Challenge : Create a bookcover

The current Lite Challenge is scheduled to finish today (at the time of publishing), Mon 14th May, so if you haven't submitted your final entry, do so now! Voting will start soon, so keep an eye out for the poll. In the meantime, check out the current entries here.

May 2018 Challenge ...

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Weekly Round-up - 7th May, 2018

Published on 05-07-2018 03:15 AM

‘Magocracy of Tirasea’, by MistyBeee
Winner of April 2018 challenge

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

Challenge News

April 2018 Challenge : Map a Realm

Congratulations to MistyBeee for winning April’s challenge with map ‘Magocracy of Tirasea’. Misty wins her second gold compass in a row, so double congrats! Honourable mention to nopkin who came second in a very close vote with map ‘The Kingdom of Noriande’.

May 2018 Challenge : Create a set of stamps

Our new challenge is up and running. Diamond writes...

This month's challenge comes to us courtesy of ChickPea:

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Weekly Round-up - 30th April, 2018

Published on 04-30-2018 03:15 AM

Border Tower 21
by Larb

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

Challenge News

April/May 2018 Lite Challenge : Create a book cover

Entries are coming in for Bogie’s latest Lite Challenge, where you’re tasked with making a book cover that includes a map of a shape provided. There’s more info in the intro thread, and the current entries are here. There’s still two weeks to go on this challenge, so plenty of time to enter.

April 2018 ...

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Weekly Round-up - 23rd April, 2018

Published on 04-23-2018 03:15 AM

'The Fantastic Island of Guildia', by Nopkin
Winner of the March/April 2018 Lite Challenge

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

Challenge News

March/April 2018 Lite Challenge : Map Guild World

Congrats to Nopkin for winning the Lite Challenge with map 'The Fantastic Island of Guildia'. Nopkin wins a first silver compass, and I'm sure there will be more to come!

Honourable mentions to runner-up ThomasR for epic hand-drawn map 'Stevensonia'.

April/May ...

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Weekly Round-up - 16th April, 2018

Published on 04-16-2018 03:15 AM

Islands of the Sleepy Dragon
by J.Edward

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

Challenge News

March/April 2018 Lite Challenge : Map Guild World

At the time of publishing, voting is currently underway for the March/April Lite Challenge, so head for the voting thread and pick your favourites.

April 2018 Challenge : Map a Realm

April’s challenge, using the ever popular Donjon generator, is another great one with over a dozen entries at the ...

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