Hobby Game Designer looking for artist for worldmap! =)

[Goatrek]

Hello everybody! Im new to this forum and joined because Im looking for someone who for some Money or other compensation would be willing to create a good-looking and inspiring worldmap for my game. I already have a mockup if you will which I attached below. I used a World map generator as the Foundation and then took to paint, Photoshop, gimp and other such programs to do what I could...Its not pretty but it contains the World in which my game is set. I would be open to Changes to make it more believable but its set in a World without seasons, the weather and day/night cycles remain fairly static in all regions of the World.


Thanks and looking forward to what might come of this!



EDIT: After Reading through the Readme for requesting work I thought I might drop some of my thoughts here to clarify my vision for this Project. First of, this Project will never be a Commercial Product. My only intention is to make the best looking and most fun Roleplaying game for me and my friends. All of the artwork that will be in the book when I send it to the printers will either covered under a Fair-Use-License or the public domain. As of now, im still using licensed placeholder art to help with my layout work.

To be absolutely clear: I will not distribute or print my work without replacing the art that is licensed.


With that out of the way, I am open to any requests regarding how we can work together on this project. If someone wants to become a part of the Creation of this game and get fully credited (and possibly get a Hardcover copy at some Point) I could see us work together on this map and possibly for future maps for the supplementary book(s) that cover the World in which my game is set.

The other alternative would be a straight up Commission, I would still be happy to discuss the Project and be up for dramatic Changes if given good reasons. But in the end it would be a payed service. You get Money, I get map!


ABOUT THE GAME: Heroes of Old is in many ways a Classic/generic high fantasy setting, inspired from Tolkien, warhammer, DnD, World of Warcraft and other fantasy settings with which I grew up and have invested alot of time in. Im a novelist and a geek for language and much like Tolkien, love to spend time with languages. In my World setting the first language "Runespeak" is a fully functional language and I use it liberally when I roleplay as dwarves to my players satisfaction.


Here is an excerpt from the Creation mythos of this World:


"In the beginning, there was emptiness, a vacuum without melody or shape. Nothing dwelt there, nor had anything ever dwelt there.
Then, there was a dream. It was the dream of the creator “Hashut, Aftha oodih ardaa” or “father over all” as he would later be known in Verda.
In Hashut’s dream a melody took shape, and from this melody beings of unimaginable beauty emerged. These beings danced to the melody of Hashut and in their steps a world took shape.
It was a world of an open sky, vast oceans, forests, mountains; wind, fire, earth and water. It was a world of light and darkness, of powers that were meant to be. And in it, a race of creators - architects of thought who would forever watch over this world.
This was the dream of Hashut the creator, and as such, it came to be.
These architects walked the world they had created, each representing a fragment of Hashut’s dream. Verda they named this world and they saw to it that the world remained pristine, aligned with the dream of Hashut.

But something happened. A great tidal wave of raw magical energies flowed into Verda, and the landscape, as well as the architects who dwelt there became warped, twisted by magic. Those architects who had remained mostly unchanged continued to tend to Verda, restoring what had been so suddenly ravaged. Others had changed to the point that they no longer shared the same vision of Verda as that of Hashut’s dream. These architects would change to such a degree, both physically and mentally that they became the very first independent inhabitants of Verda.
This was the beginning of the first age, the age of creation."



It then goes on with the creation of the mortal races and Everything that leads to it being a playable setting. If any of you talented people would want to be a part of this in any way, let me know! A disclaimer though, im not rich by any stretch of the imagination so even if I wanted it, I would not be able to straight up Commission all the maps I will need for the rulebook and its supplemnetary books. THis World map will be featured in both the rulebook and World setting supplment so it I am willing to pay for.

In the future I will need maps over dungeon layouts and cities of the World. (at the moment I use historical drawings of medieval cities and other such sources.


I dont mind an open conversation in this thread but to those who wish for private conversation you can Contact me through any of the following methods:

Email: Jonathan.ohberg@hotmail.com
Skype: Goatrek90