Hi everyone + first shared map

[perpetualdrew]

Hi everyone! I'm a video game artist by trade, and even though it doesn't come up quite as often as I'd like in my professional work, fantasy cartography has been a favorite hobby of mine for years. I've been lurking here for inspiration for a while now and thought I would say hello and share one of my more finished practice maps with the community at large:

PraticeMap_01.jpg

This one started off as following this fantastic demonstration for technique: Five Minute Map
(I believe that's from Torstan, though I may be mistaken)

Than I sort of went of the rails and spent the rest of the afternoon painting it up into my own style, it's a little rough around the edges, but I'm pretty happy with it for an afternoon project!

I'll have to post more often, this forum has been enormously helpful to me!

[ShooterSharkey]

Very nice map -- the mountains seem particularly well drawn and painted. And welcome!

[jbgibson]

Nicely done - and worthy of a smidgen of rep just for being a map in your first post :-). But beyond that, the map has merit too.

Welcome to CG!

[arsheesh]

First off, welcome to the Guild! Second, this is a very nice beginning. Keep it up and people will be knocking down your door for commissions.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Domino44]

I like this map a lot. The mountains are really cool and I like the colors. Great job, and welcome to the Guild!

[perpetualdrew]

Thanks for the warm welcomes! Now I have a bit of extra incentive to actually polish up some of the maps I've done for tabletop games I've been in!

[Viking]

Welcome to the guild!

[Rudy Boe]

A very nice map!