J.Edward's sloppy informal Mapvember gruelfest

[Dyson Logos]

Here's a somewhat quick-ish map I did last night, as I was sort of falling a bit behind.
Anyways, for now, The Village of Frogsmord
Village of Frogsmord by sirinkman.jpg

This is RIDICULOUSLY good for a "quick-ish" map.

[damonjynx]

This is RIDICULOUSLY good for a "quick-ish" map.

100% agree.

I am just not sure if trying to do an rpg product with no game mechanics is really of interest to gamers.
And as such, is a viable sellable product.

It totally is. Over on DRIVETHRU.RPG there are lots of system neutral products; I'm sure that just the ARTwork in yours, would sell them, regardless of the text component!

RPG products with no game system attached, particularly settings & adventure locales are great because Games Masters just need to provide the game stats for Non-Player Characters & monsters and possibly traps for whatever system they're using at the time and if they change system...it's a just a matter of re-doing the stats. Probably not so useful for players but GM's love them, well I do at any rate.

[J.Edward]

Perfectly fine map for something quick-ish!
I always like the layouts of the villages you draw; they look very quaint and cozy.

Yes please! Would love to see that. And I know how you feel (I think). I'd love to have the painting chops of say a Francesca Baerald (why aim low, right ), and produce a completely non-digital piece. But I'm even afraid to touch my pen+ink work with paint for now. I can only ruin them. My attempts at watercolour so far haven't been very encouraging xD

What are those story worlds exactly? Imaginary creations for private use as a backdrop for maps, or settings you've worked on (or something else entirely)?

I have been holding back from traditional color work for a long time.
I can do it just fine digitally, but my efforts were also subpar with watercolor.
Maybe i can get going with the ink and then move into some watercolor as well.

I'm surprised that you haven't noticed the slow drip of these worlds.
Almost all of my personal maps relate back to one of these worlds.
Luma, Nhyn, Ta-Uhn, Mim, and several others.
They started with one or two worlds from gaming days, then moved on into worlds for stories to happen in.
It's actually sort of a side thing that the mapping thing got so big so quickly.
I was doing general illustration and graphic design stuff before my mapping really took off like this.

Are frog legs a specialty here?
That is a beautiful little map, J. I'd love to see what you do with the colored inks but this black and white can stand on its own as well.

Side note: Patreon. Just sayin.

Poor little frogs Thanks Chashio
I am getting the feel that I need to get on that, as evidenced by Thomas's response.

That, exactly that

Such a cosy little village! I'd love to see some colour in it. Pretty please!

I am hoping to give it a go this weekend I hope i am happily surprised by some unknown skill with colors.

This is RIDICULOUSLY good for a "quick-ish" map.

Thanks Dyson Which is high praise from a master of the ink map.

100% agree.



It totally is. Over on DRIVETHRU.RPG there are lots of system neutral products; I'm sure that just the ARTwork in yours, would sell them, regardless of the text component!

RPG products with no game system attached, particularly settings & adventure locales are great because Games Masters just need to provide the game stats for Non-Player Characters & monsters and possibly traps for whatever system they're using at the time and if they change system...it's a just a matter of re-doing the stats. Probably not so useful for players but GM's love them, well I do at any rate.

This is wonderful to hear Damon. Thank you.
I have been away from gaming for a long time and had forgotten much and just wasn't sure if system neutral would appeal.
I have some work to complete then.

As a quick question to you Damon [and any others that use gaming maps], do people want a specific campaign world with related setting specific stuff?
Or just the general location info?