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    Default Greetings from Germany!

    Hi,
    my name is Edzard and I just joined the Cartographers Guild.

    First of all, english isn’t my mother tounge, so please be considerately.

    I never thought that so much people are into fantasy cartography like me. I hope I can become a active part of this community.
    Maps are to me like a living thing that pulls me into a different world. I need them to imagine the things inside.

    I started playing The Dark Eye when I am about 14 or 15 yrs old. Quick my friends and me disapproved with the rules. So we did our own ‘laid-back’ variant and called it ‘The Thirteenth Hour.’
    To us it was more about the Story and not about the rules.
    Since then I drew a map according to our adventures. So the more we’re playing, the more towns and cities appearing to the map. It's about 20 years now.

    I just started a new group with colleagues from my work. They became nosy when I talked about it. To make them imagine this world a little more I start to redraw the whole map.

    I had higher demands on my work and still working on this.
    I’m using different methods like drawing oldschool with pencils and ink pens. I also a draw on an Wacom Cintiq 13 HD. My favorite application for drawing is Photoshop (an old CS2 version) and Krita. For editing I prefer Corel Photopaint.

    Actual I’m on work, but I will upload my current work shortly.

    I hope I get some support for learning how to draw city maps, cause I’m really bad at it.

    I'm looking forward to sharing experiences with you.


    Best regards

    Edzard

    *EDIT:
    There it is:
    2017.jpg

    Here the complete album (a little history of this map): http://www.cartographersguild.com/al...p?albumid=5221
    Last edited by Edzard; 02-21-2018 at 01:39 PM.

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    Administrator Facebook Connected Diamond's Avatar
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    Woah! That's a very cool map! I love your mountain and town icons/drawings - fantastic. And great choice of font.

    Welcome to the Guild and have some rep for diving in with a map!

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    Thank you Diamond! Just look at your gallery - a sight for sore eyes!

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    Wonderdul work, Edzard! And I like the toned-down imaginative version of Aventuria. Who knows how it would have been designed today... =)
    Repped! Best wishes and welcome to CG, -- Steffen
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    Hey, someone from Germany! Thank you.
    Yeah, may we settle over to a new continent

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