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Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:34 am
by bryguy
http://www.cartographersguild.com

I found this website recently while googling something for creating mountains in GIMP. Its basically a website dedicated to map making. I joined so that I could see the different tutorials, which many of them are very good. I have looked at some of the maps some of them have made, and in my opinion the people there are very good at making maps. I just wanted to let you guys know about this site, cause I find that its very good at helping me get better at making maps. They also have in one of their threads a list of graphix design programs, many of which Ive never heard of, but seem very good. Hopefully some of you guys will take at least a quick glance at it (mainly the forums, if you can find the link. I just gave the link to the main page, the forum link is somewhere on it).


So yea, just wanted to let you guys know about it :D

edit: oh and also, their style of maps differs from ours slightly.

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:37 am
by gimil
btw guys, from what ive seen, our maps are still better!

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:39 am
by t-o-m
gimil wrote:btw guys, from what ive seen, our maps are still better!

Oh he is a charmer isnt he :lol:

This one is interesting:
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And this:
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http://www.cartographersguild.com/feature/TorqMap.jpg[/BigImg]

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:40 am
by gimil
Pretty cool find tom, I like that style they got going there!

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:44 am
by bryguy
gimil wrote:btw guys, from what ive seen, our maps are still better!


lol yea ive decided that to :)

Also, I myself like the pirate-map that t-o-m posted. Sure its kinda-sorta rough-and-sloppy and all, but it does look interesting!

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:45 am
by Androidz
Invite them all to our site:D

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:45 am
by t-o-m
I have no idea why but the top one really reminded me of magic, all the small details in magic, and the...well rather large things in that one.

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:47 am
by bryguy
Androidz wrote:Invite them all to our site:D


lol that was my first thought when i found the site

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:47 am
by gimil
Androidz wrote:Invite them all to our site:D


I will sign up later on and make a big post about our site and efforts. We could use the extra publicity!

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:48 am
by bryguy
gimil wrote:
Androidz wrote:Invite them all to our site:D


I will sign up later on and make a big post about our site and efforts. We could use the extra publicity!


very true :)

Ive mentioned our sight a couple of times so far, but i havent tried any sort of publicity yet



oh, and when you join, send me a pm! my account name on there is bryguy :mrgreen:

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:51 am
by Androidz
bryguy wrote:
gimil wrote:
Androidz wrote:Invite them all to our site:D


I will sign up later on and make a big post about our site and efforts. We could use the extra publicity!


very true :)

Ive mentioned our sight a couple of times so far, but i havent tried any sort of publicity yet



oh, and when you join, send me a pm! my account name on there is bryguy :mrgreen:


Seriously i think CC will have new Era of map if they join.

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:57 am
by bryguy
Androidz wrote:Seriously i think CC will have new Era of map if they join.


i agree



just look at this one! by steel general:

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Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:00 pm
by Kaplowitz
Yeah buy i bet if WM and Mibi could beat him up in a fight!

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:01 pm
by gimil
apparently gimil already exists as a user...

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:02 pm
by Kaplowitz
gimil wrote:apparently gimil already exists as a user...

make yours "therealgimil"

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:03 pm
by t-o-m
They may have a few size issues:

http://www.cartographersguild.com/feature/TempestMap.jpg

Its like the Trojan War map all over again...

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:06 pm
by Androidz
Wow that could be a good cc map bryguy

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:08 pm
by t-o-m
gimil wrote:apparently gimil already exists as a user...

I'll be annoyed if t-o-m's taken!

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:12 pm
by wcaclimbing
wow. we're up against some good competition.

Made an account. I am wcaclimbing there, also.

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:13 pm
by t-o-m
I got t-o-m.

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:14 pm
by bryguy
Kaplowitz wrote:
gimil wrote:apparently gimil already exists as a user...

make yours "therealgimil"


LOL, or maybe, the-real-gimil. That way you can tell the words apart :D

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:28 pm
by wcaclimbing
Found a wonderful tutorial in there. Great for me, cause I like making realistic terrain: http://www.jezelf.co.uk/tutorials_map04.htm

there are lots of good tutorials in there.

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:29 pm
by gimil
Can I ask that everyone who does join not to spam up there forum with CC promotion. We want to mingle with new people and get some more folks in here, not scare them away by being over powering!

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:33 pm
by wcaclimbing
gimil wrote:Can I ask that everyone who does join not to spam up there forum with CC promotion. We want to mingle with new people and get some more folks in here, not scare them away by being over powering!

I'm not planning on posting very much right now. I just want to look around. There's a lot for me to learn on that forum...

Re: Cartographers Guild

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:53 pm
by l3eater
wcaclimbing wrote:
gimil wrote:Can I ask that everyone who does join not to spam up there forum with CC promotion. We want to mingle with new people and get some more folks in here, not scare them away by being over powering!

I'm not planning on posting very much right now. I just want to look around. There's a lot for me to learn on that forum...


Same goes for me, their Tutorials are excellent, i already learned a lot by reading them