Won my first comp at cartographersguild

by **RjBeals** on Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:57 pm

Thought I would show off my first mapping challenge win.

The monthly "lite" challenge was - we were given a black & white outline and asked to create a map from it. No rules - just wide open, as long as you incorporated the shape. So I went with the standard islands/water theme, and just sort of made up the map as I go. No point to it. It was intended for wacom tablet practice.

Anyhow - here it is.

Click image to enlarge.

and if anyone logs into cartographersguild, you can see the 15 or so other entries here:

http://www.cartographersguild.com/utili ... eAug10.htm

by **natty dread** on Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:59 pm

Awesome!

Also, it's a crime against humanity that you aren't still making CC maps

by **porkenbeans** on Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:27 pm

Very nice Robert. What is the Cartograhersguild all about ?

by **RjBeals** on Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:17 pm

porkenbeans wrote:Very nice Robert. What is the Cartograhersguild all about ?

Thanks.

Cartographers Guild is a general forum for mappers. Most of them are fantasy role playing mappers - but they all share a common love of cartography, and they all have different skill sets - from the novice, to the professional paid ones. There are maps over there that simply floor me. Inspiration.

Every month (or 2) they have open competitions, winner gets a medal under his avatar. Different themes each time. Now the current them is mapping new york. No rules - just incorporate new york into a map. I'm entering also. Top 45 maps get displayed in a gallery in SoHo new york. There's only about 30 entries thus far, so almost a guaranteed spot in a real life gallery.

it's mentioned on the front page.

http://www.cartographersguild.com/

by **Industrial Helix** on Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:14 pm

Very nice work!

My only crit would be that the lighthouse seems a tad out of place. A little too simplified for the texture of the map. But overall, really quite nice!

by **Victor Sullivan** on Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:55 pm

natty_dread wrote:Awesome!

Also, it's a crime against humanity that you aren't still making CC maps

It's a crime that this isn't a CC map!

by **thenobodies80** on Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:10 am

I saw this map the first time when you were working on the lighthouse perspective or something like that on Cartographer Guild.
I must say that it looks really nice, i'm happy you won the competition.

Congrats for your victory RJ =D>