As you sail round Hope Point, all you will see are cliffs covered with dense forest, a small fishing village along the coast below the cliffs, and a couple of rocky trails winding up the cliffs. ... Nothing much of interest going on here, may as well keep sailing on by.....
If you do happen to land and make it up the cliff paths, you will find the hidden town of New Hope built on the terraces of an old open cut mine pit, or perhaps it was a quarry? All around the top of the pit, i...
2022-02-28 14:14:44 +0000 UTC
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Upon the cliffs overlooking Hermit Isle, is the town of Tamrin Crossing. In the distant past, it was called Tamrin's Crossing... A bit of a tongue-twister, so it became simplified.
Tamrin was the lead Mage in the Engineering coven at the time the bridge was raised, and when they retired, they claimed the isle in the middle of the canyon and built their home there. No one knows if the current resident is Tamrin, one of their decedents, or someone else entirely. Whoever they are, th...
2022-02-13 05:35:49 +0000 UTC
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I have been style/scale experimenting again.... Shinthar is what happened this time! So you guys get a bonus Hamlet/way-station map. I even played with the colours and created 3 extra seasons for the higher tier folk :-)
Shinthar boasts a Tavern & stable, 4 farms, side road to someplace else (or more farms) and a little river dock.
This simple little settlement was founded by a retired adventurer, Antula Greatheart, who wanted to settle down and open a Tavern. They...
2022-02-09 01:45:39 +0000 UTC
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Those of you who hang out in the Discord community might recognise these experimental maps from a little while ago... I thought that it was about time I went over them, did the final touches and released them into the wild properly as bonus maps!
The 'Glowing Land' started life as a pencil sketch I drew while hanging out with my Niece & Nephews at Christmas... which I then took a photo of and proceeded to play around with... the colouring is pretty bold ... bu...
2022-01-31 02:38:59 +0000 UTC
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31/Jan/22_CORRECTION: Map is A1 poster sized. 32x22 inches @300dpi if printed.
Good evening everyone ... at least, it is evening here as I write this ... it might even still be evening by the time I finish writing if I don't get too verbose ...
Here is the city of Rarthon... the 1st big explorable settlement of 2022.
90 hours in the making, with plenty of places to get lost in as you roam around.
This city/oversized town is built ...
2022-01-18 13:16:32 +0000 UTC
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Once again, Jog Brogzin permitted me to prowl through his archive and pick a recent map to colour in and share with you all (as well as his Patreon supporters) as a bonus map. I love exploring his maps and colouring them in when I have a chance, it is quite relaxing and allows me some down time where I can still be creative, without having to think tooo hard about what I am doing
So, this is Melchior,...
2022-01-13 12:19:57 +0000 UTC
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Happy new year everyone :-)
Summary
2022 is about settlement maps in as many varied environments as possible. I have an ideas list already - more are welcome any time
1st map should be out in a couple of weeks - comment below with any ideas for special locations you would like me to try and find a spot for them on the map
If you are not already a Pat...
2022-01-02 07:14:14 +0000 UTC
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Happy summer/winter solstice everyone.
Today is the longest day of the year here in Australia... and thoughts are turning to finding cool places to hang out and swim. I wish I had a secret cenote like this to visit on a hot day!
Do you remember the map of Olchamarth? ... there was a Cenote on the high ground in the 'NW' ... This little map is inspired by that location :-)
I ...
2021-12-20 23:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Where we go delving under Southport ...
I thought that, since I put those enticing caves in the Southport map... that I may as well go the whole way and map them out for you guys for the final formal bonus map pack and the last map of 2021
I had a lot of fun researching what real life catacombs look like and thinking up interesting sorts of obstacle possibilities for the Starflower Aca...
2021-12-02 00:50:10 +0000 UTC
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From a sketch dug out the archives of nearly a decade ago, Southport has risen... and grown, and changed a little bit along the way... Another extended area settlement map for you all to enjoy :-)
UPDATE: Just for fun, I added a key/locations version as a free map attached below. .. to go along with the setting info :-)
A little bit about Southport and the area around it...
Technically, Southport is the little fishing v...
2021-11-15 02:34:54 +0000 UTC
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Without wallowing in details, I am going to say straight up that 2021 has been a difficult year for me compared to 2020, and making time for mapping for Patreon in among family needs and emotional tar-pits has been an interesting challenge, especially when I committed to a whole bunch of commission maps early in the year before I knew my time was going to be limited!
Having you guys here to create for has been a blessing though. You have collectively given me something to focus on...
2021-10-25 01:24:39 +0000 UTC
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The September theme for the bonus map set turned out to be underdark cities... And they can all work together as one extended underground cave system if you want them to...
They don't sit right next to each other.... there is 'some distance' in-between each mapped area that can be as long or as short as you wish, or could have other locations along the way, or you could move them around in a different way... The Turkin Cavern layout below is just a suggestion :-)
The city buildings...
2021-10-03 12:20:45 +0000 UTC
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October is here.... what happened to September???
This month I will be working on one main city map for you guys, Southport, which I am really excited about.
The rest of the month will be for commissions and of course a few fun bonus maps for you guys ...
In Summary
October is going to be another quiet month with just 1 funded release
- 1st release: Settlement map of Southport
- Please toss ideas my way...
2021-10-01 01:10:09 +0000 UTC
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Heya Everyone
This is something I have been working on for the last few weeks...
Nexus has been around a while now, allowing game streamers to sell copies of PC games that they play to their followers. Now they are expanding into creating a space for digital creators of all types (mappers, illustrators, writers, composers, etc...) to have their own shop.
I have been helping them beta test the digital downloads shop set-up, and this week they have added a discount codes t...
2021-09-26 02:29:23 +0000 UTC
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Hiya Everyone... Frostburg is here and ready to be set on fire.
This river valley city, for a population of about 10,000 - 20,000, is probably drifting more towards a modern city setting rather than fantasy ... But don't let that stop you from re-imagining it in a different era...
The labeled map might give you a few ideas, as a starting point for your own imagining, and I would love to hear about what sort of adventures to create and inflict upon your gaming group ;-)
2021-09-15 12:50:56 +0000 UTC
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Good evening... Good evening... Today we are rounding out August... ... I know it is September... but my mind still thinks it is July. What happened to August? Whatever else happened, this bonus set of six river settlements turned up also.
They are meant to be a sort of accompaniment to Olchamarth - If you travel upriver from there, you might come across these towns...
Unless you pop them...
2021-09-05 12:33:53 +0000 UTC
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In Summary
September is going to be a quiet month with just 1 paid release
- 1st release: Settlement map of Frostburg
- Bonus maps: 2-3 little mini-maps of hamlets and villages - probably Underdark themed
- 2rd release - if time: battlemap of Cenote from Olchamarth
- Please toss ideas my way for interesting locations in Southport (October City map)
2021-09-01 11:15:32 +0000 UTC
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Another settlement... this time small, cosy, underground and full of crypts and tombs...
Cranadock was originally drawn for David Holland early last year for his Skeletons of Myrandor book... I have had a bit of fun changing it up for you guys, it has a new name and all the village buildings are new. As Myrandor, it was 100% a crypt city for the living dead. As Cranadock, it is half and half. Left side...
2021-08-27 12:06:59 +0000 UTC
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Hiya everyone ... The long awaited Olchamarth is here... yay...
...and I think I have managed to fit all the different location ideas you guys threw at me into it. The result is a wonderfully chaotic meeting of cultures all in one scattered area of settlement, which I absolutely love.
You all rock - thank you for a couple of delightful weeks fitting them all on one map :-)
We have a ring of 5 giant floating globes of water circling a large standing stone, o...
2021-08-18 05:55:55 +0000 UTC
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These are the July Bonus maps. 5 country roads and a beach...
The 3 road maps with trees were inspired by areas on the Owl's Crossing Settlement map released a few weeks ago.
The 2 marsh maps were also meant to be Owl's crossing maps... but, ummm, I got a little distracted with the idea of shrubbery and the roads through marshy country happened instead... and then some of the shrubs might have migrated onto variations of the other maps too...
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2021-08-02 17:10:25 +0000 UTC
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In Summary
August is going to be about focusing on settlement maps
- 1st release: Settlement map of Olchamarth
- 2nd release: Settlement map - TBA
- Bonus map set: A few little mini-maps of hamlets and villages and possibly a battlemap
- 3rd release - if time: battlemap of a sinkhole cave
- Question: ...
2021-07-31 23:30:59 +0000 UTC
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The April bonus maps took a regional tangent with these 5 maps. I enjoyed experimenting with this simple painterly, style and hope that some of them might find their way into your universes :-)
With the release of these free versions... that brings us up to date with the free version releases of the monthly bonus map sets. yay :-)
May and June didn't have any new bonus maps or paid releases, and this months are still in progress ... so keep an eye out for them. I wil...
2021-07-28 13:43:50 +0000 UTC
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This is Owl-Stoop Lodge, inspired by a location on the Owl's Crossing Settlement map (Location 11) . This could be a private dwelling, holiday home, or as I imagine it, a fishing lodge for members of the Owls mercenary guild. A place that they can borrow for private party, or perhaps a place for guild members who don't have local family to stay while home on leave or recuperation. It could...
2021-07-27 15:48:54 +0000 UTC
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UPDATE: Print optimised greyscale version added
Hay everyone... I forgot to add a greyscale version when I was getting excited about colour versions... This is for folk that want to print it out in black and white. I have edited it so that it will look good in greyscale - if you try to print the colour versions in black and white, they tend to be a bit muddy, or weird.
A copy of this has been added to the downloads for all tiers.
2021-07-12 07:17:08 +0000 UTC
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UPDATE: A Night version and a spelling fix
Horror of horrors... there was a little spelling typo on the labeled versions... that is now fixed in the free version attached as well as in the main files for Patreon Supporters.
On the plus side though....
I had a fancy to make a night version a couple of weeks ago... Just for fun ;-)
Night versions have been added to the main download zip for Patreon supporters,
2021-06-27 15:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Still on a roll here on this late Saturday evening, sitting in my little van, keeping warm on a winters eve, listening to some good music and plotting plots for the future and catching up on the past ... so here is the 8th bonus map set ... this one was fun because while it is one big map, I tried to make each segment have it's own thing going on ...
From left to right, row 1 then row 2:
- Waterfall
- Ford and camp
- Crossroads and tre...
2021-06-12 13:33:37 +0000 UTC
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I am on a roll this evening.... Here is the 7th bonus map set for everyone :-) Goodness it seems a while since I painted these! Hope you can make use of them on one of those long treks across the desert
Free set download here (72dpi/gridded)
There is also a Patron's-only set (140pps/ungridded) available on the
2021-06-12 11:53:23 +0000 UTC
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Here is the 6th bonus map set for everyone :-) 8 different wayside shrines in 8 different places. I had a bit of fun imagining some different environments for you to imagine interesting plots for. The big boulders were inspired by granite-country environs.
Free set download here (72dpi/gridded)
There is also a Patron's-only set (140pps/u...
2021-06-12 11:15:22 +0000 UTC
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Hi hi everyone :-) I have made some good progress on my commissions backlog this month... but I needed a little break-out experiment-fun on the side to de-stress .... So the wonderful Jog Brogzin let me colour in one of his gorgious illustrated maps to share with you guys. yay!
This is our 4th collaboration and the 2nd time he has let me colour one of his maps in... pretty sure there will be more...
2021-06-01 09:24:21 +0000 UTC
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Greetings planners of plots and mayhem
As April winds down towards its close, I thought I would give you guys a heads-up on my plans for May
May is going to be a commissions catch-up month for me, with no new Patreon releases except for the April Bonus map pack for Explorers and catching up with the free-version releases of older bonus map packs. … Though I will probably break out and play with a few ‘experimental’ maps that will be posted on our private Dis...
2021-04-30 04:43:53 +0000 UTC
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