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Balefire Volcano

This is the final map for the Coasts & Shallows theme, the remote Balefire Volcano! 

You could argue this map is better suited for a more fiery theme but.. I think it fits into island hopping and ship adventures very well and as a plus I now how to draw volcanoes from the top down! 

Some people that were watching the steam on Tuesday may notice that the map grid seems a little bigger in the final version and that was my fault. This map is nearly twice as big in terms...

May Theme!

So with the month of April coming to a close, today I want to see what people would really love to see for next months map theme!

Last months theme was Coasts & Shallows and I made maps for the entire month with that theme in mind! I still have one more map to finish and I will be going live to finish it on stream as soon as this poll goes up and here is a sneak peek :)

https://www.twitch.tv/caeora/

2019-04-30 18:58:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Zombie Megalodon (Zombie Brian)

Last night I did a very productive stream where I finished an idea someone gave me while I was working on the Haunted Docks battlemap. A zombie Shark, affectionately known as Zombie Brian!

This Token was done entirely on stream which you can see here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/416273959

While it might not have as much detail as some of my other token it's still a fun creature to play around with and ...

Serpents Fall (Patron Only)

And here are a few different versions of the Serpents Fall map! 

The colours are a little more muted than normal but I think it fits the dead and rotten sea serpent vibe pretty well! :D 

These map versions are just for the people supporting me at the Veteran  tier and higher so please do not share these maps anywhere else online.  :)  

Serpents Fall

Here is the finished Serpents Fall map! The colossal remains of a dead sea serpent, twisted around a few dark rocks and shallows just off shore. When I was making this I imagined that the serpent has been killed by something even bigger in the ocean like a Kraken! And the creepy statue in the top right was brought to the rocks by a kraken worpshaippering cult, using the blood and organs of the sea serpent for dark rituals. 

Sometimes I’m not sure how people will react to my maps,...

Sneak Peek: Serpents Fall

So this next map is a little bonkers and is not something you would normally see in a battlemap but it makes an absolutely amazing and unforgettable encounter.

The remains of a titanic sea serpent washed up amongst some rocks just off shore and slowly decaying.

Scattered about are some jetties and rope bridges between the rocks that have been built by scanangers or maybe some kind of creepy cult!

The map still needs a few tweaks but its mostly done and hopefully I can start ...

The Haunted Docks

'As you walk along the salt stained, stone paths; each wave seems to bring with it a distant echo of the bustling community these docks once supported. With the occasional swelling wave, the derelict ship's bell tolls a haunting tone through the otherwise unsettling stillness...'

The above quote by Jordan on Twitter was an absolutely amazing way to capture the spirit of this map. Go and give Jordan a follow on twitter and say hi, he is an amazing writer currently working on a setting ca...

Voodoo Mangroves (Patron Only)

Here are the patreon only versions of the Voodoo Mangroves map! There is a Snow, Red Lights, Pink (With Fireflies) and Green Lights version to play around with and use in games!

These map versions are just for the people supporting me at the Veteran tier and higher so please do not share these maps anywhere else online. :) 

Voodoo Mangroves

I had such a hard time colouring this map. 

If you were atching the first colouring process on stream on tuesday or saw some of my tweets of this map then you will know that originally this map was purple and pink! However today I spent the last 10 hours re doing most of it from starch. I just coudlnt get the pink to look right as water.

However! I will be posting some different colour versions of this map tomorrow just for patrons where I have another go at different colours...

Mudflats (Patron Only)

Here are the patreon only versions of the Mudflats map! There is a Night, Snow and Sunset version to play around with and use in games!

As this is now part of my business model these are just for the people supporting me at higher tiers so please do not share these maps anywhere else online. I may put some kind of disclaimer in the download in the future but hopefully It's never a problem :P 

Mudflats

This is the first map this month that is based on the theme Coasts and Shallows! 

I’ve combined a simple environmental aspect (mudflats) with something cool from fantasy. In this case a giant marine reptile/monster skeleton lying just off the coast. (I also have to say.. I love the little crabs in this map)

It’s a pretty simple idea but hopefully I can just keep expanding on it and start to make some really awesome maps going forwards!

There are actually two version...

Tier Tweaks & Two Maps

After making the post with the new changes 4 days ago I received a huge amount of support, which is amazing! I lost a few patrons but even more people have been encouraged to support me at higher tier levels and that is a good sign I’m going in the right direction!

Although I didn't mention this in that post, my patreon is never going to be fully set in stone in way that there is not room for changes or improvements. I also received some feedback  over the last few days that was ...

April Theme!

April Theme: Coasts and Shallows

When I first started out on patreon I drew a ton of desert maps, but I also tried to include as many fantasy elements as possible.. 

Well each month I want to do the same thing but I think this time I can do it better! I might only need one or two words to get me started but then every map combines an environment + something from fantasy! In the future these could be voted on by patrons but to start things off you can see some...

Patreon Revamp & Commissions

The long awaited (At least to me) patreon revamp is here! Over the coming hours and days there are a bunch of things that are going to be updated including the various tiers and commission details. This has been a long time coming but to start I want to quickly give a huge thank you to everyone who has supported me through Patreon thus far. I’ll elaborate a bit more later in this post but if it wasn’t for all your support, enthusiasm and patience we never would have made it this far. <...

Adranon

And it's finally done! Here is the world of Adranon is all it's absolutely massive glory!

There are so many different biomes and areas of this world that could be full maps in their own right and the ability to zoom into it and really take in the size and scale makes this one of the best maps I have ever made. I kept track of how long this took me to make and I spent 123 hours making this map.

Once again this was for a patron and it was the last patron requested map I have in my �...

Humblewood Kickstarter!

There are some amazing kickstarters going on right now. Critical Role is knocking it out of the park with their D&D animation based on their first campaign and you can check that out, at the link below if you haven't seen it already!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criticalrole/critical-role-the-legend-of-vox-machina-animated-s

2019-03-14 11:16:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Sneak Peek: Adranon

This has been a long time in the making, this world map is absolutely massive!

This is a patron request for a steampunk floating islands world map that I have put together over the past two weeks and now I need to colour it!

Most of the time now, I will save progress pictures after major milestones in order to see how the map progresses and I'm going to share some of them so you can see the process in a little bit of detail! :) 

2019-03-12 18:20:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Phar'nos

And here we are, the final map of Phar’nos. :) 

I really love how the colours came together on this one and I feel like there is a huge amount of room in this region for a ton of locations and places to off into the wilderness. 

The cities and towns are from my Map Icons pack and I've started thinking about a few more that could be useful for the next iteration as well like the ...

Sneak Peek: Phar'nos

Just a quick little update on my most recent map, this is a region map for a patron and I’ve drawn all of this digitally with a tablet instead of hand drawing it!

Doing maps purely with a tablet instead of a pen does have some advantages, especially for battlemaps and it also works well here. The recent switch was not really planned but has allowed me to speed things up a bit so I’ve embraced it head on for the time being :)  

However despite the ability to copy and paste...

Spaceships

Spaceships! 

These are just a few quick options for spaceships for anyone running a Sci-fi game, these were made specifically to complement the Spaceport map I made the other day. 

There are two smaller ships for dogfighting options and are generic enough to fit most setting while still having a little bit of flair. The larger ships is for actually flying around in for a group, so you have a cargo area, bridge with a large transparent viewing screen at the front and an e...

Sneak Peek: Spaceships

The Phantom class is a little big for the Spaceport map I just made and it still needs some detail but it has loads of space for some interiors like a cargo bay, sleeping area, bridge and engine room! :D

The other two are for combat encounters or just looking pretty!

Hopefully I can do a few different colours for these as well. 

Spaceport

This was a learning experience! Having never done a sci-fi map before, I wasn't really sure what I was doing but it turned out alright in the end.

This is my take on a spaceport or space platform for a patron, for landing small ships or having an encounter in space or on a ice, desert or cloud planet! Oh yes, there are three other versions of this map that you can see below! 

2019-02-16 15:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Sneak Peek: Spaceport

A very early look at the next battlemap!

I still need to do details, add weathering and objects like crates, boxes, etc but I wanted to show off the overall look before going any further. This is a more of a landing or docking station and not a full spaceport as large ships wouldnt be able to land on those platforms, but it would work well for smaller ships. 

This is my first sci-fi map and I'm very tempted to draw a small spaceship afterwards as well so it can be used to sta...

Honeyhorn Brewery

Another rainy map today with the old Honeyhorn Brewery!

This map is interesting is that I really don't like it. I don’t really like the way I draw rock faces/cliffs right now, a vertical drawing style may be worth trying for next time, the attempt at drawing flowers is also not as good as I wanted. I really need to practice more and make more battlemaps so I can try and incorporate new some new techniques and I only really realised things I wanted to change halfway through the colouri...

Interior Tokens V1

Here is the first pack or version 1 of the interior items for my maps! These are really exciting for me as they came together really quickly but give so many options and there is a ton of room to add more to make my maps come alive!

In the future I now can focus on making creating maps with just the floors and update this pack with custom items to fit, rather than doing tables and chairs and candles etc over and over again.

I made my own version of the lake castle map I posted rec...

Sneak Peek: Interior Pack V1

I said yesterday that I would post some furniture assets/tokens for the castle battlemap but as you can see nothing is quite finished yet, only the flat colours are done. This is just a quick post to show how things are shaping up! I will be doing some more as well and updating the pack whenever I decide to add new assets/tokens so this is a version 1. 

So far, we have a bed, chest, pot, barrel, chair, small table, crate, pillar, candles, money pile, plate, gate and large table. 2019-02-08 19:17:58 +0000 UTC View Post

The Lake Castle

Todays map is The Lake Castle all coloured up and available in two different versions! 

(I thought the rainy version has a little more atmosphere but the normal one is also in the downloads) 

This is another map for one of my patrons and includes a “top” so you can create a second floor. I didn't plan to add interior details as those kind of things take a huge amount of time but they will be coming when I try to do more modular battlemap building in the future :)

Sneak Peek: Lake Castle

I'm a little rusty making battlemaps but this one is shaping up quite well. This was a request by a patron and I wanted to include all those lovely towers, gatehouse and a hall, plus the surroundings to make it really feel like a fantasy castle.

I've been doing more line art in Photoshop lately which made me think about how I do things quite a lot. While most of the time I will draw things by hand. I think that only really makes sense for world maps for a more traditional feel. When it ...

Blue Dragonborn

Recovering from a cold this week but I did manage to finish this Blue Dragonborn for one of my patrons! With and without a breath weapon! 

In other exciting news, I’m now done with all the patron requests for tokens that I had on my list! 

I now have 5 maps to do from patrons that I’m aware of, and after that I’ll be checking in with everyone to see if there is anyone I’ve missed. Hopefully I’ll be able to do these 5 maps this month and then make some changes t...

Yuan Ti

So I was asked by one of my patrons to make a Yuan Ti, for a jungle themed game, and maybe make a snake and leg based token if I had time. Well I went a little overboard and did that, plus a few different versions.

There are 4 different colours, with 3 main types, scimitar, staff and sword so in total, that is 48 combinations overall. 

2019-01-29 18:47:41 +0000 UTC View Post