Cartography

[Dimetrius]

In my spare time, I've been fiddling with the idea of mapping the world of Akanbar. This thread will house some of the products I am rather proud of, subject to change and meet replacement as I explore different software and techniques.

First up is a (terrible) rendering of Golgonath's streets. The black squares represent shops, the dark brown squares (that also look like black squares, go go terribad quality) lead into guildhalls, the half-brown squares represent temples, and the lone light brown square is the commodity centre.



Given that I started off with a basic square-per-room scale, half of the streets align and connect perfectly while the others do not. Maybe while these areas are still not completely described, we should have some rooms cut out so it all fits snug...hmm! Not shown are housing plots, because [censored] that noise, as well as areas that simply would not fit in a nice manner with the size limitations I imposed (the Black Tower and underground garden, for instance).

[Dimetrius]

Went a bit smaller for the second trial, utilizing the same tools but also the scale of the game map. Much cleaner results (though I'm not exactly sure why the grid and background are preserved for this shot, but not the former).



Name that village?

[Seig]

Kervoza! Haha. I like the second one I can actually see the brown and stuff

[Jaethor]

Just a small plug, if anyone wants to make drawn out maps (not room-for-room, but like this one, by all means. I'll give out power crystals or something. Don't do it if you draw like a preschooler though, please. It'll be awkward for me to give you crystals then.

[Dimetrius]

Golgonath, revisited. Again some kind of issue with preserving the background color (likely due to size), though this time the grid was maintained. Remodeled to replicate the scale of the in-game map, which I feel turned out beautifully.



(larger version [here])

Also, for those wondering or just looking for something to play with, [this] is what I've been using. It's pretty great!

OH NOOO, I didn't get rid of that little tumour hanging off of the southwestern end of Docklands. Sob.

[Dimetrius]

Welsbury and Barthon Wood. Used funny little objects (bookcases? I have no idea!) to mark up/down exits, not sure if I like it or not.

[David]

Went a bit smaller for the second trial, utilizing the same tools but also the scale of the game map. Much cleaner results (though I'm not exactly sure why the grid and background are preserved for this shot, but not the former).



Name that village?

Khazir? I Win!

[Dimetrius]

You lose, it's Kervoza! :b