Tuesday 12 March 2019

Who Makes Maps?

Back in 2017 I made a big post of artists in the OSR, I'd like to try to do the same thing for maps.

Unfortunately, G+ is gone, and while I knew a few artists to begin with, I barely know any map makers.

So I will be relying on you, the readers of this blog to help me out.

So, if you are a map maker, or know of one that you would want included in this, then drop a comment below and I will update the post with each new map-maker.


In the comment I need;

- A Name (or whatever online handle they use).

- Any websites where they show examples of their work. (The link itself, not the name.)

- An example I can put up on the blog. This can be a map or a fragment of the map. (Because of the way blogs are formatted, rectangular images the shapes of books show up better and can be shown at a bigger size.) NOT INSTAGRAM I CAN'T DOWNLOAD FROM THERE.

I can go through their stuff and grab an image but its a LOT easier in a lot of ways if there is a handy image somewhere I can just use directly without the dicking about with formats, downloading, deciding which is the most representative, deciding whether to cut it down to shape or not etc etc.

- Contact details (IF they want them on this post).

- A brief, VERY brief description of who they are, what they do and why people might be interested in them.

- I would prefer it if the people shown were vaguely somewhat close to the OSR in a general sense, or at least, not this random person who's maps you happened to see at some point online.

- And if they've worked on stuff that's available then links to that would be great.

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I will check the comments on Reddit and Facebook when I can, and update when I can, but comments here are much more likely to be seen, will be seen more quickly and are less likely to get lost or forgotten.


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Abigail (Alien Sunset)

Hi!
I'm Abigail, aka @Alien_Sunset on Twitter (and pretty near everywhere else)

I make dungeon maps and pen & ink illustrations.
You can find my maps at https://www.patreon.com/alien_sunset
people can feel free to contact me through Patreon or twitter

a map example can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Btvs20zFwaH



I started playing RPGs with 2e back in '99 and have been drawing for as long as I can remember. I recently became fascinated my the old school/OSR movement and really enjoy making maps and imagining what may be lurking in them. I currently run a LotFP west marches/mega dungeon/open table game on Discord. And am working along side a ton of other super talented OSR folx on a Zini for the Beneath the Canals Kickstarter that just finished (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeltlombardi/beneath-the-canals)


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Afrenasia


Hey Patrick,

My name is Grant, most of my stuff is on my instagram. I'm a graphic designer/DJ who's loved rpgs since he was a kid.

http://www.instagram.com/afrenasia



this is a hand drawn map in biro - https://www.instagram.com/p/BtuEqQYgC15/

Map created in hexographer then modified in photoshop for my current campaign - https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSHGd9AxiY/

Continent scale map of my current campaign world, made in illustrator and photoshop - https://www.instagram.com/p/BpNhAcHAd9y/

Detail of campaign world - https://www.instagram.com/p/BeMiVv3Ff9p/

Example of biro pen drawing - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpi48jaAMwD/

Example 2 - https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWJG9FgTIr/

Plus I have a heap of maps aping the style of first edition AD&D modules...


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Ed Allen

Hi,
I'm Ed.
Most of my maps are black and white line art and on my website at;

 https://geekruminations.blogspot.com 

One made it into a kickstarted module, but mostly they are just for fun, to scratch the map making itch.

I'll have to start posting there again since G+ is going away.

Chainmail from '73, D&D from '75.

I'm on gmail as ed.allen1 Twitter @edallen MeWe: mewe.com/i/edallen3

Example:



A bunch of my maps are also accessible via my "drop a room number on the map and see it get populated" old school dungeon generator at http://meta-studios.com/dg/dunmap.html


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Caeora

-My website is blueswordgames.com

-I have a map gallery here where you can see everything I make: https://www.blueswordgames.com/map-gallery

-You can contact me on my twitter @caeora or on discord and my username is Caeora.




"-I have a background in game design but I've been working full time as a mapmaker for over a year now, I also make a bunch of useful things for all kinds of tabletop roleplaying games from tokens to assets and I even have a few articles on mapmaking on my website as well.

-My maps are being used for a few things but most recently the kickstarter Humblewood that you can see here!

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Pat Eyler

Twitter @mountain_foot
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/mountainfoot
Blog https://footofthemountainadventures.blogspot.com


"The best way to contact me is through my twitter, above.

I started playing OD&D/AD&D in 1978 and DMing shortly thereafter. I stopped playing when my kids were born, and came back to the hobby about a year ago. I rediscovered my love of RPG maps, and love to share them. Most of my maps are available for personal or commercial reuse, with attribution.

I'm the official mapper for Best Left Buried, an OSR adjacent horror-fantasy RPG, and have done maps for a number of projects that are nearing publication."

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Jez Gordon

Contact: gibletblizzard at gee male dot calm
Twitter: @GibletBlizzard


Example: Keep on the Borderlands Greyhawk Map
This has been the base of operations for my Greyhawk D&D campaign for the last three years. The Gang's been all over this place


"Sydney, Australia based creative working on a variety of award-winning RPG products over the last ten years as a graphic designer, illustrator and cartographer."

Published Works:







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Kelvin Green

Twitter @thekelvingreen


"I've been working in OSR and OSR-adjacent stuff for a number of years, drawing for the most part, but also a bit of writing. I did my own maps for my adventure Forgive Us and people took notice of the way I did them; since then I've done maps for DIY RPG Productions, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and Necrotic Gnome."





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j3w3l

I go by eri, or j3w3l

@ausj3w3l on twitter 

Website with a map gallery - https://corruptedquill.com/maps/




I've been making maps for a couple years now, mostly focusing on battle maps but also occaisionally doing city, dungeon, and world maps.

Typically draw all my maps on pen and paper first, and then colouring on the computer. 


You can also get my work over on patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Erimakesmaps

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Cze Lee

Name: Czepeku

Hey Patrick, I'm Cze. I make maps with my partner Peku. We like making painterly battlemaps but also large scale campaign maps. Soon we'll be releasing some old school dungeon-types and town/city maps too. We're also world building campaign settings for OSR games, which I cover on the blog linked below. 

(both links include map examples)

Contact: czepeku@gmail.com




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Billy Longino

I can be reached on Twitter (https://twitter.com/longino_billy) or by email: longino.billy@gmail.com


Also, a lot of my work can be found on my blog MegaDungeon (https://megadungeoncomic.wordpress.com/)



Though I'm mostly writing now, I've drawn maps for a few people, including all of the adventure site maps for The Dark of Hot Springs Island. And I still draw maps for commission and occasionally post them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/longino.billy/) and on my blog (https://megadungeoncomic.wordpress.com/).

Here's a sample of my dungeon cartography: https://imgur.com/a/MSXMbkD 


And a sample of my overland cartography: https://imgur.com/a/GQ4CTep

and another style of overland: https://imgur.com/kGKwLqX


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Natalie of NB Maps

I have a wordpress at https://nbmaps.wordpress.com/ which is just a gallery for the stuff I've made.

You can contact me through the wordpress, or email me at komsussertodd@gmail.com.



Hey, I'm Natalie and I’ve been making map-style stuff since I was really young just messing around in paint using the fill tool on the countries on the wikipedia world map template. From there, I got into map-making properly through maps for ‘Civcraft’-genre Minecraft servers in about ~2014, and from there have done things for personal worldbuilding projects, tabletop campaigns and collaborative settings.  

A specific map example would be my Nationstates project which is one of the things I'm most proud of, here; https://i.imgur.com/HFjhnKo.png, but there's a lot of stuff with a decent variance of styles on the wordpress. 

As you can see I generally do large-scale political/regional maps, sometimes with features like topography, rather than dungeon-scale things.


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Jonathan Newell

Twitter: @Edweirdian


Description: I make maximalist pen & ink maps, mostly for weird cities. I run a campaign in my Hex campaign setting, a sprawling, whimsical metropolis. I run OSR games and 5E with OSR sensibilities.


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Pete (of Garblag Games)



"I've been roleplaying for 30 years and most of that has been DM/GMing. I've run a club in my home town for 15/16 years and 2 years ago decided to create an actual play youtube channel. I have create maps, turn them into adventures and then try to play them on the channel.

I am now on cartographic duties for Grim & Perilous Studios who produce ZweihanderRPG and Powered by Zweihander games which can be found at https://grimandperilous.com . My maps feature in the Main Gauche expansion and I'll be working on future projects for them, such as Colonial Gothic and Tetsubo.

I have just started producing a series of open source fantasy adventure locations which are aimed more at darker fantasy and OSR games. I give these to patrons and they are also available here."

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Justin Pitt


I good example to use would be https://www.instagram.com/p/ButrOPsASAi/



Best way to reach me is email, justin [at] thepitt [dot] ca

Only recently started drawing maps but I've been a player and a GM for several years and have gotten heavily invested in the OSR over the last year.

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Michael Prescott



"Toronto writer/illustrator publishes free 2pg adventures, with CC-BY-NC isometric/perspective dungeon maps."

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Skullfungus

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/skullfungus/
Twitter https://twitter.com/skullfungus


Hello! My name is Karl, but I go by skullfungus mostly.

The easiest way to reach me is to just dm/tweet me.

I think this map is pretty representative of my overland style.

I've worked on a bunch of different projects, some personal and some for other people. Here are a few projects that I am especially proud to have been a part of:

A twitter hexmap. What Ho, Frog DemonsOperation UnfathomableThe Black Hack, 2nd Edition.
Jungle Tomb of the Mummy Bride.

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Jason Thompson

www.mockman.com
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mockmanpress/

"- a third-party list of my RPG maps with links to art is here.

"- my best contact email is myfirstname @ mockman dot com"



"Some quick info: I'm an illustrator, storyboarder, and game designer (Mangaka, Cartooner and the upcoming Dreamland) with a background in comics. I've been playing TRPGs since I was 8 years old and I've gradually had the good fortune to get to work more in this space."

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Rodger Thorm

I'm Rodger Thorm
Portfolio: https://rthorm.wordpress.com/rodger-thorm-portfolio
Contact: rodger (at) antherwyck dotcom
Twitter: @Antherwyck
Blog: https://rthorm.files.wordpress.com

I do a variety of mapping styles ranging from Dysonesque dungeons to hard-line graphic science-fiction. I'm interested in experimental forms, isometrics, cross-sections, and other odd, non-traditional map-making.

Sample image:

https://rthorm.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/postmap31-b1203map.jpg?w=450

A range of other samples is on the portfolio page. Most recent published works are a couple architectural drawings for "Mother's Love" adventure for Cthulhu Hack.

I've also organised the Exquisite Corpse series of collaborative dungeons, and you could glean another dozen names from there with other map makers.


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Niklas Winstedt

My Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/paths.peculiar/
My website: https://www.wistedt.net/


Hi, I'm Niklas and I draw fantasy and sci-fi maps mainly meant for old school games. I go by the handle Paths Peculiar. I enjoy doing different styles of maps, top-down, isometric, vertical and overland hex-maps.


Typical dungeon map (sci-fi): 

Typical isometric map (fantasy): 

Typical overland map (fantasy): 

And finally a typical vertical map (sci-fi): 

58 comments:

  1. Hi there, I'm Pat Eyler, @mountain_foot on twitter. I post maps there; on my patreon, https://www.patreon.com/mountainfoot; and on my blog, https://footofthemountainadventures.blogspot.com

    A couple of recent examples of my maps include:
    https://footofthemountainadventures.blogspot.com/2018/12/abandoned-crypt.html
    https://footofthemountainadventures.blogspot.com/2019/02/1000-twitter-followers.html
    or https://twitter.com/mountain_foot/status/1101530162326167554

    The best way to contact me is through my twitter, above.

    I started playing OD&D/AD&D in 1978 and DMing shortly thereafter. I stopped playing when my kids were born, and came back to the hobby about a year ago. I rediscovered my love of RPG maps, and love to share them. Most of my maps are available for personal or commercial reuse, with attribution.

    I'm the official mapper for Best Left Buried, an OSR adjacent horror-fantasy RPG, and have done maps for a number of projects that are nearing publication.

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  2. Michael Prescott
    http://blog.trilemma.com
    http://www.trilemma.com/blog/adventures/26-Lenses-Map.png
    Toronto writer/illusrator publishes free 2pg adventures, with CC-BY-NC isometric/perspective dungeon maps.

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  3. I've done the maps for my own adventures -- and a couple of other people's -- but I'm not sure that counts.

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    1. In which case:

      Kelvin Green
      http://kelvingreen.blogspot.com/
      http://kelvingreen.blogspot.com/2017/07/knows-how-to-party.html is probably the most interesting recentish example of one of my maps.
      There's a contact link on my blog, and I'm on twitter @thekelvingreen

      I've been working in OSR and OSR-adjacent stuff for a number of years, drawing for the most part, but also a bit of writing. I did my own maps for my adventure Forgive Us and people took notice of the way I did them; since then I've done maps for DIY RPG Productions, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and Necrotic Gnome.

      Here are some examples of things that you can buy and that contain maps by me:
      https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/127041/Forgive-Us
      https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/152587/The-Squid-the-Cabal-and-the-Old-Man
      https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/207631/The-Weird-That-Befell-Drigbolton
      (the colour map above is in something that isn't out yet!)

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  4. Just last night I was lamenting my crappy mapping. If I wasn’t cheap I’d hire someone to draw me some maps.

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  5. Hello and thanks for providing a great place to share with other great mapmakers!

    I'm Pete - Artist, Writer and Producer at Garblag Games

    We have several places to find us
    Twitter https://twitter.com/GarblagGames
    Patreon https://www.patreon.com/GarblagGames
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GarblagGames

    An example can be seen here https://www.patreon.com/posts/mountain-free-24154740

    Best to contact via one of the above methods.

    I've been roleplaying for 30 years and most of that has been DM/GMing. I've run a club in my home town for 15/16 years and 2 years ago decided to create an actual play youtube channel. I have create maps, turn them into adventures and then try to play them on the channel.

    I am now on cartographic duties for Grim & Perilous Studios who produce ZweihanderRPG and Powered by Zweihander games which can be found at https://grimandperilous.com . My maps feature in the Main Gauche expansion and I'll be working on future projects for them, such as Colonial Gothic and Tetsubo.

    I have just started producing a series of open source fantasy adventure locations which are aimed more at darker fantasy and OSR games. I give these to patrons and they are also available here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/267577/Adventure-Location-003--The-Mountain-Tollkeep?term=garblag+games




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  6. Hello! My name is Karl, but I go by skullfungus mostly.

    You can find my work on my instagram account:
    https://www.instagram.com/skullfungus/
    or on my twitter:
    https://twitter.com/skullfungus
    I update these a couple of times a week with drawings of maps mostly, but sometimes creatures etc.

    I think this map is pretty representative of my overland style:
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1D0S-TXcAAZx1Y?format=jpg&name=large

    And this one, for dungeon crawling:
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dp6FGfkW4AENncu?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

    The easiest way to reach me is to just dm/tweet me.

    I've worked on a bunch of different projects, some personal and some for other people. Here are a few projects that I am especially proud to have been a part of:

    A twitter hexmap:
    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/265720/Fungithrill--A-Twitter-Hexmap

    What Ho, Frog Demons
    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/257155/What-Ho-Frog-Demons

    Operation Unfathomable
    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233145/Operation-Unfathomable

    The Black Hack, 2nd Edition
    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/255088/The-Black-Hack-Second-Edition

    Jungle Tomb of the Mummy Bride:
    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/259238/Jungle-Tomb-of-the-Mummy-Bride

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  7. I tried to post earlier, but it looks like it didn't go through -- apologies if this is a duplicate!

    ******

    Hi Patrick! Dungeons and Possums told me about this post, thanks for making it. I friended you on FB but I don't think we've ever really interacted. I love your work -- I've used stuff from "Veins of the Earth" and I really want to run "Deep Carbon Observatory" sometime.

    Anyway, lemme join the crowd, here's my mapmaking data:

    - Jason Thompson
    - www.mockman.com
    - also https://www.instagram.com/mockmanpress/
    - a third-party list of my RPG maps with links to art is here: https://rendedpress.blogspot.com/2016/11/list-of-d-module-walkthrough-maps-by.html
    - my best contact email is myfirstname @ mockman dot com

    Some quick info: I'm an illustrator, storyboarder, and game designer (Mangaka, Cartooner and the upcoming Dreamland) with a background in comics. I've been playing TRPGs since I was 8 years old and I've gradually had the good fortune to get to work more in this space.

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    1. Hello Jason, added, and I am a big fan of yours also.

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  9. Hi! Here's some mapmaking data:

    Jonathan Newell
    Blog: bearded-devil.com
    Twitter: @Edweirdian
    Description: I make maximalist pen & ink maps, mostly for weird cities. I run a campaign in my Hex campaign setting, a sprawling, whimsical metropolis. I run OSR games and 5E with OSR sensibilities.

    Map example: http://bearded-devil.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Hex-Big-Map.png

    Alternate example: https://preview.redd.it/n4w1oigvk8911.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=cd28bce58bca7bc25cbce4d1cdab8b04a5450c89

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    1. Hello Jonathan, I remember that big Hex map from a while ago, its amazing. Added.

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  10. Hey!

    (Secondhand Samurai from WA sent me here and thank you for the post!)

    -My name is Caeora.
    -My website is blueswordgames.com

    -I have a map gallery here where you can see everything I make: https://www.blueswordgames.com/map-gallery

    -You can contact me on my twitter @caeora or on discord and my username is Caeora.

    -I have a background in game design but I've been working full time as a mapmaker for over a year now, I also make a bunch of useful things for all kinds of tabletop roleplaying games from tokens to assets and I even have a few articles on mapmaking on my website as well.

    -My maps are being used for a few things but most recently the kickstarter Humblewood that you can see here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hitpointpress/humblewood-campaign-setting-for-5e-dnd

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  11. Hi Patrick, here's my sturf:

    Name: Jez Gordon

    Portfolio: https://jezgordon.myportfolio.com/cartography

    Example: Keep on the Borderlands Greyhawk Map
    This has been the base of operations for my Greyhawk D&D campaign for the last three years. The Gang's been all over this place.

    Example URL: https://pro2-bar.myportfolio.com/v1/assets/17f4f09b7cce5c906166be8c00250288/c124d0005874c7d769411efe_rw_1200.jpg?h=27ae16d683e75d94f604dab0f480b0f1

    Sydney, Australia based creative working on a variety of award-winning RPG products over the last ten years as a graphic designer, illustrator and cartographer.

    Contact: gibletblizzard at gee male dot calm
    Twitter: @GibletBlizzard

    Published Works:

    Operation Unfathomable: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233145/Operation-Unfathomable

    Broodmother Skyfortress: http://www.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=236

    The Cursed Chateau: http://www.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=233

    Death Frost Doom: http://www.lotfp.com/store/DeathFrostDoom

    Qelong: http://www.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=qelong&category_id=0&product_id=169

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  12. Hi!
    I'm Abigail, aka @Alien_Sunset on Twitter (and pretty near everywhere else)

    I make dungeon maps and pen & ink illustrations.
    You can find my maps at https://www.patreon.com/alien_sunset
    people can feel free to contact me through Patreon or twitter

    a map example can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Btvs20zFwaH

    I started playing RPGs with 2e back in '99 and have been drawing for as long as I can remember. I recently became fascinated my the old school/OSR movement and really enjoy making maps and imagining what may be lurking in them. I currently run a LotFP west marches/mega dungeon/open table game on Discord. And am working along side a ton of other super talented OSR folx on a Zini for the Beneath the Canals Kickstarter that just finished (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeltlombardi/beneath-the-canals)

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    1. Hello Abigail, I've added you but I don't know how to download an image from Instagram as its not really set up for that, do you have a more accessible image I can use?

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    2. oh, dear, I'm sorry!
      here's a flickr link:
      https://flic.kr/p/2dAe9UN

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    3. On the up side Abigail, I definitely feel as if we are getting somewhere together.

      On the downside, I also cannot download that flickr photo.

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  13. I go by eri, or j3w3l
    @ausj3w3l on twitter

    Website with a map gallery - https://corruptedquill.com/maps/

    I've been making maps for a couple years now, mostly focusing on battle maps but also occaisionally doing city, dungeon, and world maps.
    Typically draw all my maps on pen and paper first, and then colouring on the computer.

    Good example of work is a recent dungeon - https://i.imgur.com/C2NmUVy.jpg

    You can also get my work over on patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Erimakesmaps

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  14. I am Billy Longino.

    Though I'm mostly writing now, I've drawn maps for a few people, including all of the adventure site maps for The Dark of Hot Springs Island. And I still draw maps for commission and occasionally post them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/longino.billy/) and on my blog (https://megadungeoncomic.wordpress.com/).

    Here's a sample of my dungeon cartography: https://imgur.com/a/MSXMbkD

    and caverns: https://imgur.com/a/ezOBtNO, and more caverns: https://imgur.com/a/zu7DnPg

    And a sample of my overland cartography: https://imgur.com/a/GQ4CTep

    and another style of overland: https://imgur.com/kGKwLqX

    I can be reached on Twitter (https://twitter.com/longino_billy) or by email: longino.billy@gmail.com

    Also, a lot of my work can be found on my blog MegaDungeon (https://megadungeoncomic.wordpress.com/)

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  15. Hey Patrick,

    My name is Grant, most of my stuff is on my instagram. I'm a graphic designer/DJ who's loved rpgs since he was a kid.

    http://www.instagram.com/afrenasia

    this is a hand drawn map in biro - https://www.instagram.com/p/BtuEqQYgC15/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

    Map created in hexographer then modified in photoshop for my current campaign - https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSHGd9AxiY/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

    Continent scale map of my current campaign world, made in illustrator and photoshop - https://www.instagram.com/p/BpNhAcHAd9y/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

    Detail of campaign world - https://www.instagram.com/p/BeMiVv3Ff9p/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

    Example of biro pen drawing - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpi48jaAMwD/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

    Example 2 - https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWJG9FgTIr/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

    Plus I have a heap of maps aping the style of first edition AD&D modules...

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    1. Added, but can't upload from Instagram, do you have any more accessible images?

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    2. These should be accessible hopefully :)

      http://www.afrenasia.com/ultaurgoth/Ultaurgoth_new_July_2018_sm.jpg

      http://www.afrenasia.com/ultaurgoth/Weird_Country_sm.jpg

      http://www.afrenasia.com/ultaurgoth/The Emirate of Jadispah_small.jpg

      http://www.afrenasia.com/ultaurgoth/Ultaurgoth_map_medium_august2018.jpg

      http://www.afrenasia.com/ultaurgoth/the undercity of Ranikidavi_goblin lair-01.jpg

      http://www.afrenasia.com/ultaurgoth/the undercity of Ranikidavi_current_map_30_august_2018-01.jpg



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    3. I added the long one, and thanks.

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  16. Hey, I'm Natalie and I’ve been making map-style stuff since I was really young just messing around in paint using the fill tool on the countries on the wikipedia world map template. From there, I got into map-making properly through maps for ‘Civcraft’-genre Minecraft servers in about ~2014, and from there have done things for personal worldbuilding projects, tabletop campaigns and collaborative settings.

    I have a wordpress at https://nbmaps.wordpress.com/ which is just a gallery for the stuff I've made. A specific map example would be my Nationstates project which is one of the things I'm most proud of, here; https://i.imgur.com/HFjhnKo.png, but there's a lot of stuff with a decent variance of styles on the wordpress. As you can see I generally do large-scale political/regional maps, sometimes with features like topography, rather than dungeon-scale things. You can contact me through the wordpress, or email me at komsussertodd@gmail.com.

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  17. Hi Patrick,

    Fantastic idea.

    I'm Justin Pitt.

    You can find my work at https://www.instagram.com/thebottomlesspitt/

    I good example to use would be https://www.instagram.com/p/ButrOPsASAi/

    Best way to reach me is email, justin [at] thepitt [dot] ca

    Only recently started drawing maps but I've been a player and a GM for several years and have gotten heavily invested in the OSR over the last year.

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    1. Thanks Justin, added. Do you have any images not hosted on instagram as I can't download those?

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    2. Sorry Patrick, my mistake. Here's a couple direct links, pick your favorite.

      https://i.imgur.com/7jRZWl2.jpg
      https://i.imgur.com/7EvCr0Y.jpg

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  18. Hi, I'm Niklas and I draw fantasy and sci-fi maps mainly meant for old school games. I go by the handle Paths Peculiar. I enjoy doing different styles of maps, top-down, isometric, vertical and overland hex-maps.

    My Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/paths.peculiar/
    My website: https://www.wistedt.net/
    Typical dungeon map (sci-fi): https://www.wistedt.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/outpost_thule.png
    Typical isometric map (fantasy): https://www.wistedt.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/key_tankard_inn_shadows.png
    Typical overland map (fantasy): https://www.wistedt.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dunklemoor_hexmap.png
    And finally a typical vertical map (sci-fi): https://www.wistedt.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/kuipers_cantina.png

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  19. Hey Patrick, I'm Cze. I make maps with my partner Peku. We like making painterly battlemaps but also large scale campaign maps. Soon we'll be releasing some old school dungeon-types and town/city maps too. We're also world building campaign settings for OSR games, which I cover on the blog linked below.

    Name: Czepeku
    Website: https://czepeku.com/pages/rpg-maps or patreon.com/czepeku (both links include map examples)
    Contact: czepeku@gmail.com
    Blog: mirrorsquid.czepeku.com

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  20. Hi,
    I'm Ed.
    Most of my maps are black and white line art and on my website at https://geekruminations.blogspot.com One made it into a kickstarted module, but mostly they are just for fun, to scratch the map making itch.

    I'll have to start posting there again since G+ is going away.
    Chainmail from '73, D&D from '75.

    I'm on gmail as ed.allen1 Twitter @edallen MeWe: mewe.com/i/edallen3

    Example:
    https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pHs34d2sp9w/XFu0YSxdh9I/AAAAAAAAF6w/JRujH_aBxFQmrBYU-vKGoTr4DknC84VhgCLcBGAs/s640/DC082B25-336E-4215-8A6E-FC9C5D44D844.jpeg

    A bunch of my maps are also accessible via my "drop a room number on the map and see it get populated" old school dungeon generator at http://meta-studios.com/dg/dunmap.html

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  21. The bare image that Abigail / Alien Sunset posted via Instagram is here (sorry for the long URL, it's not user-facing):

    https://instagram.fagc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/49455d1440dc4757e656e6b0941c5aee/5D535279/t51.2885-15/e35/51121478_385058885655589_5192499892384770934_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fagc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net

    You should be able to save and re-upload it from there.
    (Probably rather late, but I just saw this post *shrug*)

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  22. I'm Rodger Thorm

    Portfolio: https://rthorm.wordpress.com/rodger-thorm-portfolio
    Contact: rodger (at) antherwyck dotcom
    Twitter: @Antherwyck
    Blog: https://rthorm.files.wordpress.com

    I do a variety of mapping styles ranging from Dysonesque dungeons to hard-line graphic science-fiction. I'm interested in experimental forms, isometrics, cross-sections, and other odd, non-traditional map-making.

    Sample image:
    https://rthorm.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/postmap31-b1203map.jpg?w=450

    A range of other samples is on the portfolio page. Most recent published works are a couple architectural drawings for "Mother's Love" adventure for Cthulhu Hack.

    I've also organized the Exquisite Corpse series of collaborative dungeons, and you could glean another dozen names from there with other map makers.

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    1. Hi Rodger, I've added you. I used a slightly different image than the one you requested as the portrait dimensions just look a lot better on a blog. I hope that's ok.

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