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Dungeon Stronghold of a Planar Lord, by Mrrkyllothur

August 14, 2010
Dungeon Stronghold of a Planar Lord

This is a mapmaking competition entry from Mrrkyllothur. Software used CC2 (floor plan), PSP8 (editing), PS7 (post work), Map Tools v1.3.b63 (dungeon dressing) Background patterns were made from textures supplied by freaky665.deviantart.com A few viewers might recognize my old school style of mapping from the Cartographer’s Guild. When making maps I try to design them [...]

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The Free Kingdoms, by Sven Myrin

August 12, 2010
The Free Kingdoms

This is a mapmaking competition entry from Sven Myrin. Notes I designed the Free Kingdoms map with Photoshop 7 per my usual style using many CC3 elements and with a healthy dose of blending effects. The map took about 20 hours of work to complete. Since I had to create the map from scratch for [...]

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Lune Fi – Latoon Regional Map, by AkherQursan

August 8, 2010
Lune Fi - Latoon

This is a mapmaking competition entry from AkherQursan. Lune Fi The capital region of Latoon. Mainly inhabited by a race named Horin Ti. “A land not yet blessed by the gracious deeds often done by the tiny people of the Tri Oilun faith. With countless territories containing large dry canyons and beasts that are unmatched [...]

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Kins’Rin, by Duncan Peterson

August 8, 2010
Kins'Rin

This is a mapmaking competition entry from Duncan Peterson. The country of Kins’Rin is ruled by three people known as Arbiters who rule in three different cities. The central capital, Damasca, is ruled by Arbor. Once a common soldier, he was appointed by the former Arbiter as the master of Damasca for reasons unknown to [...]

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Gragmoor Quarry, by Nick Pelletier

August 7, 2010
Gragmoor Quarry

This is a mapmaking competition entry from Nick Pelletier. The Town of Gragmoor Quarry and the Monastery of Lacador Many years ago, a monastery to the goddess Lacodor was established alongside the wide river of Gragmoor, in an isolated part of an ancient kingdom. Across the river, to the North, a quarry was dug out [...]

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Verhaegen

August 7, 2010
Verhaegen

This is a Guest Post by Sven Myrin. Notes: I designed the Verhaegen map with Photoshop 7.0 but using almost exclusively CC3 elements including those from Pro Fantasy Annuals and free online resources. Practically all the elements I added to the map were modified in some way as to introduce blending effects that I found [...]

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Meet the Judges

August 5, 2010
Gavel

Hopefully you have already started making your map for the competition. I’m looking forward to some great map submission and, of course, finding out who is going to win the ProFantasy prize vouchers. And, to determine those winners, we have a stellar lineup of judges to evaluate your efforts. So, without further adieu (and in [...]

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Megetrs – Fantasy Town Map by Dominic Pelletier

July 31, 2010
Megetrs Town Map

This is our first Guest Post on FantasyMapMaker.com – it’s a map of the town of Megetrs, by Nick Pelletier. Thanks Nick for sharing your map with us! This smallish sized town was originally just a fjord left under the control of an ambitious young magistrate. He quickly realized that the geography gave a unique [...]

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