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Published: 2009-07-24 04:42:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 47067; Favourites: 617; Downloads: 0
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I made this with the help of a tutorial from the *very excellent* cartographer's guild [link] , seriously you can make realistic coastlines in like two minutes omg. A good map is a pretty essential part of any fantasy story amirite? So everything elf-related I work on, this is the setting, continent of Rethamnel, yessir yesma'am. It was incredibly fun indulging my inner geography geek. NEXT TASK, MAPPING OUT CITIES LULZnoteable crap:
- 6 cardinal directions (they follow leylines), north, hebwa, torreth, south, errist, anwa
- Nuanra Hexagon, a sort of magical bermuda triangle, all kinds of crazy shit is possible here
- map grid is Hexakis triangular tiling, [link] in case you doubted how much of a nerd I am
- Central Esterahad, largest city in Rethamnel pop. ~1 million
- Parthrizatown, Errikan's marginally swampy backwoods hometown :>
- the map scale is in miles, unless I change my mind 9__9
No I will not answer any questions about wether or not this stuff I work on will be published in any capacity and if so when XD Just consider it my artistic playground. For now ;3
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I'd love toΒ get a couple maps done, for TSR's [now WotC] original Gamma World game, with a HEX grid added in...
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Awesome map. Truly splendid. Thanks for sharing!
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you have an awesome imagination! What a wonderful map!
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The directions you've invented don't sound entirely good, but i love the map
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I kept looking for a South Esterahad
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Hey There I really like your artwork 10/10! I would just like to mention quickly that I have a gaming team set up of 9. We need more 3d and 2d artists for both conceptual and final artworks. We are a serious team looking for all gaming roles including GUI artists and others. The game is based over 4000 years ago and contains Vikings, Barbarians, Shaolin Monks and the Atlantians. Post a reply or send a note to me or email me on vxtream@gmail.com.
Thanks to all members who read this and please consider it as we do have many professionals involved.
Regards to you and all the Deviantart community,
The VisionXtream Team
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I love this! Map making has always been so fun for me, but I've never pulled off such an awesome looking one D: Truly inspiring! Love the names, too ^_^
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from one geology geek to another, whoa. and i love the hexakis style... i've tried pentagons before and nearly fried my brain, lol
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Sorry for the double comment - which tutorial specifically did you use for this?
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Let me start by saying I really like this map, I haven't seen a custom compass rose before, but I do have two critiques. One, capitalize the city names and two some of the city names aren't creative like Maxmanaville. I get the reference, but In the midst of all these otherwise realistic names Maxmanaville seems out of place. I hope to see more maps from you.
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Can I ask which tutorial you used for this? 
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VERY cool map!! ...Six directions?? Man, I wouldn't know what to do if I visited that place! O_O Well, besides buy a map. Heh!
I love cartography and I never knew the name until early this year! This is the kind of thing that I'd like to do more often! Soooo awesome! I love your noteable things, too. O_O
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Wow! That's amazing, seriously one of the best fictional maps I have ever seen!
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This is a really good map! Would you be interested in helping me out with a map? Look at my journal for details.
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So freakin' glad I found this map because of the guild you have linked. I have been trying to work out a map for a novel/series I'm working on and I now have a mapmaking request post up with details on what I'm looking for. Love your map and thanks so much for the link!
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Very cool! Ive been wanting to get a cartographer program for some time; Work like yours show how awesome the results can be!
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Hi!
Me and my crew were really enjoied by your work.
So we wanted to ask you if you could do a map for our new italian RPG game online based on the film βAvatarβ by James Cameron.
We can't offer you money, but your name, and the link of your page in DA, will be exposed on the site as a thank you.
Could you do this for us?
This is my e-mail address: alotahels@live.it
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i'm just gonna say MOAR ASTRAL and leave it at that. there just aren't enough blue haired elf chicks with glasses.
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Looks really great ! I always wanted to do a map like that ^^
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it looks a little clean to me... what about adding some more dirt or an old paper look...
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ooh triangles!
quite inspired to do some cartography. alas Im far to busy 
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Awesome, I love fictional maps. They make your mind explode. Amazing that so much back history and story can be suggested through place names!
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I love maps of fictional places - I have a feeling I'll be spending too much time at the site you linked to!
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This is a really sweet map! I love the way you used texture and color to define the topography, it's really sleek.
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Og, I love maps. Thanks so much for the link to the cartographer's guild! I'm sure it will come in handy.
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This is very awesome. I'll have to check out the 'guild; map drawing is so ridiculous D:
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This is a wonderful rendition of your world, it must feel fantastic to get it all out onto a tangible map!! I've been trying to do something like this for YEARS... I suppose I should try the tutorial...
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Richly detailed and utterly believable - so, will this stuff ever be publ.....oh! sorry
Seriously though it is an awesome achievement and I try not to over-use the word "awesome" too many times, much preferring to replace it with "spendiferous" whenever I can, and as splendiferosity goes, this is IT.
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Are those names from the asspull variety again?
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Are they ever not? c__c
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Oh wow, I used to make maps for my worlds too! I've definitely got to check out that Cartographers' Guild. This looks great by the way, I like the 6-pointed compass for one thing.
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I really, really like the land scrunchy pattern thingie.
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That is a truly STUNNING map! 
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looks like Settlers of Catan, with the hexagons. Much prettier to look at, though.
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Nice Map. I love maps thanks for the link now I can sproose my map up.
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