The first half of the ship is inked and done. I’ve got three lower decks and the topside left, but those should go quicker.
I’ve also redesigned one of the remaining decks, which will have a promenade around the sides. It makes the layout a little more unique and allows people to use it as a gun deck if they want this map to be a warship.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know how it was coming. I’m gonna get back to work. If you’ve got any thoughts about it so far, let me know!
These are the pencils for the enclosed parts of the upper four decks of the ship. There are another three decks below this plus the topside left to draw, but I’m going to get all this inked first.
I’m pretty happy with it so far. What do you think?
I’ve got the giant city-ship planned out and I thought I’d share it with you. This thing has six full decks, two partial decks and a few hundred cabins (I think, I’m not counting). There are three taverns, two general stores, a library, a temple, a marketplace, a gambling hall, a broken-down area that’s been sealed off and left to the rats, a wide variety of stores and workshops and a million other things.
The second picture is one deck drawn at full size. I’ve only got half the furnishings drawn in, but it should give you an idea of what this is going to look like. That’s the fancy part of the ship, by the way. The cabins get smaller and the residents poorer as you go down.
Anyway, I’m gonna get back to work on this. Let me know what you think so far! And if you have any questions, let me know. Don’t drive yourself crazy trying to read my godawful handwriting.
The monastery of Varlaam sits atop a large rock formation in Meteora, Greece. Look at this place and tell me it’s not absolutely epic. This is something I’ve wanted to draw for a long time and I hope I do it justice. I’ll probably draw a sideview as well, but this is the art for the map itself done.
Well, what do you think so far?
This adventurers’ guildhall is a large manor with a courtyard, library, music room, training hall and a gallery of various artifacts acquired (“acquired“) by guild members over the course of their adventures. It could also make a nice base for the party or a good location for a classic armed robbery-themed adventure.
Anyway, I’m gonna get to work on coloring this place. Let me know what you think!
This is one of the last three maps to draw for Tir Thelandira. It’s a wood elf town with a layout inspired by motte-and-bailey castles. Anyway, just thought I’d give you a look at it. I’m gonna get back to coloring this thing. Let me know what you think!
Here’s the first floor finished. I’ve got the second and third floors drawn already and I’ll ink those today. So, what do you think so far?
This is the first floor of Driftport, a floating town made of scrap wood and salvaged ships that have been spliced together like some kind of nautical Frankenstein. There will be a second floor above this and a small third floor as well. I got really inspired by the idea of this place and I think it’s going to make a really cool map. All right, I’m gonna get back to it. Let me know what you think so far!
So, the submarine map has become two submarines, one of which detaches from the other and can sail off on its own. I could explain all the ways in which that might be useful, but, at the end of the day, I did it because I thought it was cool. And I stand by that decision.
Also, the sub does have torpedoes. I don’t think most people will actually want torpedoes, but I’m making versions with and without them. There will be a number of variants of this, including, as I said before, a spelljammer.
Anyway, just wanted to give you a look at where things are. If you’ve got any questions or thoughts about it so far, let me know!
This map was originally planned to be the Chateau D’If prison in Southern France, but a lack of available floor plans meant I mostly had to make it up. And I’m not going to call it the Chateau D’If unless it’s at least reasonably accurate, so we’ll just call this Classy French Alcatraz for now.
Before I get back to work, let me share a fun fact with you. Here in Ireland, there’s a prison with perhaps the least-appropriate name imaginable: Mountjoy. I don’t know if that means something different in Irish, but in English it means Happy Mountain. I’m not sure if that was accidental or if it was mid-1800s vintage trolling, but, let’s be honest, it’s pretty funny either way.
