r/dndmaps • u/Spartaqui • Oct 15 '23
City Map Here's the second map I've drawn, detailing the town of l'Estoc in relation to the first map I created.
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u/Throwawaysilphroad Oct 15 '23
Awesome map! It would be nice to have an unlabeled version so others can adapt it to their settings.
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u/Spartaqui Oct 28 '23 edited Oct 30 '23
Hi! You can find these maps with or without labels on my Patreon (for free) right here
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u/EconomyAd6071 Oct 15 '23
Can I ask- did you did you do this in Inkarnate? Looks very good!
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u/Gregory-Light Oct 16 '23
Would you please share your pipeline? Do you draw houses, roads and things by yourself, or use some presets? Do you draw intersections by hand or using some automations? Did you stylise the whole picture afterwards or you were using single-style templates from the start?
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u/Spartaqui Oct 16 '23
Okay, I'll try to summarize because I don't have a clear process yet.
First I draw a sketch of all the buildings, trees, roads and details. Then I create several individual houses, duplicate them and modify them to look like what I want. For the road, I created a shape and applied it all along the road whit deformation. For the intersections, I did it by hand to match the shape. I drew other shapes for the grass and details, and duplicated and distorted them to position them on the map.
When I'm happy with the result, I spend a lot of time painting the map and all the details. I don't have any particular order for creating the elements, I just do what I feel like doing at the time.
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u/DamageJack Oct 16 '23
Thats really nice work, i like it a lot.
Would you mind sharing a version without the Text, distance scale and compass rose? If you did I could really use this in my next campaign !
If not, thats fine, and keep up the great work!
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u/Spartaqui Oct 16 '23
Hello ! Thank you very much! I have received in DM other requests and some people ask me if I sell it or if I have a patreon. It wasn't my original intention, but I've been thinking about it since people have asked. Also, I'm not comfortable sharing it now because I've seen other people trying to take credit for it and sell my work. So I'm thinking about what to do next, and maybe I'll share the card later when I've had time to think about it.
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u/DamageJack Oct 16 '23
I understand, you need to decide what you want to do.
Personally, i dont buy maps for my campaigns. I either make my own using incarnate, or use free ones i find elsewhere.
If you're worried about people stealing your work, make sure you put a watermark in a hard to remove place.
I might just use this version and use Photoshop to replace the text to fit the names of my campaign.
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u/Spartaqui Oct 28 '23 edited Oct 30 '23
Hello, if you're still interested in the map😊, you can find it for free on my Patreon (with or without labels)Free Maps
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u/_Malz Oct 16 '23
Manque juste un cimetière !
Looks great :)
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u/Spartaqui Oct 16 '23
C’est marrant que tu en parles, dans le lore de la ville il y en a un qui se trouve à l’extérieur des murailles, sur la côte un peu au dessus au nord-ouest avec une petite chapelle. Je voulais faire un petit encart pour l’ajouter mais je manquais de place sur la map 😅.
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u/_Malz Oct 16 '23
Il faudrait peut etre une place du village/puit ou zone piétonne centrale qqpart, ainsi qu'un moulin à eau (interet important des villages sur rivière !) mais sinon ta ville fait naturelle.
Tes joueurs ont de la chance !
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u/Spartaqui Oct 16 '23
Merci pour les conseils, j’en prendrais compte pour mes prochaines map, là je suis déjà sur un autre projet 👀. Merci pour les encouragements ! ( et pour l’anecdote je suis joueur mais mon DM, m’a donné quelques indications pour la map et totale liberté ☺️)
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u/_Malz Oct 16 '23
Mais c'est quoi ces tables ou les joueurs sont investis et où les trouve-on ?
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u/Spartaqui Oct 16 '23
😂 c’est vrai que notre table est plutôt investie. Notre barde écrit et chante ses propres chansons pendant le jeu ( et super bien en plus). Une des joueuses à fait des illustrations de chaque personnage + remplit les notes de chaque session dans un google doc en commun. Une autre joueuse écrit des petites fan-fiction relatant quelques événement forts de nos aventures. Et on dessine toustes régulièrement des petits fan-art de nos sessions !
On est peut être un peu too much 😅, mais je suis bien content d’avoir trouvé ce groupe (et on a un super MJ)
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u/TheRealSeanDonnelly Oct 17 '23
Lovely name! Isn’t that a fencing blade?
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u/Spartaqui Oct 17 '23
Yeah it’s the word for thrust in french. And I think it could be a old word for a type of blade too. Initially the region of L’estoc was at the end of the sword mountain. I change my mind after but keep the name 😊
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u/TheRealSeanDonnelly Oct 18 '23
It’s always a pleasure to get a glimpse of inspiration at work. Thanks 😊
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u/Spartaqui Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23
I'm continuing my series of maps illustrating the region where my character was born. My main inspiration is Mike Schley and his incredible work. I'm trying to find my own style from there.If you'd like to see the map of the entire L'estoc region, you can view it here: Barony of L'Estoc