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Hello everyone. Recently, I've noticed an increasing amount of submissions to what I would consider the wrong gallery folder. So far, I've just moved the maps to the right folders, but it would of course be great if everyone puts their maps in the right gallery themselves. Even though we've changed the name 'Alternate World' to 'Alternate Earth', there still seems to be some confusion about what kind of maps should be in which folders. I hope therefore that this overview clears up any confusion there might be about where to submit the maps to. If anyone has different ideas about what fits where, please comment and we can decide what definition fits best, as this is my personal interpretation.


Resources:
This is the folder for all resources which can be used to make maps. Think about tutorials, brushes, textures, map items, etc.

World:
This folder is meant for maps depicting an entire fictional world. The definition of 'world' can change of course, but generally this folder is meant for maps which show all of some world and not just parts. This folder is not meant for maps of our own Earth, they can be submitted to Real World.

Regional:
This folder is meant for maps depiction region of a fictional world, most maps fall into this category. Again, maps depicting a region of our own Earth can be submitted to Real World.

Tactical:
This folder is meant for all maps which have a tactical/game purpose. The main example are dungon maps, but also floor plans of castles and towns with a grid can be found in this folder.

Real World:
This folder is meant for all maps depicting a truthfull version of our own Earth, be it historical or of the present. They can either be of the entire world or just of regions. Remember that this group is meant for original maps, so a scan of an atlass will still not be accepted ;).

Science Fiction:
This folder is meant for maps depicting a future world or region, this will include most space maps (except those which are a realistic version of the world as we now know it ;) )

Town & City Maps:
This folder is for all maps depicting fictional human settlements, so from villages to large cities.

Alternate Earth:
This folder is meant for maps of alternative versions of our own earth. In practice, these will mostly be alternate history maps, so if you have an alternate history map, this is the folder to submit to. Maps of any purely fictional region/world which are not meant to depict a place which was originally historically real can be submitted to Regional or World, not to this folder.

Miscellaneous:
This folder is for any map which doesn't fit any of the descriptions above. If you believe this to be the case, you can submit to this folder. Examples are a map of a Wyvern lair, a map of a ship and a map of a tide pool.
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:icongoodnight-melbourne:
~Goodnight-Melbourne May 13, 2013   General Artist
Hi,
I am wondering how you guys make such beautiful maps (fictional and non-fictional)...is it related to some science or a form of art? What tools you use? Do you always do it traditionally or digitally? For real maps, atleast one can sue reference, but fictional maps? How you do those?
I never cared to think about the maps other than my geography book, but now the works here on dA makes me curious.
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:iconsynarch:
~Synarch May 14, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
In a lot of ways what we do is easier than other artists' work here on dA. Even a completely fictional map has basic map elements that, depending on the style, are done a certain way to make them "mappish". Sometimes the hardest part is taking something as simple as a diagram of places and making it beautiful. That takes practice, but when it is done right I find myself wondering the same things as you. There's always another cartographer out there that impresses me.
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:icongoodnight-melbourne:
~Goodnight-Melbourne May 15, 2013   General Artist
and how you structurize (if there is such word) the imagination of fantasy map? is there any science or you just draw like... for example "lets move that river further to west" and "the hills over there"... ? :)
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~Synarch May 15, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
A lot of it is based on realism for me. Rivers form for certain reasons - either in science or in the story setting the map is for. There is a certain amount that I judge artistically, however. If for aesthetics or story purposes the river needs to move, then I will probably move it.

Ultimately, though, the best-looking fantasy maps to me are the most believable, so realism usually wins.
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:iconlonewandererd:
Everyone has their own methods though a lot of us do use gimp and photoshop. If you come over to the Cartographer's Guild website we do have a tutorial sections where some of our greats like to share their methods with the rest of us, its how i learned
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:icongoodnight-melbourne:
~Goodnight-Melbourne May 15, 2013   General Artist
gimp? maps in gimp? I thought you guys use photoshop or vector programs like illustrator or inkscape...

And there are 4 tutorials I found on the site, let me learn those, then will ask again :D this is interesting :D
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*butterfrog Apr 26, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Hi guys!

I'm not entirely sure but does this site has anything to do with the cartographer's guild? Do anyone now if the CG website is down at the moment?

Cheers!
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~Synarch Apr 30, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
[link] Website appears to be working fine, the link in the About Us section of this group is invalid however.
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:iconlonewandererd:
This group was founded by members of the guild and many new people. Just logged into the site now and it seems to be fine, they did have some trouble a few weeks ago but as far as I can tell its all fine

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*Blaidd--Drwg Apr 28, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Yup, this is the CG's corner at DA.
I don't think the site is down (works fine here), but if I'm not mistaken the url's changed slightly since a server change?

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