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I like islands (thelemmy.club)

More coastlines = more fun. Experimenting with labels

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Been doodling but not posting. A couple of small generic maps for practice

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Smaller scale (thelemmy.club)

Ended up noisier than I would have liked. This scale is harder to balance detail vs useability

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Tiny strip [city] (thelemmy.club)

Another tiny strip of paper, for filling up odd gaps in a city:

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Another Tavern (thelemmy.club)
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Isles [overland] (thelemmy.club)
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Didn't know what to do with this tiny scrap of paper until I figured this could fill in many gaps in a cementery layout:

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Stag alley [city] (thelemmy.club)
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Ruins #5 (thelemmy.club)
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Back to drawing caves (thelemmy.club)
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Study w/altar (thelemmy.club)

I'd gotten used to gel pens and then whoever gets the office supplies bought different kind of pens, and... I'm not a fan (see this post).

So I bought new pens... but I decided to buy two different point sizes (0.5mm and 0.7mm). I think it shows on this map. I like it.

You see all those professional cartographers and illustrators using pens with 10 different point sizes... now I know why.

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Sewer entrance (thelemmy.club)
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Obstructed [overland] (thelemmy.club)
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Crack [mine] (thelemmy.club)
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Mountain range (thelemmy.club)

After struggling with pine forests, I decided to leave this as-is.

Happy New Year everyone!

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Even Tinier Map (thelemmy.club)

From a video game, if anyone can guess. Not exactly a ttrpg, but still

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Tea room [castle] (thelemmy.club)

Aaand we’re back online

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Another Post-It Map (lemmy.world)

This time with text. Work is slow if you can't tell.

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On a standard-sized sticky note

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by roflo1@ttrpg.network to c/micro_maps@ttrpg.network

I’m still unsatisfied with the “mass of trees”. Seems like individual trees is the way to go. At least for my own drawing skills.

For those curious about what I was actually trying to accomplish, at the beginning of this video Nate shows a few styles:

https://youtu.be/AXnnGiBPpQY

If you pause at 2:32… I wanted mostly #2, but mixed with #5

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Blue lake [overland] (thelemmy.club)
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Red roofs [city] (thelemmy.club)
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