Sci-fi 'dungeon' maps/tiles

[Michael Silverbane]

These maps are very cool. I'm not playing in a sci-fi style game right now... But when I do, these maps will most definitely come in handy (I bet that they would work pretty well as locations inside an imperial star destroyer or the death star. woo hoo!)

 

[Rodney Baxter]

These maps are really great dude.
Q: how did you make them?

Did you follow any tutorials or something?
If you've got a link or anything let me know.

 

[Kris]

Thanks for the kind words (and xp) everyone

Q: how did you make them?

I have drawn them using a mix of vector graphics (to get the basic shapes drawn) and photoshop (to add the details, shading, textures, etc.).

The vector graphics software I am using is called Greenstreet Draw 4 (it's pretty old now and basically a poor man's version of something like adobe illustrator), though you can download something very similar for free nowadays called inkscape.

Did you follow any tutorials or something?
If you've got a link or anything let me know.

Unfortunately I don't have a tutorial that I can point you towards - as I've basically just developed this style through trial and error myself (and am still developing it as I'm going along )

I'm not playing in a sci-fi style game right now... But when I do, these maps will most definitely come in handy

If you do get round to using any (or anyone else does for that matter) it would be great to hear how you get on


Anyway, I'm still planning to do 3 more at this size (though I'm currently doing a few weapon illustrations for a friend's game right now), and after that I might take a few requests for smaller maps (perhaps just one room that can fit on one or two pages at battlemat scale) if folks are interested (and assuming those requests are within my limited capabilities ).

 

[Kris]

I've noticed recently that my firewall has been warning me about Box.net on occasion (the place I have been using to store the pdf's) - and so I've also put them on a page of their own on my website ...here:
sci-fi dungeons

And although I've still not got round to drawing the last three maps yet, I did do a similar one for the 'Grand OGL wiki' at the beginning of the month ...which you can find here (at the bottom of the page ...assuming you are checking this in July 2010):
Dm Sketchpad - The Grand OGL Wiki