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Awesome. :D Well, the second podcast will cover some more aging tips for your parchment, so keep an eye out for it.

Thanks all!

I've posted a beta test version of my first Fantasy Cartography With Adobe Photoshop podcast up on my website. The final version of the podcast will be a bit longer, and I'll have title cards and some nifty theme music attached. This one is just a proof of concept, to ensure that the recording...

You can make them really easily in Photoshop, if that's a program you have access to.

Thanks! I'm pretty proud of it.

Here's a new one. This is a commissioned piece for Silver Lion Studios for an upcoming product.

I've added a new map to the gallery: the town of Maya. I've got a whole backstory for it, which I'll write down at some point. Here's the thumbnail: And here's the link! I'll put up a quick mini-tutorial based on one of the techniques I used at ZombieNirvana.com ASAP; the tutorial and...

The short version: Well, you could create a custom brush shaped like a mountain, and add a bit of Size and Roundness jitter in the brush engine to vary the sizes. You'd have to watch the overlaps, though, since it's like the mountains wouldn't be a solid color, so you'd have some areas where...

That's cool; not everyone can be the target audience.

Actually, Adobe is planning on releasing a free, online version of Photoshop within the next six months, similar to Google's Docs & Spreadsheets. Free is pretty affordable.

Here's the latest version of the hermit's cabin. I've been picking away at it here and there as I've had time.

I'll tell you after it comes out. :D I've been kicking around the idea for one since last month; the plan right now is to do the book in 5 parts. The first part, just covering some of the basics, will be free; the other sections will cover Overland, Towns and Cities, Interiors, and Dungeons...

Here's an interior I'm working on, a crazy old hermit's cabin. I've gotta redo the bed (I liked it at one point, but I couldn't leave well enough alone and kept futzing with it... grr!) and roughen up the edges of the fireplace before I start adding anything else; this is a work in progress!

Figured I might as well keep on using this thread to post my new maps, hence the title change. :) Here's one I did last night, for an upcoming Risus game I'm about to run.

Here's how I'd do the same thing; a little different, same results, with some of the work automated. First, I'd make a Solid Color layer filled with white, and fill the layer mask with black. I'd give it a Stroke layer style, with a black stroke set to whatever thickness looked good, and maybe...

Some folks had asked how I made my Foster's Meadow and Western Lands maps in Photoshop. I've posted a quickie on how I created the paper texture backgrounds over at Zombie Nirvana; I'll have more on how to use them when I start up my Fantasy Cartography podcast.

Actually, Adobe has been talking about releasing a free, ad-supported online version of Photoshop, similar to Googles Docs & Spreadsheets. I don't imagine it'll be as full-featured as the for-pay version (probably closer to Photoshop Elements) but I imagine it'll be more than enough for most...

I've been kicking around the idea of doing an "RPG Cartography with Adobe Photoshop" book for my next big project, after I finish the Superlink book I'm working on now. If I can get it worked out, I'd probably record a few video podcasts and put them up on YouTube to promote it.

Well, if you're interested in commissioning a map, email me: butch(at)zombienirvana.com I don't have that book handy, sorry. (I'm pretty sure I have it, but I'm moving this summer, and I've already packed away most all of my rarely-used RPG books.)

:) All my parchment backgrounds are generated in Photoshop. I've got an action recorded to do all the boring parts for me, then I add the deckled edge with a layer mask. It's ridiculously easy.