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<blockquote data-quote="Sunaj2k3" data-source="post: 1656841" data-attributes="member: 12411">Don't slap all computer maps with a bad rap....Wow!&nbsp; I must say the more I see of your drawings and maps Psyekl, the more I like.&nbsp; That player's map is exactly the kind of map I like to hand to players, consider it snagged.&nbsp; Now to answer your questions in turn....1. What maps would you want to see?Castles, towns, cities, individual shops/buildings, world maps, dungeons, dungeon/cavern complexes, complex dungeons and dungeon/cavern complexes.2.&nbsp; What genre would you want?Fantasy.&nbsp; The profile of the Victorian/haunted mansion was well done, but that type of thing usually doesn't float my boat.&nbsp; Maps of fantastic settings in far, far away places are what I go for.&nbsp; Stereotypical to be sure, but there's something to be said for classic fantasy settings.3.&nbsp; How much info do you want?Minimal.&nbsp; A map key, a scale indicator, and maybe an arrow pointing north, but little else.&nbsp; I tend to drag and drop maps into campaigns I'm running and a minimalist approach works best (which may be why Phineas Crow's thread is on my &quot;must view&quot; list every week).4.&nbsp; Would black and white maps be useful or do you want color? I can't speak for the other folks, but black and white works best.&nbsp; Don't try and get all fancy and pull a Todd Gamble.&nbsp; He's a gifted cartographer, but his Cartographica book of maps from Green Ronin had too many colors/shades in it for it to be useful.&nbsp; The maps, while beautiful, were nearly impossible to photocopy and unless you had some kind of raver glow pen, you couldn't write on them either. 5.&nbsp; Please let me know if there is anything you'd like to see that I haven't mentioned.One of the few things I did like about Cartographica is that it grouped certain maps of a particular theme together.&nbsp; For your book you might want to have a city/town/village chapter, a building/small locale chapter, a dungeon chapter etc.Good luck with getting published.&nbsp; If you keep drawing the way you have, I feel certain you'll find success sooner or later.&nbsp; Check Rpg.net for business advice, there are a lot of experienced/cynical/entreprenerial folks over there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunaj2k3, post: 1656841, member: 12411"] [b]Don't slap all computer maps with a bad rap....[/b] Wow! I must say the more I see of your drawings and maps Psyekl, the more I like. That player's map is exactly the kind of map I like to hand to players, consider it snagged. Now to answer your questions in turn.... 1. What maps would you want to see? Castles, towns, cities, individual shops/buildings, world maps, dungeons, dungeon/cavern complexes, complex dungeons and dungeon/cavern complexes. 2. What genre would you want? Fantasy. The profile of the Victorian/haunted mansion was well done, but that type of thing usually doesn't float my boat. Maps of fantastic settings in far, far away places are what I go for. Stereotypical to be sure, but there's something to be said for classic fantasy settings. 3. How much info do you want? Minimal. A map key, a scale indicator, and maybe an arrow pointing north, but little else. I tend to drag and drop maps into campaigns I'm running and a minimalist approach works best (which may be why Phineas Crow's thread is on my "must view" list every week). 4. Would black and white maps be useful or do you want color? I can't speak for the other folks, but black and white works best. Don't try and get all fancy and pull a Todd Gamble. He's a gifted cartographer, but his Cartographica book of maps from Green Ronin had too many colors/shades in it for it to be useful. The maps, while beautiful, were nearly impossible to photocopy and unless you had some kind of raver glow pen, you couldn't write on them either. 5. Please let me know if there is anything you'd like to see that I haven't mentioned. One of the few things I did like about Cartographica is that it grouped certain maps of a particular theme together. For your book you might want to have a city/town/village chapter, a building/small locale chapter, a dungeon chapter etc. Good luck with getting published. If you keep drawing the way you have, I feel certain you'll find success sooner or later. Check Rpg.net for business advice, there are a lot of experienced/cynical/entreprenerial folks over there. [/QUOTE]

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