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Mapping - how do you do it? (fixed version)
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<blockquote data-quote="grodog" data-source="post: 5314350" data-attributes="member: 1613"><p>I generally draw my dungeon level maps in blue ink (via my Parker rollerball pen), then color the fill in with black sharpies. I draw maps on the smaller grid sizes (8 and 10 squares per inch) in pencil, and sometimes other levels too, but in general I prefer working in pen. I scan these "raw" maps, so to speak, and then finish them after the rough outline is mostly final.</p><p></p><p>I sometimes scan the maps in progress too, but scanning's just for posting and sharing them rather than any post-drawing manipulation (at least so far). I do, however, make photocopies of the not-quite-finished maps, and then use those to finalize the map contents and as I build out the encounters key. The final map shows an original map, as well as one of the more-finished maps as a scanned photocopy with my various notes and jottings on it that evolve into a key after one or two permutations.</p><p></p><p>The maps!:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_grodog_level-6-squares-small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>and</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_grodog_level-hub_level_01-version2-small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>and </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_grodog_level-the_landings_level_2-finished-small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>and the notes/jottings version</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_grodog_level-the_landings_level-notes-small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>versus the original </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_grodog_level-the_landings_level-small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grodog, post: 5314350, member: 1613"] I generally draw my dungeon level maps in blue ink (via my Parker rollerball pen), then color the fill in with black sharpies. I draw maps on the smaller grid sizes (8 and 10 squares per inch) in pencil, and sometimes other levels too, but in general I prefer working in pen. I scan these "raw" maps, so to speak, and then finish them after the rough outline is mostly final. I sometimes scan the maps in progress too, but scanning's just for posting and sharing them rather than any post-drawing manipulation (at least so far). I do, however, make photocopies of the not-quite-finished maps, and then use those to finalize the map contents and as I build out the encounters key. The final map shows an original map, as well as one of the more-finished maps as a scanned photocopy with my various notes and jottings on it that evolve into a key after one or two permutations. The maps!: [IMG]http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_grodog_level-6-squares-small.jpg[/IMG] and [IMG]http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_grodog_level-hub_level_01-version2-small.jpg[/IMG] and [IMG]http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_grodog_level-the_landings_level_2-finished-small.jpg[/IMG] and the notes/jottings version [IMG]http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_grodog_level-the_landings_level-notes-small.jpg[/IMG] versus the original [IMG]http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_grodog_level-the_landings_level-small.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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