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The Cartographers’ Guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Our membership consists of professional designers and artists, hobbyists, and amateurs—all are welcome to join and participate in the quest for cartographic skill and knowledge.

Although we specialize in maps of fictional realms, as commonly used in both novels and games (both tabletop and role-playing), many Guild members are also proficient in historical and contemporary maps. Likewise, we specialize in computer-assisted cartography (such as with GIMP, Adobe apps, Campaign Cartographer, Dundjinni, etc.), although many members here also have interest in maps drafted by hand.

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10 Years Of Cartographers Choice [at A Glance] - (65 comments)
Sahwyn - By Caenwyr - (11 comments)
The Cartographers Guild Map - By MistyBeee - (28 comments)
Sundown - By Arsheesh - (24 comments)
Valtoria - By ThomasR - (30 comments)
Veduta Of A Late Medieval Town - By Chlodowech - (22 comments)
10 Years Of Cartographers Choice [at A Glance]
For the 10th Anniversary, I decided to do a big mosaic of all the CCs on one page. It turned out a bit less mosaic than I planned but it's still nice to see them all together.
Sahwyn - By Caenwyr
: Photoshop with graphic tablet & stylus Well-known member of the guild, Caenwyr is an accomplished cartographer who has explored many kinds of maps (regions, cities, worlds, buildings...
The Cartographers Guild Map - By MistyBeee
Hand drawn in Photoshop CC2020 using a Wacom Cintiq pro 16 Beside the name of the map - that alone should catch your attention - we can only admire here a superb depiction of a marvelous p...
Sundown - By Arsheesh
Arsheesh is a well-known member of the Guild who's been active for many years, and has constantly improved and polished his iconic maps during that time. What a surprise that he hasn't ha...
Valtoria - By ThomasR
An active, supportive and prolific member of the Guild for years, ThomasR has outdone himself with this world map commission. The care and attention to land details, mountains, and shading...
Veduta Of A Late Medieval Town - By Chlodowech
Chlodowech is an unmistakable artist for everyone who loves detailed, patiently crafted and designed historical maps. Working with traditional media, a map like Veduta is a beautiful tribute...

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Newest entry in atlas, working on refining style
Thread Starter: nAUTILUS

Here you can see a page of the atlas of the Strand, a tidally locked planet I'm working on. Here is the last iteration of this page from
Last Post By: nAUTILUS Today, 10:46 AM

Mountain Cabin
Thread Starter: Airiellis
Hello everyone,

Today I bring you a map I did for practice. I was advised to try to make parts of medieval towns and research to make better
Last Post By: Airiellis Yesterday, 01:50 PM

Greetings from Norway!
Thread Starter: CptLande
Hello everyone, just made an account here as I really love working on the world map for my D&D world, and wanted to share some tips and tricks I have
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Changing the projection of your continents to fit on an equirectangular map!
Thread Starter: CptLande
I found this technique last night, and made an account here to share it as I've seen several people looking for a solution.

First of all,
Last Post By: CptLande Yesterday, 07:54 AM

Guide for adjusting projection of continents to an equirectangular map
Thread Starter: CptLande
I found this technique last night, and made an account here to share it as I've seen several people looking for a solution.

First of all,
Last Post By: CptLande Yesterday, 07:33 AM

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Monthly Round-up - 7th January, 2019

Published on 01-07-2019 03:15 AM

Happy New Year, Guilders! Welcome to the round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild during December 2018.

Challenge News

Nov / Dec '18 Lite Challenge: Map the ruins of a lost city/fortress

Fortress of Sunken Tears, by PaperGriffin
Winner of the Nov/Dec 2018 Lite Challenge

The November/December Lite Challenge was inspired by a suggestion from MapMappingMapped. Entrants were asked to map an ancient place that is in ruins, whether real or fictitious.

The silver compass was won by PaperGriffin for map 'Fortress of Sunken Tears'. Check out the WIP thread here. Congrats from all at the Guild!

Honourable mention to runner-up MapMappingMapped for ...

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Monthly Round-up - 10th December 2018

Published on 12-10-2018 05:14 PM

The Continent of Ithira,
by Ifrix
Winner of the November 2018 Regular Challenge

Welcome to our new monthly round-up blog post. It's not quite a month since I last posted, but I'm hoping to get into the routine of posting somewhere around the end of the first week of the month(ish!) so it should be every four weeks or thereabouts from now on. Let's dive in!

Challenge News

November 2018 challenge : Map A Story

November's challenge, in honour of NaNoWriMo, ...

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Weekly Round-up - 26th November, 2018

Published on 11-26-2018 03:15 AM

Image credits:
Left: 'Ruins of the Last King', by Eri
Right: 'Huly's Rest', by Kellerica
Joint winners of the Oct/Nov 2018 Lite Challenge

Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.

Challenge News

Oct / Nov '18 Lite Challenge: Finish Mapping this Island

Our last Lite Challenge produced some great maps, and some hard choices when it came to voting time! We had two winners this month, so joint congrats to Eri ...

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Weekly Round-up - 12th November, 2018

Published on 11-12-2018 03:15 AM

The Piper's Broch,
by Rochnan

Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.

Challenge News

Oct / Nov '18 Lite Challenge: Finish Mapping this Island

Only a few days remaining before the Lite Challenge ends on the 14th. Watch out for the poll later in the week.

Take a look at the current entries here.

November 2018 challenge : Map A Story

We've got some excellent entries ...

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Weekly Round-up - 5th November, 2018

Published on 11-05-2018 03:15 AM

Masters of Ixtehcoatl,
by Shall Teclex
Winner of the October 2018 Challenge

Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.

Challenge News

October 2018 challenge : Photography-Cartography

Congratulations to Shall Teclex for winning October's challenge with map 'Masters of Ixtehcoatl'. This map was the clear favourite and won by a quite substantial margin! Shall wins a third gold compass. Check out the WIP thread here.

Honourable mention to runner-up Gidde with map 'The Nine Towers of Edemora'.
...

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Weekly Round-up - 29th October, 2018

Published on 10-29-2018 04:15 AM

Town Guard Barracks,
by Domigorgon

Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.

Challenge News

October 2018 challenge : Photography-Cartography

There are just a few days remaining for October's challenge, so finish up your entries and get them submitted (challenge ends on the night of the 31st UK time). We've got some great maps this month, and you can see them here.

Oct / ...

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