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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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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
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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
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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,
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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,
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Weekly Round-up - 27th August, 2018

Published on 08-27-2018 03:15 AM

The Lower Kingdoms,
by DanielHasenbos

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

Challenge News

August 2018 Challenge : The Passage of Time

There are only a few days remaining before August's challenge ends, so finish up and submit your final entries before the deadline on the 31st. Take a look at the current entries here.

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Weekly Round-up - 20th August, 2018

Published on 08-20-2018 03:15 AM

The Stones of Melenor,
by Mimine
Winner of the July / Aug '18 Lite Challenge

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

Challenge News

July/August 2018 Lite Challenge : Opposing Season

Congrats to Mimine for winning the Lite Challenge with map 'The Stones of Melenor'. Check out the WIP thread here. Mimine receives a first silver compass, the first of many, I hope!

Honourable mention to jshoer who was oh so close, losing by only one vote. Check out Joseph's map 'Rekhan's Workshop' here.

August/Sept ...

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Weekly Round-up - 13th August, 2018

Published on 08-13-2018 03:15 AM

City of Hadar [Commission]
by Eri

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

Challenge News

August 2018 Challenge : The Passage of Time

Reminder of our latest regular challenge, running till the end of month.

Diamond writes...

Your challenge this month is to show the effects of time on something. The style, area, subject, layout, etc is up to you. You can do one map or multiple side-by-side maps. The
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Weekly Round-up - 6th August, 2018

Published on 08-06-2018 03:15 AM

Iri-Oriand, World of Living Magic
by J. Edward
Winner of July 2018 regular challenge

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

Challenge News

July 2018 Challenge : Son of the Fantasy Random Generator

July's challenge was a re-run of the ever popular random generator challenge. We had 20 amazing entries, and thank you so much to everyone who took part.

Our congrats go to J.Edward for his map 'Iri-Oriand, World of Living Magic'. J wins his fifth gold compass. Check out the WIP thread here.

Honourable mention to runner-up Vobland for map 'Vampire Lords of Allon'.

See you all next ...

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Weekly Round-up - 30th July, 2018

Published on 07-30-2018 03:15 AM

Roland's Journey, by aeshnidae
Winner of the June/July 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

June/July 2018 Lite Challenge : Map a trip or journey

Congratulations to aeshnidae for winning the Lite Challenge with map 'Roland's Journey', inspired by Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Aeshnidae wins her second silver compass. Check out the WIP thread here.

Honourable ...

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Weekly Round-up - 9th July, 2018

Published on 07-09-2018 03:15 AM

'Ten'
by Larb,
Winner of June's challenge

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

Challenge News

June 2018 Challenge: Map a Frontier

Congrats to Larb for winning June's challenge with one of her signature village maps, this one titled 'Ten'. Check out the WIP thread here. Larb wins her third gold compass.

Honourable mention to MistyBeee who came in second place with 'The Cliff of Medölinn'.
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