u/DrollInitiative

I recently posted the hand-drawn, paper & ink battlemaps I reimagined for actual play at my local game shop, and really appreciated the positive response. Thanks!

I took the maps a little further, incorporating additional digital colour and some lighting using Procreate.

Although not calibrated for VTTs, each floor of the map has a 6x11 grid. Alternatively, I think these maps would print well onto legal-size paper for actual play (it might scale a little large, but that’s helpful with this somewhat cramped map).

I have included separate images of each floor in case folks want to use em, and appreciate any and all feedback!

_____

*Death House and Curse of Strahd, and all associated properties and imagery are owned by Wizards of the Coast. The creative reimagining included here is fan art, and used exclusively in actual play.

I was really humbled by the response I got to a post shared earlier this week, about returning to paper and ink maps. Thank you to everyone for their support and interest and kind words! 🙏

That previous post featured an array of maps made for three oneshots I ran at my local game cafe. They were also my first attempts at incorporating colour into paper maps and were, I feel, pretty successful!

That said, I wanted to see if I could take the colour and lighting even further (and in a more forgiving format than permanent marker) so figured out how to import those original, hand-drawn maps into procreate (a digital paint app, if you are not familiar).

Here are a few of the before (entirely physical map and colour) and after (with digital colour enhancements). Hope they tickle some inspiration too!

Oh, I snuck a full view of the Carnivorous Jungle Map (the third image) which is entirely physical/fully coloured and has had no digital additions at all. 🌴 less.

TLDR: I used procreate to add and enhance colour and light on these paper and ink maps.