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Fun fact: the cities of Mesoamerica used to be painted in bright colors. Almost all of these assets in my Mayan set are made to resemble actual archeological sites and their reconstructions
u/MirrorOfLuna — 2 days ago
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Is there an easy way to tell when a creator is using AI?
I hate AI. Genuinely despise it; and up until a few days ago, I had never been duped into paying money for something that was AI generated (people really should be required to state yes or no if they use it). I'm kind of inexperienced in map-making, but other than eyeballing it (Which works great for everything other than cartography assets) and ascertaining by workload and output, I feel like there's not a definitive way to actually figure out if a person is AI-Generating their stuff.
The only reason I mention this is because a creator I bought some stuff from (before Etsy randomly banned me about 10 minutes after making my account, tyvm) has their works on Cartographyassets and they're marked as AI-Generated. Is there a specific way that this is applied?
Does the account maker mark them that way on their own, or does the website do it? Should there maybe be a megathread or something of the sort to list all of these creators?
u/marshal-rainer-ocm — 3 days ago
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Cartographyassets alternative?
Hi, as the title says. When I use cartographyassets.com, it is EXTREMELY slow. Loading pages takes multiple minutes, changing the filters takes multiple minutes; it wasn't making any sense to me. Sure, wordpress sites are usually super slow.
But today, I got this notification (see image) after opening the site for the first time. This isn't the first time I've gotten this warning from a website, and in fact I get these a lot.. but I don't run bots and I don't do anything malicious, and I use Opera GX as my web browser so that can't be it.
Is there something within my computer or network that is causing this or is it just the website being itself? And more importantly, is there anywhere else I could go?
u/marshal-rainer-ocm — 3 days ago
Please write a comment
Guys I am making a fantasy map for my imaginary world and I want to take some advice from you all about those two maps I just finished the base world (with no rivers or mountains or biomes or anything) so I need help with what looks good and what feels more realistic and I also want to know where and how to put the rivers and mountains and biomes
u/_second_Gansbolier — 5 days ago
Worldbuilding map - critique appreciated!
Hey all, recently I got wonderdraft to try and create a map to support my hobby worldbuilding project. I’m pretty new to map making (and also still learning the ropes of the program while watching tutorials).
I could really use some critique on the coast layout and rivers.
I made sure all rivers originate in the mountains and flow towards the sea and lower areas. I’m a bit unsure if the delta/wetlands in the middle part of the left continent looks natural.
The wind rose lines all point to the capital of the humans, they have a great harbor at the diamond-shaped inlet.
I have yet to fill in the continent with trees and stuff (plus color) but that’s not that important as I want to make sure the basics seem right first.
Thanks in advance!
u/checkchiron — 5 days ago
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First draft of my Map [Azimuthal Equidistant Projection]
I took a little liberty with the Azimuthal Equidistant Projection. it's not quite as stretched as it should be towards the northern pole (the outside edge of the map). The South Pole is artificial and so is perfectly circular. Last, temperate zones are reversed. So the equator is frozen and cold, the poles are hot dry deserts.
First time making a map and using Wonderdraft so I'd appreciate any guidance/suggestions.
Oh also, I am not sure how to show the frozen ring around the equator, in a map like this (don't want to use colour). Do i use symbols/assets of some sort. Would love any pointers.
u/TheEmploymentLawyer — 6 days ago
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Yesterday I posted a regional map, today a continental map. "The Gunpowder Kingdoms"
A revision of a much older, much uglier map I had made.
u/Jamesglancy — 7 days ago
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First I posted the regional, then continental, now world map for "The Gunpowder Kingdoms"
This one is pretty simple, I wanted to leave lots of details of the interiors out so they could be filled in later when I am feeling more creative. I want to redo the legend, and maybe add information/other local maps in the three empty corners.
u/Jamesglancy — 6 days ago
World Map - Feedback welcome
Very much WIP, but I used Rock 3 to simulate some plate tectonics, biomes, and mountain ranges after some really useful feedback from fatherelijasbiomom, so shoutout to them! The scale of the map is massive to say the least, so I haven’t started on rivers yet; and honestly I’ve been avoiding them. Would love to hear what yall think. (the intention of this map is to be my 'forever world' for DND)
u/RedRaiderHipster — 7 days ago
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I decided to make that iceless Antarctica map that made the rounds a few weeks ago
u/Remember_The_Lmao — 8 days ago
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Fantasy World Map WIP
Hello Everyone,
I am newer to fantasy map making and this is my first attempt at it. I would like some feed back on what everyone thinks and what could be improved on. I have attached one of the very first versions of the map I created last year before I converted it to Wonderdraft. It still has more updates to come.
u/plagueduno — 6 days ago
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For my newest set I left Afro-Eurasia and drew inspiration from the city states of the Maya.
This time around there are also no castles, as the Maya civilization was not much for fortress building. Instead I decided to give more room to pyramids, temples, and palaces.
As you will see in the final pic, you can also get this set bundled for the price of three with my Himalayan (Ngawang), Central Asian (Tolui), wood elven (Silvan), and halfling (Belladonna) sets.
You can find my shop at (cartographyassets)[cartographyassets.com/creator/steadfastmartian]
u/MirrorOfLuna — 7 days ago
Darkwater Swamp - Free Pack
https://www.patreon.com/posts/158386120
Another free pack, this time im filling my gap of lower elevation terrain alongside lakes.
Unfortunately i do not have explicit export and handling for water stamps (so you can use them detached from terrain), but i'll try to add them next time.
u/Anzhc — 6 days ago
Ashen Badlands - Free Pack (Hey guys, im back)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/im-back-ashen-158187821
Download it there.
It contains:
~46 terrain pieces in 3 variants
texture for the terrain
render of the terrain on preview
I would've included link for download from CA as well, but something stops me from posting it properly, so im waiting for Nex to solve it.
I'd love to hear what types of terrain you'd want to see next, so feel free to leave suggesting in comments, or in discord.
P.S. Was able to post it on CA - https://cartographyassets.com/assets/104415/ashen-badlands-topographic-landscapes/
u/Anzhc — 8 days ago
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The Kingdom of Valen, the "main character" of the setting "The Gunpowder Kingdoms"
Tried posting all three of my maps yesterday but Reddit compressed the image, instead I'll just post them one at a time.
I'd love advice on how to make the map better, if its easy to implement. Not sure if I want to remake the map from scratch.
I'd be down to answer any questions about the lore and worldbuilding.
If you guess the original inspiration for the island, I'll show you another much older map...
u/Jamesglancy — 8 days ago
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How to properly scale rivers?
I've been using the little measuring tool that measures miles to gauge realism and scale. Now, obviously in real life, most rivers, very few in fact, are miles wide, and even those not for their entire length. But the issue is, when I go to my trusty tape measure, it indicates that a distance of a mile is so small I can barely see it.
I basically see two solutions:
A, abstract the width and just have much wider rivers on the map even if in practice they aren't that wide, we just need to see them.
B, avoid drawing all but the largest rivers and the rest can be saved for detail maps. The mapper in me who has to actually do all this doesn't really like it, but the autistic pedant in me does.
How do you guys handle this?
u/OGBallsack102 — 7 days ago
Dungeon Masters, At one stage of your campaign's development do you make your world map?
I'm slowly starting to work on my next campaign, but am conflicted on the order in which I should go about it.
On one hand I want to make the map of the city the campaign will take place in so I'll have a frame of reference when fleshing everything out.
But on the other hand making the map now means any changes to the worldbuilding could result in the map needing revisions.
So my question to the Dungeon Masters is;
When do you start/make your map when working on a new campaign?
- Do you make the map first and adapt the story your telling to the result?
- Do you make the map and campaign in tandem, slowly working on both at the same time?
- Do you flesh out your setting first and then make your map based on that setting?
- Something else I can't think of right now?
u/BdBalthazar — 9 days ago