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Not a photorealistic one no. I will actually being doing it twice. Once a not so close up to put on a map of the valley...and then a slightly closer one. The bigger version will be B&W more then likely more like a floorplan or a layout nothing overly fancy.
Photorealistic like this one: http://forum.cartographersguild.com/...ead.php?t=3699 or more like a diagram (i.e. old school D&D blue/white)? -Rob A>
Not sure I know what you mean by "what style" still relatively new at doing this...but it is going be made in gimp
OK- What style of map are you hoping to create? -Rob A>
yes i do have an example of the castle I have in mind. The one that comes the closest to what I have in mind is Conwy. Not sre exactly where it is I found the image ages ago and can't remember now.
I guess it depends on the style of castle. Do you have any examples of the king of map you want it to look like? -Rob A>
I saw your tutorial on the map for gimp and its really great and informative. I am working on making a map for my own world for a story I'm working on and a D&D campaign. I was wondering if you also had a tutorial for drawing castles. I have a pretty good idea how it will look just not where to start. Its the towers that have me lost...aka how to draw them and connect them to the walls.
