Nov-Dec 2019 Challenge: The Cartographer's Guild

[Ilanthar]

Oh my... This is not going to motivate me to work on mine. It's already superb and full of brilliant ideas .

[Ifrix]

This is looking incredible so far! I love how you're interpretting the subforums of the Guild

I need to do more work on my own entry attempt...

[MistyBeee]

Oh, I adore this idea. I'm so glad you're in on this, I really wish I had the time to take part but I just don't...

Thanks Kell !
From what I read on Discord, it's for the best reasons if you don't have time : congrats !!
But if I'm honest... I wouldn't say I have time, and I'm still not sure if I can push the map where I want. My goal is to have it done by the end of the next week. We'll see ! ^^

Oh my... This is not going to motivate me to work on mine. It's already superb and full of brilliant ideas .

Haha, thanks Ilanthar ! However, I'm always admirative with your perspective mountains views ^^

This is looking incredible so far! I love how you're interpretting the subforums of the Guild

I need to do more work on my own entry attempt...

Thank you Ifrix ! 'was pretty fun to imagine how the different subforums would look like ^^

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Weekend update !
'started working on the Mapmaking Discussion & Philosophy buildings (15, 16, 17, 18, 38, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24 : sorry if the numbers are too small to be read !), and also added some extra love to the Finished Map gallery (7) and main building
38 is not a real subforum, but I thought the Guild would need an extra department for heraldry and coat of arms, are so many amont us love that, and as it's often a whole part of maps ^^

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Updated list :


Forum's rooms :

1. News : Point d’information/accueil
2. Member introductions : Hall d’entrée
3. Mapmaking requests : Accueil du public
4. General discussion : Grand Hall de conférence
5. Technical support and notices : Communs, cuisine, etc.
6. Cartographer’s Choice : Trésor/Bureau des Maîtres
7. Finished Maps : Grande gallerie
8. Bookmarks : Bibliothèque
9. Atlas Awards : Trésor
10. [You're here !] Current mapping challenge : Salle de travail (1er étage)
11. Current lite mapping challenge : Salle de travail (rdc)
12. Mapping challenge archives : Sous-sol
13. Mapping challenge suggestions : Hall d’entrée
14. Community World Building : Atelier, réception des voyageurs
A. GuildWorld workshop,
B. GuildCity workshop,
C. GuildDungeon worhshop,
D. Community Worldbuilding Project Archives
15. General and misc. mapping : Département de cartographie avancée (left)
16. Regional/world mapping : Département de cargographie générale (right)
17. Town/city mapping : Département de cartographie urbaine (ground floor)
18. Building/structure mapping : Département d’architecture (1st floor)
19. Dungeon/Subterranean mapping : Département de carographie souterraine (basement+tower)
20. Virtual tabletop/battlemap mapping : Département de cartographie militaire (upper floors)
21. Sci-fi/Modern mapping : Département de recherche cartographique (observatoire)
22. Board game mapping : Département de cartographie ludique (base tower)
23. Level design & level editing for maps : Département technique de cartographie ludique (fancy top tower)
24. Toponymy/linguistic : Département des langues (tower)
25. Software discussion : Département de technologie (rdc)
26. 3D modeling : Département de technologie avancée avancée (étage)
27. Tutorial/how to : Grand amphithéâtre
28. How do I ? : Petit amphithéâtre
29. Mapping elements : Magasin
30. Reference material : Bibliothèque

Additionnal elements :

31. ?
32. ?
33. ?
34. Silver and Golden Compas blacksmith
35. House of the Honorable contributors
36. House of the Sages
37. Ink well + Guild logo compass.[/COLOR]
38. Heraldry tower
39. ?
40. Weekly/Monthly Round-up
41. ?
42. ?
43. Bureau des scribes ("Great Library of the Scribes" Office)

Next steps will be to finish the last Mapmaking Discussion & Philosophy buildings + Mapping Resources buildings : 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30... Can't wait to have them done ^^'

[Marc]

What's this, I'm away for a few days while getting my new PC set-up to work and Beee is stepping in and raises the bar to unimaginable heights?!
Fantastic work Beee!

[MistyBeee]

What's this, I'm away for a few days while getting my new PC set-up to work and Beee is stepping in and raises the bar to unimaginable heights?!
Fantastic work Beee!

Haha, thanks Marc ! And sorry if I'm stressful in any way ^^'
Congrats for the new PC !

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New update, with almost all the buildings done. There's a few I'll add a little later, but I need to experiment something first about the general concept.
I finally had to broke the initial sketch and moved the two auditoriums (27, 28) & Map Making Elements/Reference Materials (29, 30) on the side of the Community participation, which makes sense for me.

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Updated list, with all forum's rooms finally done ! Time to work on the gardens and other parts of the map ^^


Forum's rooms :

1. News : Point d’information/accueil
2. Member introductions : Hall d’entrée
3. Mapmaking requests : Accueil du public
4. General discussion : Grand Hall de conférence
5. Technical support and notices : Communs, cuisine, etc.
6. Cartographer’s Choice : Trésor/Bureau des Maîtres
7. Finished Maps : Grande gallerie
8. Bookmarks : Bibliothèque
9. Atlas Awards : Trésor
10. [You're here !] Current mapping challenge : Salle de travail (1er étage)
11. Current lite mapping challenge : Salle de travail (rdc)
12. Mapping challenge archives : Sous-sol
13. Mapping challenge suggestions : Hall d’entrée
14. Community World Building : Atelier, réception des voyageurs
A. GuildWorld workshop,
B. GuildCity workshop,
C. GuildDungeon worhshop,
D. Community Worldbuilding Project Archives
15. General and misc. mapping : Département de cartographie avancée (left)
16. Regional/world mapping : Département de cargographie générale (right)
17. Town/city mapping : Département de cartographie urbaine (ground floor)
18. Building/structure mapping : Département d’architecture (1st floor)
19. Dungeon/Subterranean mapping : Département de carographie souterraine (basement+tower)
20. Virtual tabletop/battlemap mapping : Département de cartographie militaire (upper floors)
21. Sci-fi/Modern mapping : Département de recherche cartographique (observatoire)
22. Board game mapping : Département de cartographie ludique (base tower)
23. Level design & level editing for maps : Département technique de cartographie ludique (fancy top tower)
24. Toponymy/linguistic : Département des langues (tower)
25. Software discussion : Département de technologie (rdc)
26. 3D modeling : Département de technologie avancée avancée (étage)
27. Tutorial/how to : Grand amphithéâtre
28. How do I ? : Petit amphithéâtre
29. Mapping elements : Magasin
30. Reference material : Bibliothèque

Additionnal elements :

31. ?
32. ?
33. ?
34. Silver and Golden Compas blacksmith
35. House of the Honorable contributors
36. House of the Sages
37. Ink well + Guild logo compass.[/COLOR]
38. Heraldry tower
39. ?
40. Weekly/Monthly Round-up
41. ?
42. ?
43. Bureau des scribes ("Great Library of the Scribes" Office)

[MistyBeee]

Another update, and I think I'm almost done with the lineart now. There's maybe a few things I would add or edit but time flies so, so fast, as usually in December ! Added a first shading step as well. It's now time to think about better numbers, legend, color, etc. Still a lot, a lot to do, and no way I can manage it before... well... this evening as planned ^^'

I had small doubts about the Geographic Experiments Garden (42), as the perspective was different, but I also remembered several perspectives on a same map is something often discussed on the Guild (for exemple this week with the Town of Waypoint or the Village of Formene), so I decided to stay crazy and introduce the Perspective Watchtower (44) who's supposed to be sure everything works fine, just as the River Police does for water bodies (33)

Anyway, it turned as a pretty fun little piece, and I hope you'll love it ! ^^

### Latest WIP ###


Updated and completed key :

Forum's rooms :

1. News : Point d’information/accueil
2. Member introductions : Hall d’entrée
3. Mapmaking requests : Accueil du public
4. General discussion : Grand Hall de conférence
5. Technical support and notices : Communs, cuisine, etc.
6. Cartographer’s Choice : Trésor/Bureau des Maîtres
7. Finished Maps : Grande gallerie
8. Bookmarks : Bibliothèque
9. Atlas Awards : Trésor
10. [You're here !] Current mapping challenge : Salle de travail (1er étage)
11. Current lite mapping challenge : Salle de travail (rdc)
12. Mapping challenge archives : Sous-sol
13. Mapping challenge suggestions : Hall d’entrée
14. Community World Building : Atelier, réception des voyageurs
A. GuildWorld workshop,
B. GuildCity workshop,
C. GuildDungeon worhshop,
D. Community Worldbuilding Project Archives
15. General and misc. mapping : Département de cartographie avancée (left)
16. Regional/world mapping : Département de cargographie générale (right)
17. Town/city mapping : Département de cartographie urbaine (ground floor)
18. Building/structure mapping : Département d’architecture (1st floor)
19. Dungeon/Subterranean mapping : Département de carographie souterraine (basement+tower)
20. Virtual tabletop/battlemap mapping : Département de cartographie militaire (upper floors)
21. Sci-fi/Modern mapping : Département de recherche cartographique (observatoire)
22. Board game mapping : Département de cartographie ludique (base tower)
23. Level design & level editing for maps : Département technique de cartographie ludique (fancy top tower)
24. Toponymy/linguistic : Département des langues (tower)
25. Software discussion : Département de technologie (rdc)
26. 3D modeling : Département de technologie avancée avancée (étage)
27. Tutorial/how to : Grand amphithéâtre
28. How do I ? : Petit amphithéâtre
29. Mapping elements : Magasin
30. Reference material : Bibliothèque

Additionnal elements :

31. Wandering Windy Tree
32. House of the Leaders
33. River Police
34. Silver and Golden Compas blacksmith
35. House of the Honorable contributors
36. House of the Sages
37. Ink well + Guild logo compass.
38. Heraldry tower
39. French Embassy
40. Weekly/Monthly Round-up
41. The Unfinished Forest (everyone hate it)
42. Geographic Experiments Garden
43. Great Library of the Scribes" Office
44. The Perspective Watchtower
45. The Never Really Fitting Conceptual Border Attempt
46. The Statue Garden

[Greg]

I had small doubts about the Geographic Experiments Garden (42), as the perspective was different, but I also remembered several perspectives on a same map is something often discussed on the Guild (for exemple this week with the Town of Waypoint or the Village of Formene), so I decided to stay crazy and introduce the Perspective Watchtower (44) who's supposed to be sure everything works fine, just as the River Police does for water bodies (33)

Haha, love it!

When I first saw 42, I thought it looked a bit strange, but then checking the number, quickly realised why, but the way you've added in those extras as well... Bravo!

Also, must say, those new trees are gorgeous and the parchment curls look a treat too!

There's maybe a few things I would add or edit but time flies so, so fast, as usually in December !

I know that feeling; time really is flying by. I'm really hoping to get another update on my challenge soon. Hopefully, everyone will be able to finish in time!

[Wingshaw]

Wow, this map is really spectacular! You've created a quite magical little realm, Beee I really like your border on this map, too, and your linework, as usual, is amazing.

Wingshaw

[Voolf]

Amaizing and so innovative idea with the border. This is devinately a winner

[Caenwyr]

Misty, seriously, you have got to stop this madness! You're putting us all to shame with your insanely beautiful maps and that magnificently precise lineart. Seriously, if it wasn't so gorgeous, it'd leave me depressed! All I can do now, however, is gape at it in amazement. This is just glorious. And you haven't even started shading and colouring!

Also, sign me up for a desk in #33. I think I'll fit right in!