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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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    To Draw and Paint Maps, Revisited [2018] 

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    J.Edward
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    Published on 04-01-2018 06:18 PM
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    Back in 2015, we did the first list of programs to Draw and Paint Maps. In that time there have been some new players to add to that list. I'll touch on some of the ones we previously listed - most of those are still good choices and you should definitely take a look at that list.

    Again, there are lower cost options that are interesting and we'll look at several.
    Most of these come in at around the $25 to $50 price range, with a few being higher and more full featured as well.

    The high end of painting software is by and large occupied by Adobe's Photoshop, though ironically it was not made to be such. ...
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    To Draw and Paint Maps [2015] 

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    Over the last few years several new programs have surfaced for doing digital drawing and painting that may be of interest to map makers. The professional standards of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator being beyond the reach of most people's budget leaves a large space for potential new software packages. There are of course free options such as GIMP, Krita and Inkscape. But sometimes you might want something more or just different from these free options.

    There are some lower cost options that are interesting and we'll ...
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    Dundjinni is back in business 

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    After almost two years' absence, the Dundjinni store is back in business again.

    For more information, go ...
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    The Cartographer’s Annual 2012 

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    ProFantasy released the April Annual 2012 today. If you are a Campaign Cartographer user, you may want to ...
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