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    I sent him a 3 emails this AM, but only 1 the attachment worked. I just got up (the joys of working graveyards ), and there was a shiny response in my inbasket. Attached is the map I sent and his reply:

    Hi Daniel!


    Thanks for sending in the maps! Unfortunately, only one of the three came through the email fine—the map of the Shrine of Zehim. The other two maps turned into black boxes—I suspect it's probably some sort of Windows versus Mac battle going on there (we're on Macintoshes here at Paizo).


    Anyway, as for the Shrine of Zehim map!


    This is a pretty excellent map. It's obvious where the entrance is, where the dungeon is (and where the solid rock surrounding it is), and the dungeon itself is an interesting and engaging shape with a cool mix of caves and room contents.


    The grid lines are a little distracting; in area 6 they're all but faded away into obscurity by the pattern on the ground, and the partially completed grid in the water kind of clashes against the grid on land. I prefer to see grids that are standardized across all of the map, clear and visible but unobtrusive. Yet the fact that your map does have a grid on it is quite nice.


    For map turnovers, we also prefer that all of the fonts used are clear and simple fonts. The title "Shrine of Zehir" is neat, but it's also a bit too fancy for a turnover, and you run the risk when you do this of making made up words like Zehir get misspelled in the final map as a result.


    Cool map! And if you have any ideas why this one would come through fine while the other two wouldn't, please resend the other two maps so I can check them out too!
    So, am I hopeful? Sure, but I know a lot of folks here in the guild are better than me, and I wish all who enter the best of luck!
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    @GP Yes, I feel like I've done a good deed posting this when I found it (rather than getting a day on you all ). I'm going to hold off until I have a good map for each category - dungeon, wilderness, regional and city. I don't have a city in my portfolio so that's the task for the 9th of Feb.

    @Neon - thanks a lot for posting the response. It's interesting to see what ideas they are interested in.

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    Yeah, I just sent them some maps, and figured, OK, critiques are good and all, but I thought I would often be working with them to produce maps for areas they have sketched out.
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    Am I the only one with a response?
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    Post No, I got a response...

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    Am I the only one with a response?
    No, when I submitted my online portfolio, the Managing Art Director responded that he bookmarked my site and will send work that best fits my styles as the needs arise. Though I am still waiting for a response from their other art director.

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    I just sent mine this morning, and they are 3 hours behind so I don't expect any thing until this afternoon at the earliest.
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    @Korash - I considered it, but unfortunately my portfolio of maps isn't that extensive and I don't think I could pull together decent entries. Maybe i'll submit something. How about you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redstar View Post
    @Korash - I considered it, but unfortunately my portfolio of maps isn't that extensive and I don't think I could pull together decent entries. Maybe i'll submit something. How about you?
    Wow, you have a portfolio!

    I however am only just starting on the prog mapping trek to enlightenment, and my terrain for the drawn maps just bites the big one. I really have nothing to offer (check my sig, it rings true )

    IMOHO, Fogdown is better than some their stuff, and might be worthy for submital for the cities. James Jacobs stated that he wants 1 map per catagory so enter Fogdown, it couldn`t hurt.

    Like RobA mentioned and GP did, post a link to a gallery of what you have done as well, and let them make decide if they like what they see.

    Besides, if everyone entering from the CG sends a link to their gallery here, it should knock therir socks off to see such a concentrated pool of talent.
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    I'm crossing my fingers that the site doesn't crash due to the overload on Torq's page Some damn fine maps there, by the way. Guess I'll have to figure out to do up mine now (as I'm sure everyone else is now scrambling to do as well)
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    Erm a real dumb question here ...

    So I should send a self created map or can/should I redo one of their maps?

    Not that I belive that I stand a real chance, but it would be fun to participate.
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