I decided to draw a couple of maps in a simple style reminiscent of the old school ways. Enjoy exploring!
Some Quick Maps
Tag: maps
ENnie Awards 2022! – Voting for ENnie-nominated HandyMaps is now OPEN
Voting is now OPEN for the ENnie Awards 2022!
We’re proud to have been nominated for HandyMaps: Dungeons, Caves & Strange Locales!
Please consider voting for us in the following categories:
- Best Cartography
- Fan Award for Best Publisher
We’d love your vote, it means the world to us and we get to continue creating awesome things.
https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2022/
- Vote for us by giving us a ‘1’ in the Best Cartography category
- Vote for us by giving us a ‘1’ in the Fan Award for Best Publisher category
Thank you,
Glynn
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Need Maps? Of course you do! Last Few Days!
500+ backers! Over 550% Funded! Two stretch goals down!
Hello Everyone,
We hope you are all doing well.
We just wanted to let you know that the last few days of the campaign are upon us.
HandyMaps Dungeons, Caves & Strange Locales
So, we have currently funded a set of twenty four (24), double-sided A5 cards showing beautifully illustrated dungeons, caves and strange locales for fantasy-themed games. The cards can be used as valuable tools for game planning by Game Masters.
Whilst there are 24 cards, they detail a total of 60 locations for you to populate and your players to explore.
The cards will be double-sided in a handy A5 size (210mm high x 148mm wide OR 8.27″ high x 5.83″ wide) from 350gsm uncoated card stock (giving a nice matt finish, suitable for ink and pencil marking).
Each side will be professionally digitally printed on a parchment style background.
The maps will all have a basic grid and minimal text labels (generally kept to elevation marks, stairs/slope directions, secret doors, etc), but NO title, room numbers, or compass allowing Game Masters to use them as they need for their campaigns.
Also, a great opportunity to pick up previous HandyMaps too!
Please feel free to check it out here:
Please feel free to check it out here:
Many thanks,
Glynn over at MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing
HandyMaps Dungeons, Caves & Strange Locales has just launched on Kickstarter!
Hello Everyone,
We hope you are all doing well.
We just wanted to let you know that we have a new Kickstarter campaign running which might interest you.
HandyMaps Dungeons, Caves & Strange Locales
So, we are creating a set of twenty two (22), double-sided A5 cards showing beautifully illustrated dungeons, caves and strange locales for fantasy-themed games. The cards can be used as valuable tools for game planning by Game Masters.
Whilst there are 22 cards, they detail a total of 56 locations for you to populate and your players to explore.
The cards will be double-sided in a handy A5 size (210mm high x 148mm wide OR 8.27″ high x 5.83″ wide) from 350gsm uncoated card stock (giving a nice matt finish, suitable for ink and pencil marking).
Each side will be professionally digitally printed on a parchment style background.
The maps will all have a basic grid and minimal text labels (generally kept to elevation marks, stairs/slope directions, secret doors, etc), but NO title, room numbers, or compass allowing Game Masters to use them as they need for their campaigns.
Also, a great opportunity to pick up previous HandyMaps too!
Please feel free to check it out here:
Please feel free to check it out here:
Many thanks,
Glynn over at MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing
Podcast Interview with Sarina Langer
An absolute pleasure to chat with fantasy author Sarina Langer, recently.
Check out the podcast here!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1356037/8019989-your-team-of-pros-your-cartographer-with-glynn-seal
You can also check out here excellent boos and website here: https://sarinalanger.com/
Sevens Sisters Ark Expansion
The players in JamesCORP’s Mutant: Year Zero campaign have expanded their Ark! See my previous post here: https://monkeyblooddesign.co.uk/2020/10/16/sevens-sisters-ark/
The upgrades we talked about in the previous post have started to be constructed so we now have the additions of:
- Sundial
- Temple. The temple is built in a newly excavated area ready for the group’s further expansion of the Ark.
Check out some screengrabs of the new additions:
You can check out the live-streamed games here: https://www.twitch.tv/jamescorp, And this is where you can see the map reveal, and the players picking their hovels 🙂
Thanks to James and his players!
You can also subscribe to the YouTube playlist here:
Over and out, Glynn
Krysonia & Leng Commission
In between working on my own projects, doing commissioned art/map/writing/layout works is a great way to top up the income so the bills get paid.
I was approached by Ken Swope to look at updating his own personal campaign world maps for the regions he calls Krysonia and Leng, opting for a full colour approach (US Letter at 300dpi).
We adjusted a few water flows and I think we created a lovely looking set of maps which join together at the ‘Karim Desert’ seam. We created both colour and mono versions. Check them out by using the slider…
If you have a personal campaign and need some cool maps, why not get in touch? Rates are here: https://monkeyblooddesign.co.uk/schedule-of-rates/
Cheers, Glynn
Sevens Sisters Ark
I love post-apocalyptic games. I plan to create my own one day when I get chance. So , I was really excited when James approached me about drawing a map for his Mutant: Year Zero campaign. I’ve run MYZ myself, as a one-shot session for my no-longer-very-face-2-face group, so I understood the gist of the setting.
The visual goal was an Ark–a sanctuary for the player’s characters. It would be based on the actual underground station of Seven Sisters in Tottenham, North London. It needed to have locations for the relevant NPCs and be in a 3D/isometric style usable on VTT. Isometric works best for this as it has a consistent grid for placing tokens.
We would also include ‘upgrades’ to the map such as watchtowers, windmills, generators, lighting, and such for unlocking by the players as they level up their Ark. The basic map would not show these upgrades. I also wanted the map to have an old blueprint feel… (ah! the smell of ammonia!). Drawing in isometric really takes me back to my technical drawing and draughting days!
The thing I love about doing maps like this is having free reign to add some fun little details.
Anyway, feast your eyes upon the Seven Sisters Underground Ark for James.
Check out the live-streamed games here: https://www.twitch.tv/jamescorp, And this is where you can see the map reveal, and the players picking their hovels 🙂
Thanks to James and his players (hey, pookie!) for the opportunity!
You can also subscribe to the YouTube playlist here:
Over and out, Glynn
Cavrik’s Cove
casl Entertainment
I’ve had the very great pleasure of working with Carlos on a previous project, which will be coming to public release in January. You can keep up with Carlos’ Patreon over here: www.patreon.com/caslEntertainment.
I was excited to work on another project with Carlos for a project coming up this December… Feast your eyes upon an extract of the coastal town of Cavrik’s Cove, done for Carlos and coming up soon.
Thanks everyone, Glynn
Embedding 3D Models into Posts
So, I’ve just been playing with SketchUp and WordPress, and trying to be able to allow anyone to view a post and explore a 3D model within it… so here you go. I built the model years ago and uploaded it to the 3D Warehouse…
Let me know if there is any issue with using the features 🙂
