I'm going to post a few hi-res scans of my map of the “Provinces d'West; autrefois Royaume d'Westsex: ou sont Aujordhuy les Comtés Hant-shire, et l'Isle de Wight, Barck-shire, Wilt-shire, Dorcet-shire, Somerset-shire, Devon-shire, et Cornwall, &c.” by the father of French cartography and geographer ordinaire to King Louis XIV, Nicolas Sanson. The map is a 1679 edition of one from 1654 and was printed on handmade rag paper which has a large contemporary watermark. 1/19 #Cartography #NicolasSanson
The finished, updated and extended land of Nicea. The new sections are to the far west and east. Seeing the ocean on both sides frames the continent and improves the map more than I would have guessed. The real delight of this map is how well loved the world is by the family that runs their dnd game there, I try to add details from the games and honour the representation of a very special fantasy realm. #dndmap #cartography #rpg #dnd #maps
#introduction I'm Aidan -- nickname Bird. I am a #nonbinary, #queer, #disabled #sciencefiction #writer. I have #LongCovid, and it sucks. I am still working on diagnoses for other possible #chronicillness.
I really love: #disabilityjustice, #socialjustice, #antiracism, #LGBTQIA stuff, #gaming, #gamedesign, #cartography, #physics, #astronomy, #worldbuilding, #music, #cats, and #art. I draw maps. My Elivera world, of which most of my writings are set, is located here: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/elivera3A-the-lost-ones-aidanbird
A personal project of prototype board designs for a pirate themed board game concept I’ve got in my head that’s needs much refining. I’ve tried to create a vibrant representation of islands and varied navigational hazards on a hex map…. #cartography #map #boardgames
Far from finished, but this is the extended shape the improved land of Nicea. The new sections are to the far west and east. Seeing the ocean on both sides really frames the continent and aesthetically improves the map more than I would have guessed. Next I need to add forest details to the west, then colour and the border needs work. #shadows #mapping #dndmap #dndcartography #cartography #cartographer #rpg #dnd #roleplaying #fantasy #map #ttrpgart #largemap #gamesmaster #rpggame #dndcreatives
Back to the magical land of Nicea, I’m working on the line work for the jungles to the East, an excuse to draw lots of dinosaurs in the dense rainforest. It’s for dungeons and dragons so the land need to invite exploration. The jungle is criss crossed by rivers, with tall rock formations and mysterious ziggurats. The jungle gives way to a desert region and a few settlements. Plenty of caves and ruins to explore. #mapping #cartography #rpg #dnd #fantasy #map #ttrpg #fantasymap #map #mapmaker
I’m back once again to the magical land of Nicea. The client has been using the map in family games and now wants to extend the map to the east and west so it shows the whole continent which will look great. There is so much this map taught me, I love the spherical projection, I really want to draw a world map this way at some point. #shadows #mapping #dndmap #dndcartography #cartography #cartographer #rpg #dnd #roleplaying #fantasy #map #ttrpgart
For those interested in my #mapmaking process, I have a Patreon! It comes with an extensive archive that includes #tutorials, #behindthescenes and my ongoing #Worldbuilding Chronicles! Come check it out on Patreon.com/wfgWorkshop
An #Introduction: I am a galactic cartographer specializing in visualizing astronomical data sets derived from the European Space Agency's Gaia astrometry satellite. You can find a set of posters I created with the help of Gaia mission astronomers here: https://gruze.org/posters_2024
I am working on a virtual starship to travel around the Milky Way. Follow or boost me if you are interested in the Milky Way and scientific visualization using VR. #Astronomy #VR #Cartography #WebXR
Very disappointed to see Prof. Michael Clarke involved in this. A video published by #SkyNews days ago portrays distances on the #Mercator projection, misinforming the public on the real range of #Russia 's #WMDs.
This is a very obvious misuse of #cartography, that cannot possibly be a mistake.
Using GPS in the year 1565
There’s a wonderful web app (“Allmaps Here”) that shows your GPS location on old maps. I love it.
https://www.verbeeld.be/2024/11/17/using-gps-in-the-year-1565/
There Is A Lake In Finland, That Looks Like Finland
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https://maps.app.goo.gl/zDtNaw9VMAj9SYab7
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#GIS #spatial #map #mapping #cartography #water #hydrology #finland #gischat #mappymeme #Neitokainen #lake
And colour comes to the City of Arches cross section map. Mike Shea’s Kickstarter was super successful, you can still pre order the book over by @slyflourish if you follow links from his website . Colouring is super fun and relaxing, it’s just the meditative process of gradually filling in the hues. Here I’m playing with a new approach to making lighting and shadows that I stumbled on when working on the space horror map... #mapping #dndmap #dndcartography #cartography #
I briefly revisited the land of Maeve, a world created by alloraleanne on Twitter for her fantasy books. I’m doing a fair few novel maps right now which is a dream, it’s such a privilege to illustrate the creative worlds of fantasy authors. #cartography #dragons #bookmap #map
The geometry of this city map was too tricky to draw by eye alone, so I started by modelling the main cutaway cone and the tricky central spiral path in Blender, a 3d design package. And I’m glad I did, I’ve spent hours trying to get spiral staircases right when drawing them in the past, they are more tricky than you might think. It also allowed me to get the nice low angle of view just right. Map was for Darci Cole‘s fantasy romance novel. #Cartography
It’s not always easy to showcase black and white line art online, it looks stunning in print, but sometimes fails to compete with everything online. So I’ve tried adding a little colour, just for my portfolio and socials. The colour tries to balance an aged paper feel with artificial addition of glowing luminosity to make the central tower city pop. I’m pleased with it. Map is for Darci Cole‘s book Clever. #storymap #novelmap #novelmaps #cartography
New Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP (Northwest King County) bike map update!
This version is very 1 Line light-rail focused, not just adding 1 Line stations but upgrading street labels for better wayfinding. It contains several other updates and two contributions as well.
https://solarbird.net/blog/2024/08/29/greater-northshore-bike-connector-map-1-4-release/
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Explore the distribution of land use in #Vienna with our new Grätzlfarben web map:
https://cartolab.at/graetzlfarben
It is based on the "Kiezcolors" project from ODIS Berlin, which we adapted for Vienna. We also made the code a bit more easily re-usable, so creating your own local Grätzlfarben/Kiezcolors may not be that far off!
A bit more info & link to the code on our blog: https://cartography.tuwien.ac.at/explore-the-distribution-of-land-use-in-vienna-with-our-new-gratzlfarben-web-map/
Main credits go to my colleague Ester Scheck who led this project.
Underground ruins map for Mike Shea of @slyflourish, which will also feature in the city of arches kickstarter source book. As ever this map features unexpected encounters. My favourite, was drawing “a goblin village built inside the decaying skeleton of a giant dragon, but make it a *happy* village”. How do you draw a happy goblin village built amongst crumbling bones, I ask myself?… bunting is my answer. I love drawing for Mike, so unexpected… #mapping #cartography #cartographer #rpg #ttrpg
The cross section map I did a while back for @slyflourish who is launching a Kickstarter today based on the City of Arches, and I have few new maps that form part of this product; I’ll post them over the next couple of days. Do check out the kickstarter, I do think the City of Arches is a fun and well developed location for great DnD games. #mapping #dndmap #dndcartography #cartography #cartographer #rpg #dnd #roleplaying #gamemaps #gamemap #mapdesign
Cross section for an art deco hotel, as part of some concept work for a client. This was super fun, I enjoyed creating a vision for the building, a boutique and quirky city centre hotel. I went for a strong art deco style, and imagined the building had started as maybe a small department store, then been used as offices before eventually being converted to a hotel by an essentric and well travelled gentleman. #design #architecture #buildingdesign #graphicdesign #cartography #map #artdeco 1/2
An update to the North Faerun map, with geographic corrections thanks to the eagle eyes of social media. I’ve also improved the colour and added a title at the top. #faerun #realmslore #ttrpg #cartography
North Faerun map, I did this a while ago for the dnd campaign I had been running in the region where my players were searching for the buried flying city of Palter. Here I’ve given it a border like the one on my Moonshae map and added a little colour and texture. #mapping #dndmap #forgottenrealms #faerun #dndcartography #cartography #cartographer #rpg #dnd #roleplaying #fantasy #faerunmap #whitehorn #dndart #theride #toril #realmsmap #digitalart #ipadpro #dnd5e #5e
I’m trying to get better at making little videos for my maps, as it’s the only language that much of social media understands now. Here is a spaceship map I did a while back. I think the video needs to be shorter, but it’s a fun little video
#cartography #gamemap #scifi
Super simple dungeon map created very quickly for my role playing game. It’s a haunted mine and I wanted a labyrinthine layout, but also a sense of order, so I stole the layout from a real US coal mine map in the public domain.
#battlemap #gamemap #cartography #ttrpg