This month I decided to draw all of my maps on graph paper. I don't usually use graph paper as I find the grid somehow restrictive. Still, I felt like I was wandering off too much from my original mapping style and wanted to kind of rewind a bit backwards and try something simpler for a change.
When I started drawing this map it was supposed to be an ancient alien structure... well,...
2017-08-31 20:51:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Like in fantasy settings, cantinas and bars are an essential part of sci-fi and cyberpunk settings.
This bar was based on one of my higher tier patron's wishes and it has two separate areas: one with small tables and more privacy for shady deals, and another area with a stage for bands and other performers.
There's also a VIP area with gambling tables and the bar owner's...
2017-08-31 20:50:44 +0000 UTC View Post
A Marauder-class transport has crashlanded in the jungle of Gordian, an outer colony world with a toxic atmosphere. The ship is on a cliff edge and there is almost a 50 meter vertical drop from the cliff's edge.
The jungle around the ship is thick and the air is hot and moist. There is some native wild life that might be potentially dangerous.
Have fun w...
2017-07-31 20:46:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Helios-class military transport is the smaller ship class in the Federation Space Navy that is fitted with a hyper drive. The transport is used to carry special force teams or small expeditionary teams equipped with a drone and an armored vehicle (an APC or an armored ATV).
The ship's cargo hold has cryogenic stasis pods for twelve for longer trips or medical emergencies.
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Cargo ship Jinshen was originally designed as an asteroid mining ship, but it was later repurposed as a cargo ship. The ship has three levels and usually operates with a crew of twenty.
The ship has operated at the frontier for the past few years hauling cargo between the outer colonies and inner trade hubs. Lately the ship was reported missing and now it has been drifting in spa...
2017-07-31 20:30:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Marauder-class transports are mid-sized freighters used typically to transport cargo, troops and/or prisoners. The transport is equipped with a hyperdrive and uses astronavigators (prescient alien creatures capable of navigating the ship intuitively in hyperspace) to navigate over interstellar distances.
This map was originally designed for Sotakarjut, a military scifi RPG I recently publ...
2017-07-31 20:22:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another piece I made with some help from Hans Zenjuga for Sotakarjut (Warhogs) military science fiction RPG.
It's in Finnish (for now atleast), but it's a simple cutout of different ship sections. the color boxes mark the security levels of each section.
I made this starmap together with Hans Zenjuga the illustrator of the upcoming Sotakarjut (Warhogs) military science fiction RPG.
Just wanted to show this to you people, because I think it looks pretty neat ;D
2017-06-30 20:47:19 +0000 UTC View Post
I made this little map going through a mountain wall or something else blocking the party's way.
Nothing special really behind this map :D I just thought that something like this might come in handy at some point.
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That's all for this month. Oh, I might still post a thing or two, but those will be freebies.
You can get this map in fu...
2017-06-30 20:43:54 +0000 UTC View Post
One day at work I thought that it would be fun to draw a map shaped like a skull. Also, I had just recently bought a new ink brush and wanted to try it out. I was positively surprised how the lines turned out with the brush pen.
Get the full size map on Dropbox - ...
2017-06-30 20:26:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I have wanted to draw some kind of an "alien dungeon" for some time already, and this is the result. Can't say, if this map really expresses the ideas I had in mind, but at least I tried to come up with a complex structure with weird angles :D
Thank you for your support!
Get the full size map 2017-06-30 20:13:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Again one month has almost passed. This month has gone mostly by writing and doing layout for my upcoming military science fiction RPG. Also, I wanted to try some old techniques for a change.
Alchemist's Crater is laboratory and study built inside an old abandoned temple build inside a volcano crater walls.
This month there's only one version per map, but next month it's...
2017-06-30 20:03:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all, here's the collection of the maps published in May.
You can find all the maps in a single zip file with this post or you can download it from HERE.
2017-06-11 09:38:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Behind the mist covered tropical islands there's a small rocky island made out of green rock. On the side of this island there's the entrance to the legendary Jade Temple.
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Lately I have tried to find new styles to fill the solid parts of the maps. The hatching that I have used before (similar to the style that Dyson Logos uses) doesn't really work well with colors, so I...
2017-05-30 23:33:10 +0000 UTC View Post
At the harbor there's the warehouse number 9 that doesn't look any different from the other warehouses in the area. But the goods stored inside the warehouse 9 are very different from the typical goods stored at the harbor. This warehouse has some custom made cages for the special goods...
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A while ago I made a poll asking what kind of maps you would like to see more and...
2017-05-30 23:23:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Sigma Outpost is a small patrol & sampling outpost on colony EC-554 . The outpost houses crew of nine comprising of security personnel and company prospectors searching for amatium deposits. The outpost is well protected against local wildlife and rebellious native colonists.
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Oh man... I finally got this made :D The draft of this has been lying in one of...
2017-05-30 23:13:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The Temple of Tengu is a solitary temple high up in the mountains. Rumors say that the temple used to be dedicated for another god, but the servants of Tengu swindled the temple to themselves generations ago. Rarely anyone wanders to the temple to meet its peculiar and mischievous priests without a very good reason...
With this map I tried how a brush pen would work for the borders ...
2017-05-29 22:14:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Some time ago I did a sci-fi themed smuggler hideout. I liked the idea myself and wanted to do a fantasy version of it.
This hideout could be hidden in a rocky bay that's usually avoided by most seafarers. It has some natural caverns that are adapted to be used as a warehouse and some rooms with beds for short stays or to accommodate people that are going to be transported away on a...
2017-05-29 22:03:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all! The Map collection for April is here. You can download them also on Dropbox .
Thank you for your support!
2017-05-10 21:11:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Recently I had a poll about what map genres you are interested about and in addition to sci-fi and fantasy maps there seemed to be a demand for more contemporary maps that would fit cyberpunk or other near-future or contemporary settings.
Inspired by the new Ghost in the Shell movie I decided to design and draw a yakuza nightclub with a rogue network server room and m...
2017-04-30 11:09:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This ship layout is based on a map I did back in 2015. In that map this ship was a crashlanded ship broken in pieces. At the request of one of my very first patrons I took the crashlanded ship's layout and "fixed it".
EFREET-CLASS HYPERSHUTTLE
Efreet-class hypershuttle has a specialized low-emission oberman-engine and advanced electronic counter-measures systems. It is used ma...
2017-04-30 10:57:39 +0000 UTC View Post
This dungeon can work as a prison or a training facility for gladiators, for example. I wanted to add the creature lair to the map as an a bit more exotic feature that might offer some interesting adventure hooks.
What I had in mind for the lair was that the cavern pit had some foul undead creatures like zombies or ghouls - or something else just as grose like inbred pigs that feast...
2017-04-30 10:38:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The immortal oracle lives at the center of the Spiral of Trials. Many have tried to reach the oracle for their wisdom, but only few have returned with answers. Those who have returned, have told of harrowing visions, terrible traps and unimaginable creatures lurking in the halls and corridors of this downward spiraling dungeon.
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For this map I tried to test a...
2017-04-30 10:18:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The old lighthouse that used to provide the ships a safe passage around the rocky shores of the peninsula, has fallen into ruins a long time ago. The cellar of the lighthouse has a secret room with a secret escape route through the caverns that located under the ruins of the lighthouse. Now the caverns are infested with underground dwelling creatures.
This map was f...
2017-04-19 21:54:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
We just concluded the first adventure of our new D&D 5e campaign. It was a really fun six hour session where the shipwreck survivors found a kobold lair and defeated a weird homebrewn zombie spawning undead phase spider.
As the setting we are using a "setting bashed" world of Forgotten Kingdoms. We are using the Forgotten ...
2017-04-15 21:51:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are the maps I released on March.
I did a poll recently where I asked about your preferences on different genres. The votes between sci-fi and fantasy maps were quite even, but there were quite a few people asking for more contemporary maps suitable for cyberpunk for example.
In other words, the message was quite clear and I'll start including various urban and contempor...
2017-04-12 19:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here comes the last map of March!
Tarakov 10-40 is a modular freighter with powerful engines. It is widely used as a fast interstellar cargo hauler and an emergency space vehicle. The ship can carry up to four cargo modules, so it's not typically used to haul bulk cargo, but more precious items instead. Typical cargo can include medical supplies, tools, spare parts, luxuries or valu...
2017-03-31 12:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Deep under the icy landscape there's a starcraft buried in the snow and ice. Perhaps someone has excavated a tunnel in the ice or there's a weird teleportation device keeping a small chamber around it melted in the ice.
I drew inspiration for the shape from the spaceship in the marvelous Valerian comics (there's a movie coming in the summer) and otherwise tried to have a bit Alien Enginee...
2017-03-31 11:45:37 +0000 UTC View Post
This private zoo of an eccentric collector or a crime lord is built inside a small crater. The center of the zoo has no roof and features an exotic beast burrowed underground. The building is not designed for permanent residents, but has a single bedroom with facilities for extended stays.
I got the idea for this map from one of my $5 tier patrons and it was very interesting to desi...
2017-03-31 11:37:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Port Sentinel is small city with a significant star paladin temple next to it.
The map is made according to one of my $5 tier patron's wishes ( I hope I got most of the things right :D ) and features a city with multiple towers, "a star paladin" temple and a construction yard. There are some roads but most of the traffic consists of speeders and other flying vehicles. One grid squar...
2017-03-31 11:26:57 +0000 UTC View Post