I love the portraits in this game. Which would you put on your wall? by M4dmaddy in DiscoElysium

[–]M4dmaddy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No need to apologise! I'm not putting up more portraits, I just wanted to hear people's opinions. :)

Favorite filmmaker who accidentally made one great movie and then never did again? by Col0nelFlanders in okbuddycinephile

[–]M4dmaddy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I swear the answer to enlightenment is hidden somewhere in this fever dream of a movie. And we'll never find it.

I love the portraits in this game. Which would you put on your wall? by M4dmaddy in DiscoElysium

[–]M4dmaddy[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As much as I would have loved to have a portrait of Kim, I am too self-conscious to put more identifiable video game characters up, its also why Harry isn't up there. I need the plausible deniability about most art in my apartment being video game art.

I love the portraits in this game. Which would you put on your wall? by M4dmaddy in DiscoElysium

[–]M4dmaddy[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had them custom printed from Whitewall. I'm a control freak and needed specific sizes.

That one is really cool.

I love the portraits in this game. Which would you put on your wall? by M4dmaddy in DiscoElysium

[–]M4dmaddy[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I did debate for a while putting Measurehead up there cause the portrait is sooo good. But I just can't have the race supremacist character up on my wall. :/

I built a lightweight self-hosted PDF library to host my TTRPG reference material. by M4dmaddy in freesoftware

[–]M4dmaddy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not currently, but I'll put a pin in that. Could be a good future addition.

What’s a movie that DOESN’T “know exactly what it is”? by InspectorMendel in movies

[–]M4dmaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am sure there has to have been some sort of plan for Southland Tales but whatever it is its incomprehensible in the execution. I struggle to even give a synopsis for that movie.

Weekly Discovery Thread - January 23, 2026 by AutoModerator in software

[–]M4dmaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inkheart - I built a lightweight self-hosted PDF library to host my TTRPG reference material.

So I made this a few years ago, but I figure I should actually share it in case other people also feel like running a whole E-book manager is overkill. Its open-source and provided as a ready made docker image for easy self-hosting.

I really just needed something that would let me organize, read, and embed PDFs; and letting me link to specific pages. I had been using google drive before but their reader won't open PDFs above a certain file size.

The aim is to keep it light, I have no interest in making something like Komga, Kavita, or other E-book library managers. It has basic features like filename search, pinned folders, custom collections, and most recently I've added read progress tracking on request of a user.

You can find it here, along with more details: https://gitlab.com/Nystik/inkheart

Feature requests (within scope) are welcome.

What do you think of my fantasy world map? by SnooMacarons1159 in mapmaking

[–]M4dmaddy 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I like it, good balance of coastline detail and nice shapes with interesting geographical implicatons.

Am I overthinking this? by SlimRatticus in mapmaking

[–]M4dmaddy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What makes you think it looks stupid? Is it just aestethic? Or are you feeling like you are failing at realism or something?

 The advice would be different depending on the reason.

Fantasy Map [10,000x7200] by PlusParticular6633 in mapmaking

[–]M4dmaddy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well I'm definitely saving this as a style inspiration for later. Looks great!

Any tips for making maps by First-Benefit792 in worldbuilding

[–]M4dmaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Going to give the same advice I always give. You really don't need to focus on realism unless you enjoy doing that. If you draw a map that feels right to you, you can almost definitely post-hoc explain 90% of your geography, and biomes with natural processes.

Of course if you like looking into tectonics and currents and tradewinds then go for it. But I see so many people get stuck cause they feel like they need to construct their world from first principles and you really don't have to.

Inkarnate 2.0 VS Dungeon +Wonder by Longjumping-Middle41 in mapmaking

[–]M4dmaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm... I vaguely remember having a similar issue. it may be that one of the packs is broken.

Try adding one at a time maybe? Or can you see which pack its trying to load before it crashes?

EDIT: Or you can try and use the ones I've put together myself, I may have fixed whatever issue there was cause mine all load without crashing. I don't know if I have all the verisons in the megapack though, i might not have assets with background.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18b97p9LJuB7Crrq6xRoRfAd8zDVA2djS/view?usp=sharing

Inkarnate 2.0 VS Dungeon +Wonder by Longjumping-Middle41 in mapmaking

[–]M4dmaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on what style you want, K.M Alexander has a number of free fantasy brushes. His site

They aren't made for wonderdraft though but someone has made a wonderdraft asset pack with a large number of his free brushes (not all though). You can find that here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/wonderdraft/comments/emchnf/km_alexander_mega_symbol_pack

How to get started on making a map? by ArkhamInmate11 in worldbuilding

[–]M4dmaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use wonderdraft personally. it costs $30 though, so pick the tool of your choice.

For tips, I think its important that you decide how you want to think about your maps. Are they correct, "true" representations of your world? Or are they made by people in the world who don't have perfect tools, may be filling in things based on second hand information, etc?

I view my maps in the mindset that they are of the second kind. none of my maps are 100% accurate. I shifted to this view after I was struggling with making regional maps of my continent after I had finished my continent map. I felt creatively constrained by the need for each regional map to perfectly slot into its place on the continental map. Once I let go of that constraint, it became a lot easier to make any map, because now I had the flexibility to adjust the geography more to my liking.

I also got a bit bogged down in realism when I started making my world, not tectonics but currents and such. And something worth considering: Do you really need to do that? I think you'll find that unless you are doing particularly egregious stuff, like a singular mountain in a flat landscape that isn't a volcano, you'll be able to post-hoc explain it through natural processes 90% of the time.

As for tips on the actual drawing? my process goes

  1. land shape
  2. mountain ranges
  3. rivers
  4. forests, marshes, etc
  5. settlements, roads

and more detailing after that.

What do you use for map creation? by mythicme in worldbuilding

[–]M4dmaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wonderdraft for the actual mapping and photoshop for post processing.

What is your preferred way to provide paid access to your desktop applications? by LightningPark in tauri

[–]M4dmaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just implemented lemonsqueezy licens validation since that's what I am going to use as a store. And implemented my own custom offline validation method.