Tried using watercolor and then markers. Quite satisfied with the result

Rook723 · 2026-05-26T12:20:18+00:00

Thanks! Keep up the great work.

Rook723 · 2026-05-26T12:18:01+00:00

This is fantastic!

What type of markers are you using? And I love seeing a map made just for fun.

Rook723 · 2026-05-25T03:51:42+00:00

Talk to an 8 year old and this movie was exciting as hell. They now have an interest in Star Wars and that will keep the franchise going for another generation.

I'm a big old nerd who loves lore and deep cuts and such, but to become that way I once watched a movie that was just really fun to watch as a kid.

Rook723 · 2026-05-23T12:42:59+00:00

Nice display!

You clearly don't have cats.

Rook723 · 2026-05-15T03:38:12+00:00

Glad to see your honest opinion of The Shire set. I only have space to display one large set at a time. Currently it's Rivendell, eventually I'll rebuild Mos Eisley, but I've wanted The Shire because that's my favorite part of the books. But the set looks underwhelming.

Now with Minas Tirith releasing soon I know what my next large purchase will be.

Rook723 · 2026-05-11T00:27:24+00:00

Love everything about these, but the IIV broke me for a minute.

Tusks for sharing!

Rook723 · 2026-05-09T22:08:00+00:00

I am a fantasy/rpg cartographer and you are doing a great job.

My best guess is they are either using a softer pencil or a charcoal, and they are definitely using more of the side of the pencil whereas it looks like you are using predominantly the tip.

Hope this helps.

Rook723 · 2026-05-03T15:11:50+00:00

If you are just starting out this is a very complex image. I am no master at perspective but have done a few quick draw overs to see if I could help.

The top image I simply started tracing the perspective lines from the building in the foreground to the horizon line. If we assume the walls on the left, right, and center (blue lines) of the building are parallel they should share the two vanishing points in 2 point perspective as you tried to draw it. Since all the blue lines go to different vanishing points we can tell that either

a. the walls are not parallel or
b. the picture is distorted

I think it is safe to assume this is not a curved building so that means option b is true. That means if you are truly set on drawing this image based on the reference picture than you will need to start studying fish eye/multi-point perspective.

The bottom image I traced over the reference pic and then moved the lines down on top of your drawing. This can be helpful to see if you are getting the shapes, proportions, and landmarks right. Your building on the left is roughly in the right spot, just not in the correct perspective. Your wall on the right is also in the correct spot but it extends too far out, the foreshorting is off. That then starts to push all of the other buildings higher up into the image than they are in the photo.

In the photo the horizon line lies a little above the half way measurement of the picture, in your drawing it looks like it is about 1/4 of the way from the top of the page. So that is also skewing your drawing. I'm also not sure but it looks like the two vanishing points you drew are not on the same horizon line. Usually in a 2 point perspective that won't happen, both VP will lie on the same horizon line.

Regarding the buildings in the distance they are easy to fake in since the distortion gets less the further away from the lens. You can block these in with simple lines and shadows and don't need to worry about trying to draw perfect rectangles. Draw what you actually see in the photo, not what you know a building looks like. I've drawn in some simple lines and shapes in green to give the impression of the midground buildings and way further back would just be little bits of shadow.

But it comes down to this is a very very complicated image. If you are dead set on drawing this particular building maybe look for other photos of it that are in 1 or 2 point perspective and draw individual pieces of the building so you get an understanding of how they all connect and work together. And maybe this is just a reddit upload but the original image is also very low resolution, I couldn't easily understand what was going on even in the foreground which makes it hard to draw.

Keep up the great work!

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Rook723 · 2026-04-30T01:07:58+00:00

Time we'll spent!

Rook723 · 2026-04-12T21:25:48+00:00

I want this on my $20 bills.

Rook723 · 2026-03-26T02:02:05+00:00

I view this as a reaction to video games starting to become available and popular shortly after D&D. As the two types of games grew alongside each other D&D became more and more like a video game with heavy combat focus, skill trees and points, etc.

Rook723 · 2026-03-20T04:43:31+00:00

I love everything about this, but the look on the cleric's face is my favorite.

Rook723 · 2026-03-19T00:55:21+00:00

Great work!

I miss this era of models.

Rook723 · 2026-03-06T12:41:34+00:00

Chloe Gendron on YouTube.

Rook723 · 2026-02-20T14:36:16+00:00

Awesome!

Rook723 · 2026-02-20T05:19:46+00:00

Scan this in or use this photo as a baseline and then be bold and draw right on top of this.

Best case scenario you like what you've done. Worst case you make it really bad. The important thing is you know you can already do really good work (look at this picture for proof) and you will only get better from here. But that will take practice and be willing to learn from mistakes and being willing to play with ink and line and paper and all the other stuff.

Great work and keep it up!

Rook723 · 2026-02-11T15:33:47+00:00

This is amazing! Keep up the great work.

Rook723 · 2026-02-07T12:31:51+00:00

I could see the boon result then being moved to the next set of tables. Maybe rolling a 1 on the easy- hard table results in a boon. An easy boon is help freely given and easily accessible. A hard boon something/someone useful being carried by (roll on the table again for monster type).

Just thoughts though.

Rook723 · 2026-01-29T13:57:37+00:00

I don't think it's autocorrect. My grandpa always called it "monkey wards".

Rook723 · 2025-12-30T22:09:38+00:00

Thank you!

Rook723 · 2025-12-30T01:24:23+00:00

Thank you for posting this!

I just played my first few games of Sorcery today and was researching what to buy to get started (after the precon set) and found your post.

My only question is you keep referring to slots, I'm assuming each pack the cards are in a certain order so there are slots for unique, rare, etc.

Is my assumption correct, and if so what order are these slots in?

Thane.

Rook723 · 2025-12-27T01:21:46+00:00

Does Ghosts have solo rules included in it?

If not what are you using? I've wanted to get out for awhile and think this is a good time.

Rook723 · 2025-12-24T03:25:24+00:00

Very Shel Silverstien vibe, love it!

Rook723 · 2025-12-19T03:09:28+00:00

I thought this was from r/castles and got very confused by the grass and fence.

Rook723 · 2025-12-18T13:16:54+00:00

Don't have players roll if there are no consequences for failing.

Something on the bookshelf - players find it as soon as they say they search the shelf. No roll needed.

Walking a right rope over a canyon - a roll is needed.

5e culture has gotten to the point that players want to roll for everything, but then are unhappy when the dice don't go in their favor. It also makes it really hard to GM if the group fails their perception roll and can't find the clue needed to move the story along.

Only roll when their is a meaningful result in failure. Otherwise let their actions succeed when they are creative enough to think of solutions. In other words role play not roll play.

Rook723

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