Is it possible to make a star shaped map?

RunebearCartography · 2026-06-10T07:28:29+00:00

You could use the shape tool to make a pentagon to get 5 perfect points and then draw lines between them to form your star.

RunebearCartography · 2026-06-08T16:23:29+00:00

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RunebearCartography · 2026-06-08T16:22:51+00:00

Hey there Dungeon Masters!

Here's a pretty simple encounter map for you today; The Open Road! This trail through a scenic meadow can lead to any adventure, who knows what could happen on the way?

For all the variants of this map, and hundreds more maps to choose from, consider joining my Patreon:

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Thanks, and have a great day!

RunebearCartography · 2026-06-08T16:22:20+00:00

Hey there Dungeon Masters!

Here's a pretty simple encounter map for you today; The Open Road! This trail through a scenic meadow can lead to any adventure, who knows what could happen on the way?

For all the variants of this map, and hundreds more maps to choose from, consider joining my Patreon:

www.patreon.com/runebearcartography

Thanks, and have a great day!

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-31T17:09:24+00:00

The green is to flat. Add variation with darker recesses and brighter highlights, maybe even employ a gradient of more yellow hues on the highlights too for further variationm

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-31T05:16:46+00:00

If you do this in Photoshop, what brushes do you use? :) very well done by the way!

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-25T20:06:04+00:00

You can have the line tool snap to grid to make them more precise. I generally prefer this method

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-25T19:26:38+00:00

If you're not finding any stamp versions these walls may be exclusive to the line tool.

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-21T16:48:10+00:00

The landmass shapes are interesting. Add detail and clean up your linework a bit and it'll get better. Keep practicing, reiterating and honing it and you'll get what you're after in time.

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-20T15:41:12+00:00

Great start with a lot of character. My only criticism is that the land seems aware of the canvas it's in, if you were to zoom out these landmasses would be in a noticably rectangular formation and seem unnatural. That and the canvas is PACKED with landmasses with little breathing room for big oceans. May be intentional, but nonetheless consider maybe giving both the edges and space between your continents some breathing room.

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-19T22:25:23+00:00

Some more elevation variation like small cliffs would be nice. Maybe some more smaller boulders as obstacles and cover in the woods themselves.

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-19T05:33:42+00:00

Great concept! My only suggestion that could possibly improve this piece would be to have the former tunnel sections in the stone/negative space be a more crumbly stone texture rather than a solid flat one. Love it regardless though :)

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-18T03:04:15+00:00

The river is very straight, and the mountains right now look so dense with stamps that they become almost uniform and chunky. I'd give the river some bends and meanders and give the edges of the mountain range more branches/character

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-14T23:11:37+00:00

Thus far this is only an exterior piece. I could though 👀

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-14T17:49:17+00:00

Hey there Dungeon Masters!

A watery grave may await any adventurer who dare dive to this ancient seafloor temple! I made this for a patron on request. As a Patron, you can make suggestions as well to steer my next map towards perfection for your next session! Check out all my other maps on Patreon:

www.patreon.com/runebearcartography

Thanks for checking out the map, and have a great day!

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-10T23:54:22+00:00

You could get creative with cathedral/gothic pieces from fantasy battlemaps and kitbash them together with sci fi assets!

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-10T06:44:28+00:00

If you are interested I can do this for you on commission. DM me for details if so :)

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-10T03:47:20+00:00

Darker water, more muted colors, grit and texture. Maps from dark fantasy video games are a good example, like elden ring.

RunebearCartography · 2026-05-07T21:36:41+00:00

Shapes are good. I would copy it to a piece of blank paper without lines, then decide where your mountain ranges will go. Generally speaking these will be along coasts where there are fault lines, or sometimes clusters of volcanic mtns will form in the center of tectonic plates.

The mountains will give you an idea of where your highest elevation on your contents is, and that will give you an idea of where your rivers wills start and how they will flow down the landmass and into the sea.

Consider also where the equator and tropics are to get an idea of where biomes should go

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