Here is the February newletter.

News

• The February issue of the Annual 2013 has been released. Subscribe here.
• You’ve voted to included the Myrr overland style in the Annual and we are happy to oblige.
• The ProFantasy team is off to Phoenix for a high-level development conference.

Resources

• 13Mann published a gorgeous map of the Spinward Marches created with Cosmographer 3.
• Between a Rock and a Cold Place – more battle maps for Deadlands Reloaded.
• Eterna – a Mercator-style world map by community member Rigtje Schootstra.
• More amazing user maps in the February round up from the forum.

Map-Making Articles

• Two new video tutorial by Joseph Sweeney on old-school dungeon mapping.
• Pär Lindström writes about the logic and placement of cities on an overland map.

A little late for January, perhaps, but here is the latest newsletter.

News

• The January issue of the Annual 2013 has been released. Subscribe here.
• A new bundle in the ProFantasy collection: The Top Three.

Resources

• A new CC3 user writes about his first experience.
• Forum user anomiecoalition talks about his desert-themed designs of Brightstone Keep and the Buried Temple of Ifar.
• The December and January roundups of user-created maps.
• How to gift ProFantasy’s software.
• A battle map of an underground lab and hide-out.

Map-Making Articles

• A new video tutorial by Joseph Sweeney about aligning side-view and floor plan maps.
• Forum member Flavion comes up with a unique new overland style for his Myrr dominion map.
• Pär Lindström uses the last year’s December Annual style (of his own design) to create the Vadsbro overland map and combines City Designer 3 and Photoshop work for a great city map of Farjvad.

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Look at the Myrr Dominion map here.

The latest articles and news from ProFantasy for the festive season.

News

• The Cartographer’s Annual vol 6 is out now. See this year’s highlights.
• The forthcoming Annual 2013, which will include includes a new style developed by Jonathan Roberts, is available for subscription at 10% off until December 20th
• Renowned cartographer Mike Schley is developing a complete overland style for CC3

Resources

• This month’s selection of user-created maps.
• Learning CD3 by Par Lindstrom
• Kartotum – creating an amazing city map
• Deadlands Battlemap by Ralf Schemmann

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The latest articles and news from ProFantasy from October.

News

• We’ve compiled a collection of 6 free samples from our Cartographer’s Annual.
• Spiel’12 – the world’s largest boardgame fair – opens on Thursday Oct 18th. Ralf will be there.
• Pär Lindström is building a new style for the December Annual.
• See previews of the November and December Annuals.
• October Annual released with new High Space SciFi textures.

Resources

• Latest user maps for October
• Suggest the best use of Ralf’s mapping time for the community.

Map-making articles

• A retrospective on almost 6 years of the Cartographer’s Annual.
• The Rules of Rivers – a guest article on river topography by Bill Roach.

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The latest articles and news from ProFantasy from September.

News

• Recent Releases – Symbol Set 3 and the Tome of Ultimate Mapping-last chance to get them at current prices
• Character Artist 3 update and an art poll. Please vote.
• The latest developments in forthcoming products from the code pit
• This month’s Annual – a gorgeous overland style inspired by the forthcoming 13th Age RPG

Resources

• Free Random City Generator by L Lee Saunders for City Designer 3 users
• Latest user maps for August and September
• From the Support Desk: Second Hand Software

Map-making articles

• Catacombs of evil – a short DD3 tutorial
• Overland mapping part 2 (part 1 is here)
• A new map in the 13th Age style

The latest articles and news from ProFantasy

News

• Read about the latest Annual entry, and the forthcoming tie-in with the 13th Age RPG from Pelgrane Press
• See examples of Character Artist 3 characters built with the new style.
• Recent Releases – Symbol Set 3 and the Tome of Ultimate Mapping
• New Perspectives map-making style

Resources

• Download a vast collection of free to use symbols and fills – the CSUAC
• Create desktop wallpapers with handy settings and template, with examples

Map-making articles

• Creating underground railway networks
• Cosmographer battlemaps video
• Isometric Map-Making