Hello and welcome to my little showcase in this corner of The Sietch. I'm a map maker by trade, having spent the past years working with indie game studios, Kickstarter projects, writers &, RPG-afficionados from around the world to bring their worlds to life.
You can find my full portfolio by following the link above, or by clicking on the links in my signature, too.
In the post below, you will find a few examples of my craft, and I will add new works to this thread when they are finished.
What do I need from you?
Please consider the following questions:
Timely communication, unbroken deadlines, and quality maps made to your specifications.
When will you get them?
Going from experience, a very useful estimate for the time needed to complete a map is between 8 to 12 hours for a piece in black & white. For colored maps the time needed can be everything from 20-25 hours and above. For my largest project to date I had to spend in excess of 50 hours on the job, drawing, coloring and revising.
This is not my main job, so please take into consideration that I can only work on your project for a few hours at a time in my spare time, be it in the evenings or during the weekends, if my schedule permits as much.
Now, what does this mean for you, effectively? For a black and white map, expect it to take about a week, revisions on your part included. For a colored piece, calculate with three weeks. I can probably finish it sooner if I drop everything else and sleep four hours a night (which I'm willing to do), but that would cost you more.
What will it cost you?
That depends on your individual project. A letter-sized black & white map will naturally be cheaper than a poster-sized map in full color. But as a general guideline, you can take the following as an estimate, stemming from the average time spent on the job as outlined in the paragraph above. However, to give you a guideline, here some basic commission prices.
Please note: the actual price is negotiable and depends on the questions I posed under the "What do I need from you?" paragraph. The price for maps does not scale exponentially, and your commission might be a good deal cheaper than you at first may fear!
Don't be shy: gather your facts and approach me for a price quote!
You can find my full portfolio by following the link above, or by clicking on the links in my signature, too.
In the post below, you will find a few examples of my craft, and I will add new works to this thread when they are finished.
What do I need from you?
Please consider the following questions:
- Size. How large is the map you want? What are its dimensions (cm/inches/pixels) and desired resolution?
- Color or B&W?
- Details. What's the level of individual detail you are looking for? This point includes such things like illustrated crests, flags, highly elaborate locations, ornate map borders, etc. As an example, think of the way you'd like to depict a town on your map: you can do it as simple as a dot. But you can also draw, color and fully shade a miniature town.
- Style. What kind of style would the you like? I can be flexible, although it’s advisable that it remains at a style that I’m familiar with.
- Urgency. How urgently is the map needed?
- Sketch. Providing me with a sketch, no matter how simple, really helps me a lot.
- License. What kind of rights do you need? Private use, use on a single book, lifetime global use rights, etc. ...
Timely communication, unbroken deadlines, and quality maps made to your specifications.
When will you get them?
Going from experience, a very useful estimate for the time needed to complete a map is between 8 to 12 hours for a piece in black & white. For colored maps the time needed can be everything from 20-25 hours and above. For my largest project to date I had to spend in excess of 50 hours on the job, drawing, coloring and revising.
This is not my main job, so please take into consideration that I can only work on your project for a few hours at a time in my spare time, be it in the evenings or during the weekends, if my schedule permits as much.
Now, what does this mean for you, effectively? For a black and white map, expect it to take about a week, revisions on your part included. For a colored piece, calculate with three weeks. I can probably finish it sooner if I drop everything else and sleep four hours a night (which I'm willing to do), but that would cost you more.
What will it cost you?
That depends on your individual project. A letter-sized black & white map will naturally be cheaper than a poster-sized map in full color. But as a general guideline, you can take the following as an estimate, stemming from the average time spent on the job as outlined in the paragraph above. However, to give you a guideline, here some basic commission prices.
Please note: the actual price is negotiable and depends on the questions I posed under the "What do I need from you?" paragraph. The price for maps does not scale exponentially, and your commission might be a good deal cheaper than you at first may fear!
Don't be shy: gather your facts and approach me for a price quote!
- black & white map, print ready @300 dpi, up to and including A4/letter size: €180 and above
- colored map, print ready @300 dpi, up to and including A4/letter size: €360 and above
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