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So what kind of maps do you draw?
Fantasy? simcity? hand drawn? game maps?
Tell us your way of mapping and what inspires you.
So what kind of maps do you draw?
Fantasy? simcity? hand drawn? game maps?
Tell us your way of mapping and what inspires you.
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Re: So what kind of maps do you draw???
Tue, March 22, 2005 - 8:43 PMI draw maps professionally for print publication (and sometimes for the web). All done on a Mac, as is the standard for graphics work.
Maybe the best way of looking at the way I draw maps is that I still like to play. I come up with ideas (some work, some don't) that stem from still being a kids at heart. Maps, even those for professional uses should remain fun...
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Re: So what kind of maps do you draw???
Tue, March 22, 2005 - 9:05 PMProfessionally, I design land development projects and "draw" them in AutoCAD using coordinate geometry. Since I was a kid, I have drawn street and topographic maps of imaginary cities (some of which I have posted in the photo gallery) So my childhood hobby has become a career. Also, I draw boundary (cadastral) maps of sectionalized land.
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Re: So what kind of maps do you draw???
Tue, March 22, 2005 - 11:32 PMi draw maps, city maps just for fun. I really don't know what style it is, however i know it falls into the planning category. You dont see very many maps that show parking lot spaces and tress unless in those planned out maps, or sketches. I'll shiow some of mt earlier work and other styles of maps a used top draw. -
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Re: So what kind of maps do you draw???
Wed, March 23, 2005 - 6:35 AMWhat you do is very similar to what we get from the architects. Their plans are much more artistic, which are very colorful and show trees, rec centres, bike paths, and other detail that I am not concerned with. Have you considered doing this for a living? It's obvious you have a knack for it. -
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Re: So what kind of maps do you draw???
Thu, April 7, 2005 - 11:47 PMi have but thought that it might take away the fun if i got too technical. I think i will keep evolving my maps until the truely get techincal.
I'm curious, am i getting map making mixed up with architicts? What do architects do??? -
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Re: So what kind of maps do you draw???
Fri, April 8, 2005 - 10:32 AMArchitects normally design houses, buildings, and site plans integrating landscape architecture, engineering plans, and a boundary or topographic survey. Theirs is considered the more "artistic" discipline of land development. That also means that engineers and surveyors often get frustrated with architects because we're always telling them "that won't fit, that won't work, you need to set the house back from the right-of-way 20 feet", etc. -
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Re: So what kind of maps do you draw???
Fri, May 27, 2005 - 6:16 AMI just doodle maps by hand all the time. Maps of cities, maps of continents, maps of friends, maps of relationships. I also do floorplans for imaginary houses.
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