FYI: this post might not make it due to the host migration:

https://ttrpg.network/post/30105469

Of course, you can always repost.

Looks great!

Thanks for sharing.

It’s short, but it’s a start:

https://youtu.be/pKJAWDVx5_Q

Oh. I hadn’t noticed!! 😅

Yeah, me too. ;) I think there’s at least something worth learning.

I’ll usually avoid creating a new post with very basic tests such as this one…

… so for my latest tests, I still try to finish something.

Have you seen the community’s logo?

https://ttrpg.network/pictrs/image/07fee9d8-1906-4238-a903-93fd016cb9a8.jpeg?format=webp

;)

Thanks!

Turns out I started these forest tests because I was trying this type of mountain ridge style and I’m trying to find a tree style that goes along nicely.

Glad I could help.

One more thing: The official forum is a place full of very nice and helpful people.

I do use it myself for SciFi (mostly for Traveller) and I like it. Of course, the number of available styles is not as overwhelming as the ones available for fantasy, but there are some good options.

One thing worth noting: for Sci-Fi you definitely want the highest tier, which includes Cosmographer and all the annuals.

The page for Cosmographer shows a few styles: https://www.profantasy.com/products/cos3_examples.asp

And here’s a few deckplan exampless on a classic Traveller style: https://www.profantasy.com/products/cos3_deckplans.asp

As for the annuals, there’s this post on the forum with a small screenshot/thumbnail for each issue in most annuals: https://forum.profantasy.com/discussion/10366/cartographers-annual-all-the-issues-linked-in-one-place

Finally, there’s this Youtube Playlist with a few of the mapping sessions that focused on Sci-Fi styles: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrFvDl9qgYgsCVt58a41H3rcDjsAc4P4h

That’s the main way it’s used, but there’s no limitation to use it in another way.

There are some styles suited for modern day maps. Or historical maps, such as the April issue of this annual:

https://www.profantasy.com/annual/2022/2022-cartographers-annual.asp

And with Cosmographer and a few annual issues included, there’s plenty of SciFi styles to choose.

They have a YouTube channel where they stream a mapmaking session, you get to see quite a few styles:

https://youtube.com/@profantasysoftware

This is an almost-everything bundle. For those unaware, every month they release a style, tool or guide and the 12 months make up each Annual Volume.

This page showcases everything in the latest of the included annuals:

https://www.profantasy.com/annual/2023/2023-cartographers-annual.asp

Feel free to ask if you want the opinion of a happy customer.

Why not both? ;)

LOL… it was supposed to be a statue, but then I drew in a detailed style everything else.

On an unrelated note… I have these blue and red scraps of paper, and I’m not sure what to do with them:

I’m thinking that I could try the blue ones for drawing snowy or icy areas. Not sure how it will go. Guess we’ll find out.

But the red ones, those are more difficult. For starters, it’s a dark-ish red, which makes it more complicated. Perhaps I should use a sharpie (something with a thick tip) instead of a pen? And then there’s the theme… what fits well with red? Yeah, sure Hell is associated with red, for starters, but I don’t know how I would draw hellish landscapes.

Any ideas?

Not sure I made it “swampy” enough…

Nah… real fjords would be narrower and longer, right?

Haven’t tried it myself, but Wylock did a video on the mechanics of his own Neon Skies:

https://youtu.be/LlPeZI4ctvE

Thanks!

There must be a way to make it work mechanically (even if it’s a lever on a pulley on a screw on a wedge).

And if not, there must be a way to make it work magically.

Is it? No wonder my players always search everything thoroughly.