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[Schley]

Hey guys,
I thought I'd post some non-technical maps and see what the verdict is. Essentially I am a commercial illustrator who has the good fortune to work on a steady stream of fantasy genre fictional maps. 100% of the work is done in Photoshop.

Let me know what you think.
Mike

www.mikeschley.com

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[BEAVER]

Hey guys,
I thought I'd post some non-technical maps and see what the verdict is. Essentially I am a commercial illustrator who has the good fortune to work on a steady stream of fantasy genre fictional maps. 100% of the work is done in Photoshop.

Let me know what you think.
Mike

www.mikeschley.com

Very nice work. I just visited your web site and absolutely love your work. You have a gift when it comes to illustrations.

[Hans van der Maarel]

Mike,

Very nice work indeed. Love your attention to detail. As a SF/Fantasy reader, I always enjoy looking at the maps in the novels.

One thing though, on the first map, the Sunset mountains seem to be 2 distinct sets separated by lower foothills. How likely would it be that those 2 mountain chains would get the same name?

[ELeFevre]

Mike,
My jaw just dropped (it really did!). I spent some time going through your website and your work is incredible. I love the acrylics and charcoal paintings and sketches. You're talented.Thanks for sharing. Erin

[Schley]

on the first map, the Sunset mountains seem to be 2 distinct sets separated by lower foothills. How likely would it be that those 2 mountain chains would get the same name?

That was an editorial decision. I actually brought that up during the assignment but the authors had a method to their madness.

[Jean-Louis]

Fantastic!

[Schley]

Glad you guys like the work.

Any ideas on who I might approach outside of the game publishing industry for additional freelance work? If anyone has experience working with guidebook publishers (Trail or Travel) please let me know what your experiences have been like and what the contract/final product standards are.

Any advice would be like gold.

Mike

[Kalai Selvan]

Glad you guys like the work.

Any ideas on who I might approach outside of the game publishing industry for additional freelance work? If anyone has experience working with guidebook publishers (Trail or Travel) please let me know what your experiences have been like and what the contract/final product standards are.

Any advice would be like gold.

Mike

Terrific work. god bless you with some more illustration techniques.

Cool!!!

Gisguru

[Rob]

Mike, those are truly awesome.

thanks for sharing.

[Jimbo]

You got great talent so obviously you have programming abilities.

[CHART]

Wow!

[François Goulet]

I've never been a big gamer, but when I played, I always found game maps interesting...

Those, are truly amazing!

[MapMedia]

Your maps inspire people to roll dice; mine do not.

[François Goulet]

Your maps inspire people to roll dice; mine do not.

Yeah... I suddenly want to find my old binder with my old character sheets...

[Daniel V. Nielsen]

Your maps inspire people to roll dice; mine do not.

Yeah... I suddenly want to find my old binder with my old character sheets...

First post on this forum.

Mike, please tell med that WotC are considering you for some 4th Ed. maps of the Realms....

Your Comyr map is STUNNING!

Totally blown away!