Advice for Map Building?

[Prince Vine]

I have a fairly good idea of what I want my world to look like and am now at the point where I need a map, but I am generally artistically challenged. Does anyone have good recommendations to help make a campaign map easy?

[Wizard_Lizard]

I draw my own, but if you can'r then I guess you could use some ones that are online, the only problem I find is that it pregenerates EVERYTHING, so if there is something specific you want it can be hard to get that.

[Prince Vine]

I'm not very strong on the fine motor skills

[Melayl]

I'd ask the folks at the Cartographer's Guild. They do map stuff all the time. Some even do commissions.

[SunderedWorldDM]

Have you considered a hex/grid map? Instead of drawing the thing whole cloth, print off a grid or a hex grid and just color. Purple for swamps, grey for mountains, brown for hills, whatever. In places with important locales, just make a funny little mark or write a letter in place, just keep a good key and make your map intelligible to you and you're good to go!

[Patras]

If a hexmap is working for you, you might want to use the Hexographer. Just Google and you find it fast.

I would post a link, but sadly I can´t - Need 10 post *g*

[Vrock Bait]

If a hexmap is working for you, you might want to use the Hexographer. Just Google and you find it fast.

I would post a link, but sadly I can´t - Need 10 post *g*

Here you go.

[Trask]

+1 to hexographer, its pretty simple to use and makes a decent looking map. And on then plus side you have hexes to measure distance.

[Prince Vine]

I will try out hexographer tomorrow or Friday.

[Sparky McDibben]

There's also Inkarnate, which has paid and free options for subscriptions. Super easy to make really cool looking maps without any artistic skill necessary.

[Vrock Bait]

There's also Inkarnate, which has paid and free options for subscriptions. Super easy to make really cool looking maps without any artistic skill necessary.

I’ve personally tried that, and didn’t really like it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a powerful tool, but it doesn’t work as well if you don’t have much design experience. Most of my maps came out looking artificial and messy.