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Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Fri 30 Nov, 2018 5:46 pm
by M J Rutherford
Hi all,

I've had a long time fascination with map's and map drawing, a hobby I have been doing since I was a kid. I finished one of Tasmania a while back (Map can be viewed here https://photos.app.goo.gl/v1R5WXzuUUkc7Kvn8); not designed to be detailed or practical map but it's purpose is rather to give off a certain exploratory aesthetic to Tasmania. The map details the names of all the major towns and cities, national parks, mountains and reserves. I want to do more of these maps for specific national parks and regions, detailing tracks, mountains and rivers; giving the Tasmanian wilderness a fantastic and enigmatic aura by presenting these lands with archaic embellished maps. My technique has improved since I made this map and I am keen to apply my new skills.

If you like this map and have any specific national park/wilderness reserve requests, I'd love to keep making them. As for as I'm concerned this map can be used by anyone for anything.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/v1R5WXzuUUkc7Kvn8
Thanks!

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Sat 01 Dec, 2018 2:30 pm
by slparker
So, Ben Lomond is Mordor...

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Sat 01 Dec, 2018 5:17 pm
by stepbystep
Cool. I imagine some conservation groups would be interested in this type of work. The Tarkine Wilderness would spring to mind, but lots of others too, for all sorts of reasons.

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Sat 01 Dec, 2018 8:43 pm
by M J Rutherford
slparker wrote:So, Ben Lomond is Mordor...

Haha yeah, or Launceston?...

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Sat 01 Dec, 2018 8:49 pm
by M J Rutherford
stepbystep wrote:Cool. I imagine some conservation groups would be interested in this type of work. The Tarkine Wilderness would spring to mind, but lots of others too, for all sorts of reasons.


Yeah I thought of those too, I think I might do one of the Tarkine; I have no idea what it could be used for? I'd like to learn more artistic techniques for drawing miniature tree's and such. As you can see I tried to draw the forms of the more distinct peaks on the map,I'd like to do more of that for landmarks other than mountains and canyons.

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Sun 02 Dec, 2018 7:31 pm
by ChrisJHC
Looks great!

You could create maps of the various “Great Walks” and iconic hikes around Aus and NZ.

People would probably be happy to pay for a hi-res memento. Alternatively they could print it on Tyvek and take it with them.

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Sun 02 Dec, 2018 8:02 pm
by johnw
I love old maps, and maps in general. This is delightful, thanks for sharing it.
Best wishes with your map making endeavours, I hope it works out the way you want.

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Mon 03 Dec, 2018 7:38 am
by M J Rutherford
ChrisJHC wrote:Looks great!

You could create maps of the various “Great Walks” and iconic hikes around Aus and NZ.

People would probably be happy to pay for a hi-res memento. Alternatively they could print it on Tyvek and take it with them.


Yeah great idea, maybe I'll start with one of the overland track and then do some mainland/NZ ones. I've never heard of Tyvek? I'll have to check it out; thanks!

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Mon 03 Dec, 2018 7:42 am
by M J Rutherford
johnw wrote:I love old maps, and maps in general. This is delightful, thanks for sharing it.
Best wishes with your map making endeavours, I hope it works out the way you want.


Thanks John!

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Mon 03 Dec, 2018 8:36 am
by bogholesbuckethats
Great work :) With all of the biblical names, a map this style of the Walls of Jerusalem would work well.

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Mon 03 Dec, 2018 12:17 pm
by M J Rutherford
bogholesbuckethats wrote:Great work :) With all of the biblical names, a map this style of the Walls of Jerusalem would work well.


Yeah Biblical names are particularly epic, you really feel like your on a pilgrimage up there. I've decided i'll do a Cradle Mountain-Walls of Jerusalem synthesis map, because they fit together as a nice rectangle, perfect for a landscape A3 map. Thanks for the suggestion!

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Tue 04 Dec, 2018 5:35 am
by Graham17
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Nice work... please add a few dragons and tigers...

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Tue 04 Dec, 2018 8:31 am
by M J Rutherford
Graham17 wrote:
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Nice work... please add a few dragons and tigers...

Yeah it would good to embellish it a little bit more; it would give it a bit more substance.

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Tue 04 Dec, 2018 8:41 am
by wildwanderer
Amazing map!

Perhaps you could dot in a few of the more well known trails?

Also higher res. Its a bit blurry when trying to read place names.

If you were able to segment this into say 4 maps and add in some trails it could be very useful for those who are not familar with tassie and want to walk there and learn the main regions where walks are.

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Tue 04 Dec, 2018 10:37 am
by Son of a Beach
For those with access to ArcGIS, somebody has written a style for ArcGIS Pro that will automatically make Tolkien style maps from your GIS data. I haven't got around to trying it out yet, but if anybody wants to give it a go, it is at: https://esri-styles.maps.arcgis.com/hom ... 92b343861d (with a blog article on it at: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/produc ... -wants-it/ )

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Tue 04 Dec, 2018 1:43 pm
by Overlandman
Excellent map, like the idea of no roads.
Well done
Regards OLM

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Tue 04 Dec, 2018 10:31 pm
by M J Rutherford
wildwanderer wrote:Amazing map!

Perhaps you could dot in a few of the more well known trails?

Also higher res. Its a bit blurry when trying to read place names.

If you were able to segment this into say 4 maps and add in some trails it could be very useful for those who are not familar with tassie and want to walk there and learn the main regions where walks are.


hey thanks! yeah the map is only blurry and low res here as I had to compress it to upload it, I have a higher quality version it just needs to be compressed. I'm currently working on a Cradle Mountain - Walls of Jerusalem insert map, with a few of the major tracks dotted in. Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Tue 04 Dec, 2018 10:33 pm
by M J Rutherford
Overlandman wrote:Excellent map, like the idea of no roads.
Well done
Regards OLM


haha yeah, it's heavily romanticised; I thought roads would ruin the overall aesthetic.

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Thu 06 Dec, 2018 12:45 am
by ribuck
Nice work, MJ!

Stamen Design has a website where anyone can make whimsical maps (of anywhere in the world) for use as a background layer for their projects. The images are creative-commons-licensed.
http://maps.stamen.com/watercolor/#5/-27.040/-218.804

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Thu 06 Dec, 2018 6:32 am
by ChrisJHC
M J Rutherford wrote:
ChrisJHC wrote:I've never heard of Tyvek? I'll have to check it out; thanks!


You can choose to print on Tyvek at Officeworks (and probably other printing places).

Supposed to be fairly waterproof but I haven’t tested it myself.

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Thu 06 Dec, 2018 1:01 pm
by M J Rutherford
ribuck wrote:Nice work, MJ!

Stamen Design has a website where anyone can make whimsical maps (of anywhere in the world) for use as a background layer for their projects. The images are creative-commons-licensed.
http://maps.stamen.com/watercolor/#5/-27.040/-218.804


Yeah those look really nice, good for blogs and such

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Thu 06 Dec, 2018 1:06 pm
by M J Rutherford
ChrisJHC wrote:
M J Rutherford wrote:
ChrisJHC wrote:I've never heard of Tyvek? I'll have to check it out; thanks!


You can choose to print on Tyvek at Officeworks (and probably other printing places).

Supposed to be fairly waterproof but I haven’t tested it myself.


I wonder if K-mart does it? I might get some sort of print done when I finish my next map of Cradle/Walls.
Thanks

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Wed 07 Oct, 2020 6:30 am
by Graham17
This one has popped up now, in time for Christmas too!

Re: Tolkienesque/Medieval style Tasmania maps

PostPosted: Wed 07 Oct, 2020 12:45 pm
by Azza
My OCD can't quite cope with the Great Western Tiers being in the midlands and a lot of other prominent ranges / lakes being absent or just not quite where they should be.
Even if you say its the style, I look at the detail for specific mountains and it's just a bit too much artistic license.