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Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:15 am

Oh oh, that sounded serious Cebrion. It's only a Skype conversation so far! Embarassed

Thank you for your encourangement it's a pleasure to log in and find replies like that. The best motivation I can get Happy

Anna

Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:52 pm

Truly remarkable Anna Wink

Professional quality really, keep up the great work.

Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:40 am

Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:37 am

Then I understood you right Wink

We talked about that too

Anna

Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:10 am

Anna, I know you are a long way from it now, but what your thoughts for the Pirate Isles. I think it would be cool to see many small islands in two archipelago arcs connecting Fairwind and the Hook of the Amedio, for one, and Flotsom and the Port Toli peninsula, for the other, like the Bahamas and the Leewards and Windwards envelop the Caribbean.

Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:30 pm

Hi again

Time for another update. After some correspondence I have the joy to present all the layers of that map (enough said so I not awaken anything Wink

).

Fulls size JPG and PDF: https://lagring.storegate.se/user/Files/Browse.aspx?PartnerID=65&Share=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f&Folder=753149

Wolfsire, please send me a rough sketch so I have something to start working on and we’ll see how soon that can happen.

Anna

Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:57 pm

'Tis I again, Anna. "Orcish" is spelled correctly on map #73, but not on map #72. Otherwise, all I have to say is... Shocked

Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:35 pm

Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:15 pm

Your plotting is almost as devious as the Hierarchs!

Hmmm.
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Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:00 am

I'm afraid Confused

Somebody hold me.

(Sleight of Hand check - suckas)

Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:15 am

First I’ve corrected the spelling error on map 72, thanks to DMPrata for finding my errors Exclamation

Thank you Maldin for using your wisdom to clear up the misunderstandings, we are going to try and make something really interesting.

I’ll update the map legend and post new version of that next week. At the same time I’ll try and upload another project of mine, also very much D&D related to my webstorage for you to take a look at.

Now I have to try and decide what books and papers to not bring in order to keep the weight down on our trip this weekend.

Anna

Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:14 am

Hi

Just uploaded a new map legend.

Can be downloaded here:

https://lagring.storegate.se/user/Files/Browse.aspx?PartnerID=65&Share=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f&Folder=753149

No new areas yet but I’m working on it!

Anna

Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:02 am

Anna, that map legend looks gorgeous! It is a perfect addition to your overall project. Bravo!

Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:42 am

Thanks Mortellan Happy

Trying my best to live up to the high standard of content on this site.

I have uploaded a PDF that is not really GH but you might have some use of it anyway.

Here is the link to my webstorage:

https://lagring.storegate.se/user/Files/Browse.aspx?PartnerID=65&Share=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f&Folder=753149

Anna

Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:59 am

Anna your job is marvelous! Shocked

congratulations!

Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:31 pm

Anna, I just wanted to pipe in that you are very talented, and I hope your work continues to bear such marvelous fruit!

Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:56 am

wow, amazing work Anna! I would love to see more of these, thank you so much

Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:59 am

Thank you guys for your interest Happy

Working on more so stay tuned!

Anna

Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:43 am

On map 59, at the top in the Furyondy area is a section titled "Viscounty of the Mark". It should be "Viscounty of the March".

Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:01 am

Corrected versions of map 59 can now be found at the link below:

https://lagring.storegate.se/user/Files/Browse.aspx?PartnerID=65&Share=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f&Folder=753149

Thanks Cebrion for your input!

Anna

Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:51 am

Gald to see you made use of Robilar's REAL hearldry!!! Happy

Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:54 pm

Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:32 am

Nice to see that my maps are carefully scrutinized Cebrion :-) I try my best to incorporate as much as possible.

Thuffer, the program in the screenshot is Bryce 5.5 from Daz Productions.
http://www.daz3d.com/

It’s a true 3D application with a speciality for constructing and rendering terrain. The best application of its kind if I may say so, easy to use (compared to most 3D programs) and very powerful. So if you’re into 3D and maps it’s a must!

Progress report:

Work on Onnwal and the headlands towards Irongate are underway. I’ve sent the western half of Onnwal for an expert’s opinion so I can finalize that part. Basic terrain rendering for the eastern part are running through my computers here as I write this. Finally I’ve managed to set up a small renderfarm of 4 computers (with 6 CPU cores) to speed up rendering.

In the mean time I’m constructing the terrain and other stuff for area 60, and hopefully I can present a screenshot in a day or so.

Thanks again for your interest and help with this.

Anna

Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:25 pm

I’m going to present a first concept test, its far very far from something finished but I couldn’t resist uploading it.

For a long time I had this idea of doing Oerth from space and now I present my very first take at it. So here is a preview:

The picture in full resolution can be downloaded here:
http://web.telia.com/~u65801331/Globe1.jpg

Anna

Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:22 am

Hello Anna,

My first post ever on Canonfire (even if I'm leeching a lot of material since a while) is to thank you for the great job you did with these maps !

Nicest maps I've ever see !

Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:02 am

Wonderful work, Anna. I´m loving these landscapes :-)
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Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:33 am

Thanks Wykthor Smile

Finally time to show a first draft on area 60:

I’ll have a first full scale jpg and pdf ready next week. There are some corrections to the other maps so I’ll upload new versions of them as well.

Thanks again for your input!

Anna

Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:12 pm

:drool:

Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:32 pm

Here is the first full sized map of area 60:

Full size jpg:

https://lagring.storegate.se/user/Files/Browse.aspx?PartnerID=65&Share=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f&Folder=753149

I aimed to have it uploaded during the week but missed it with an hour and half Wink

PDF version and update of other maps will be available tomorrow (Monday).

Anna

Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:01 pm

The patterning in the marshlands is particularly beautiful.

Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:35 am

Another beautiful map - thanks Anna!

Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:29 am

I promised to have area 60 map ready last Monday and missed it by a week, sorry for that.
A week late here it is:

It is available for download along with updated versions of my other maps at the link below

https://lagring.storegate.se/user/Files/Browse.aspx?PartnerID=65&Share=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f&Folder=753149

Special thanks to Woesinger for his great help with my research.

Anna

Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:26 am

Hi

My webstorage will be down for a day or two under which time the link to my maps will not function.

I'll try and gett it back ASAP.

Anna

Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:22 pm

My webstorage is up again, sorry for the downtime.

There is no new conent yet but hopefully later in the week.

Anna

Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:36 pm

I just found this website today and when I came upon your maps I was in awe at how detailed and beautiful they are. I started D&D in 1976 and started AD&D 2 years later. Spent most of my time in 2nd edition and I had the Greyhawk boxed set. Bottom line is I got rid of all my stuff in the early 90's ( I cry now) ecept for some Judges Guild stuff. But your maps again are gorgeous and your 20 year dedication is again awesome.

Is there anywhere where the entire Oerth continent is shown?

Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:24 pm

Try Googling "Oerth map". A number of sites will pop up with the maps you seek. Some are official, most are not, but the continent outlines are present on a few of the maps.

Use http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=search to find other threads that probably already have discussed this very topic and have the answers you seek. You might also check http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Downloads as well for maps.

If you have more specific questions then please address them in a thread dedicated to that, as this thread is specifically for showcasing Anna's maps and for giving her feedback(and praise Happy

) on them.

Good map hunting! Happy

Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:32 am

Thank you for your interest Zadek.

I hope Cebrions good advice helped you find what you're looking for.

Unfortunately I haven’t been able to do much mapmaking the past week and it will take a couple of weeks before I can present my next map, I’m sorry for that but I hope you find the finished result made the wait worthwile

Anna

Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:03 am

This is...
Well...
Beautiful.
An excellent work. Really.
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Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:31 am Hmm...

South Province/Ahlissa is still in the works, right?

Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:02 pm

Rest assured Scottenkainen it is Exclamation

Working on areas 74 and 87 and I'll post updates here as soon as I have rendered them.

Thanks again for your interest and feedback Smile

Anna

Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:20 pm

By chance I found your postings here on canonfire and I am impressed how far you have come in your work. I admire how constant you are working on the issue of Greyhawk-maps. When we met in 1993 you were already into the topic, just creating the letters looking so much like the original fonts. I guess the fonts you are using on your maps now are the same you created 13 years ago? It is a pity that I do not apply the same intensity on my interests as you do.

Lycka till med resten av arbetet!

Marc

Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:32 pm

Hi everyone!

Sorry for my absence, but reality needed me more than usual lately. I’ve picked up my mapping were I left it a month ago. I’ve updated my software to the latest version of Bryce which is 6 and it has some very nice new features that I will try and put to good use. It will take a few days to update my files and textures to v6 and I have some symbol updates underway as well.

I’ve done some test dabbling during this time and tried my best to apply and expand my technique to more use and I’m pleased with the first experiments for my home campaign. I’ll post it on the net in the future, promise. I bought a new house and will be moving in a not too distant future and have ordered a fibre connection so I can host my files on a proper web server with easy access for me and first and foremost all of you GH fans.

Yes Marc some of the fonts are the ones I made back in 1993, when I first learned to make True type fonts, and the research was well under way even then. I know that you pursue your interest with the same intensity as I do!

Tack för din vänskap och lycka till!!

Anna

Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:50 am

I look forward of Highfolk area. Smile

Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:08 pm Altas of the Flanaess

OMG!!!

I've been looking for this for SO LONG!!
I've downloaded all of Eric Anondson's maps, and I keep hoping beyond hope that he's gonna finish the continent.

These are every bit as good as his, and I love the format!! But it's a daunting task, Anna.

So, how's it going with these? Please say you're going to finish this in the 2 - 3 years you've stated.

I LOVE what you've done thus far! Keep it up, Anna!!
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Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:58 am Preview's

Hi all you fellow hawker’s :-)

Thanks a lot drewnchick, I’m a fan of Eric’s work as well. I hope you all enjoyed the holidays. This time of year I thought it was appropriate to do like the big folks do and present a preview of what is coming later on. So here are some tidbits of what I’m working on.

First I have polished and updated some of the first stuff I did to meet my requirements for publication, I’m sure what you can see what it is. It’s one of my favorite places in the Flanaess and highly under developed IMHO.

Here is an area under “construction” which is highly demanded judging from the correspondence I’m getting on what to map.

Below shows something I’ve wanted to do for a long time and finally made myself sit down a do a first draft of and I’m very pleased with the result so I’ll refined it and place it on my Flanaess map soon.

So far all you’ve seen of my work is large area maps but I have done other things for my own campaign and paying customers, and I thought it was time to show that too. First is a small example of a settlement map. I’ve worked on the techniques for making towns and cities into good looking and useful maps and I’m close to achieving something I’m proud to present. Several projects ideas are in the pipeline, some in collaboration with others, some I’ll do on my own.

Here is a concept sketch on one of the projects

I’ve always had images in my head of how my World of Greyhawk look like, I’m sure you all have. Then seeing all those great fantasy movies and other things that has fantastic painted or CG made images of fantasy lands I crave the same for GH. And since no one else have made them I’m going to have a go at it. Her is my first little test rendering to test my abilities

Not much to brag about yet but I’ll try and make some GH landmark and publish the results if I think they are pretty enough.
Finally a preview of what is next for you, the Dragons Head peninsula and Irongate area. I’m just about to send it for some expert review before I finish it.

Thanks again for all your encouragement :-)

Anna
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Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:10 pm

No Anna; thank-you for the great maps Wink

I speak for all the computer and aritist challenged out there; I appreciate the effort and detail.

Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:59 pm

I love seeing other fans display / practice their skill and talent. Thank you Anna. I look forward to seeing all you produce!

Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:10 am

Wow...you are truly talented, Anna!

I especially like the photo-realistic image of -- what -- Tenser's Tower, perhaps? Thank you for the update and the looks ahead. You seem to really enjoy this "labor of love" for all us Greyhawk fans. And though I am fairly new to both this website and GH in general (only 6 years playing it), I have come to love the world. And I've come to realize that WotC doesn't give it the same support as the other settings. So...this site and your mapping are a huge boon for me.

Thanks again!
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:56 am

Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for the hard work, Anna.

Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:43 pm

Amazing Anna. It looks like you're back in the flow of things.

Sun May 06, 2007 8:12 am

Anna, will you marry me? Cool

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Sun May 06, 2007 8:14 pm

Indeed. Any updates on the mapping project? As always, great maps. Cool

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Sun May 13, 2007 8:47 am

Hi fellow hawkers!

Before I’ll say anything about maps I have to get over my blushing abbysslin… Embarassed

Here is a first shot from area 74 eastern Onnwal, Irongate and Relmor bay area (most of it). There are most places and text missing and it has to be grinded through your expert scrutiny a few times more but I think it will be as good as the others so far. Smile

Apart from real life there have been some technical issues to distract me from mapping. I’ve hit the RAM limits again (time to move to 64 bit OS it seems) and had to split the files. Tried to migrate my work to Bryce 6 but it was too hard to get my old files converted properly so I’m going to continue the main maps in v5.5 and do cities and other newer projects in Bryce 6.

If you have any geographical detail of Ahlissa and the other parts of this area I would be very grateful, the heraldry for the Kingdom of Iron Hills for example.

A full size map of area 74 will be up in a few days.

Anna

Sun May 13, 2007 7:56 pm

Absolutely stunning. The new map is good too :D

Sun May 13, 2007 10:50 pm

Ded sexeh ah tell yew!!!
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Fri May 18, 2007 4:04 pm

Great maps Anna!

Saludos,
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:05 pm

When are we gonna see the next map?

Cheers.

S.

Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:56 am

Here it is!

It’s far from finished but in great need for your expert input. I have dared to take me some liberties which I’m very interested to see how well they are liked by all the hard core hawkers on this forum.

There are a lot of details missing some which I haven’t had time to place yet but a lot I know have to be there but is still unknown which is especially true for Ahlissa. Not the Naerie part where I have excellent help from Simpi.

As usual you can find the jpg and pdf version of this map at:
https://lagring.storegate.se/user/Files/Browse.aspx?PartnerID=65&Share=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f&Folder=753149

//Anna

Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:45 pm

Great work anna, as always Wink

Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:34 am

Good job Anna. I like the choice you went with for the Iron Hills shield.

Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:51 am

Anna, map #72 would you consider that a finished product? I noticed that there were no borders on that file, detailing the map number with location matrix and scale?

Derrick

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Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:21 am

Anna,

I'm a long time devotee of Irongate and the Iron Hills. I really appreciate you creating these maps! What great service you have provided to a whole lot of people.

My sincere thanks.

And wow - the quality.

Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:53 am

No Omote I think of my maps as works in progress.

My work are my humble try to reflect the Flaness I read about, play in and think of. So as the diskussion here at CF progress and as inspiration and corrections come I have to update them. But thanks you for telling me that the uploaded versions of area 72 are missing borders, corrected files are up now.

I have updated area 73 to fit with area 74:

Thank you Phalastar Happy

There will be an update to 74 next.

Anna

Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:47 pm

Absolutely gorgeous!

Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:51 am

An updated version of area 74 is up.

Added locations in Ahlissa and Nyrond, and as usual the files can be found at this location:

https://lagring.storegate.se/user/Files/Browse.aspx?PartnerID=65&Share=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f&Folder=753149

Anna

Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:01 am

Anna,

The link you posted is working for me. I'll try later but I thought I would mention it.

Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:34 pm Map Section 59

Hi all -
Anna....owning GreyhawkOnline.com is sometimes a chore, but Mortellan's work is worth it. Downloading your maps makes me feel like I should be paying.
As previously posted, I've also used EA's maps, in fact I enlarged the Dyvers/Greyhawk section and cropped it to fit a poster map and printed it and am using that for my current campaign. I might have to pass that out as a "reward"/ map the players find.
Being that I'm the Theocrat, I'm obviously waiting for your Pale maps, but my current campaign takes place in Dyvers.
One of my questions with EA's maps, and with yours: where, oh where, do you find the little rivers? What are you using as a reference? Discussions with the resident Geologist? Just make them up as you go along?
Since I'm running Dyvers, I have a couple requests and concerns (=:->). Robilar's Keep - there is the little river that goes right by it. How'd you know there was a river there? Next, and I was able to turn off the heraldry layers, but you put his shield right where the Village of Dhalhassa and just above that (on the rocky hills) is the Keep of Dhalhassa. Of course, I'd also like to mention that Dyvers has conqurered much of the area and feel that you should modify your maps to fit my particular campaign (more =;-> ).
Barring any of that...I'll just do my best to wait it out until the Pale is properly established.
Again, thank you for the work and effort that you've placed into Greyhawk and as a supporter of CF/GHO I appreciate everything that you are doing.
Be Well. Be Weller when the Theocracy of the Pale is mapped out - so that we know where those HEATHEN's (samwise) are hiding.
Theocrat Issak
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:29 am

Hi everyone
First a progress report. Right now I’m working on the Rift Crag area and eastern Nyr Dyv as you can see on this picture:

It’s a rough unedited rendering but hopefully give you a good sneak peek into my current work.

Well TheocratIssak you are asking me of my secret sources Embarassed

To be honest first I did what you and all other good explorers would do I checked the best maps and info available. EA’s maps where the best available to me (if there are better one now I’m not to judge Wink

Then again I did what you suggested I had a chat with the resident Geologist (using Skype because I couldn’t teleport to Canada). Then with the help of Fharlanghn I try to make a creative assumption on the location of rivers and other features.

I hope this answers your question.
Anna

Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:05 pm Pure Beauty

Hi all -
That Rift Crag is Playboy Bunny Centerfold Material!
Be Well. Be Well Centered
Theocrat Issak
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:28 am

Nice work. Would it be possible to get some sort of tutorial on your work process? I love some of those mountain forms, especially the shield volcano to the southwest of what I think is the Nyr Dyv.

Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:40 pm

Hi everyone

Time for me to present Flanaess Atlas part 47!

It’s a first version so I’m sure there some things to add and correct, so please scrutinize it and tell me.
A full size JPG version can be dowloaded from: https://lagring.storegate.se/user/share.aspx?id=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f

Thank you for your interest su_liam. There will be a tutorial about how I make my maps at first I will post it at http://www.cartographersguild.com since it is a site devoted to mapmaking, and especially fantasy mapmaking. Take a look and I’m sure all mapmakers will find it interesting.

Anna

Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:37 pm

Anna:
I checked out your link but wasn't able to find any maps. I did find it on your old link though from a previous post on this thread.
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Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:56 pm

The link is correct but in order to get to the files you have to click on the button “Visa/Show” as in the picture below:

I hope this helps. Sorry for not having any real webserver yet. But I need so much space that it would cost a bit and right now I’ve been too lazy to construct a website. This way I can make all my maps available for download.

Anna

Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:48 am

Very nice! Hope you are all settled into your new place and that the demolition/contruction is all but finished.
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Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:55 pm

Thanks Ceb Happy

Yes I'm settled at my new place so their is more time for mapmaking and playing again.

Anna

Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:59 pm

Hi everyone Smile

Here is the initial version of part 46.

As usual you can download a high resolution from my webstorage:
https://lagring.storegate.se/user/Files/Browse.aspx?PartnerID=65&Share=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f&Folder=753149

//Anna

Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:06 am

YESSS! A furyondy map... It's beautifull!

Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:03 am

If we can make requests, Id love to see one of the Falls valley and Bramblewood gap area around Thornward. But that's mostly because I'm a lazy bastard and don't want to have to make one of my own. Although even if I did it would not look anywhere near as good.

Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:05 am

Nice work as usual Anna! I'm going to have to take all of these separate map bits and Photoshop them together at some point so I can scroll across one giant map image at my leisure. Cool

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Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:27 am

I hope all of you have had some great time with festivities and such!

Time has come for me to sum up my mapmaking efforts of 2007 and tell a bit about what I have planned for 2008.

I looked at my oldest files and found that they date from 1998 so this is the 10th year for my Atlas of the Flanaess project. Up until now it has been a struggle to acquire skills, work around limitations and keep going without no hope of ever be able to accomplish what I set out to do. 2007 were the year that changed that.

For the first time I felt that I had the skills to actually work effectively and Moore’s law had provided me with enough computing power. Here is an overview of my progress so far and keep in mind that almost half of the area mapped I made during 2007.

So from this perspective it looks to be a promising 2008, my aim now it to finish the whole Flanaess within two years. Shame on me if I’m not able to map the Flanaess in 12 years since Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings in the same amount of time.

So I’ll map along and chart the western half of Furyondy, Veluna and Highfolk for a start. Then I’m aiming south along the Lortmils, Nyrond and the Pale are in my sights for this year too. I think you have to wait a month or two vonbek, then I will have a preview of Bramblewood gap for you.

It is time to start work on presenting the whole Flanaess along with my area maps. Yes Cebrion there will be a large map to leisurely scroll across Smile

A project website is something I have thought about for a long time (and in the beginning there actually was one) to be able to present my work better and to make it easier to find and download things.

Then I will print out all my maps and put them between the covers of a large leather-bound tome. I have found a bookbinder able to do that. This way I will have my very own Atlas of the Flanaess Happy

Hopefully I can make that service available to you as well, we will see if that is possible due to copyright issues when the time comes.

What will come after my Atlas project? Well technology has finally started to make a glimpse that ultimate dream of seeing what our beloved world look like. I have named my next project Vistas of the Flanaess and here is a first test:

To see what I’m trying to accomplish check the links below:
http://www.world-machine.com/wm2/upgradetour.html
http://www.e-onsoftware.com/products/vue/vue_6_infinite/

These are the tools I’ll be trying to master for my next project. My goal is to try capturing famous places of Greyhawk photo-realistic. So perhaps there will be another book around 2020 filled with the Vistas of the Flanaess.

Anna

Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:45 am

Incredible Anna! You are very talented. If the copyright issues all work out and able to make your maps available for purchase one day, I'll put my order in right away. I'm glad to see that an overview of your efforts have paid off. It is always great to see a large project come to fruitation in the long run. Now if we can just find a way to print your maps together for a huge wall hanging as well.
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Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:32 am

Thank you Eileen Happy

There is someone who can print my maps, check out http://www.gamer-printshop.com. I will send him high resolution files so he can print copies for those who want them.

Now I "only" have to make that big map!

Anna

Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:59 am

Wow! I book-marked that link immediately.

$36.00 for a 36" x 48" full color, heavy duty laminated map of your choice sound not so bad to me. A 72" x 96" WOG map sounds rather nice to me! Cool

We just need Anna to finish her maps, so I guess we should all make offerings to Telchur for snow to be dumped on the northern lands so that she is unable to leave her computer! Shocked

"Oh great Telchur, we beseech thee in the name of greed in wanting fine full-color laminated WOG maps for our games. Grant us this great boon oh Lord of Ice and Snow."

Heehee! Happy

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Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:02 am

It's working Ceb, it's stared to snow Laughing

I didn't know you had such good connections with the gods Cool

Anna

Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:50 am

Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:05 pm

Anna,

Thank you for your wonderful maps. I just wanted to say congratulations on your Featured Map selection on the Cartographers Guild website:
http://www.cartographersguild.com/

The review is here:
http://forum.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?p=12179#post12179

In Service,

Bryan Blumklotz
AKA Saracenus

Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:15 pm

Omote that sounds great, I don’t have a printout that big myself yet Wink

I have replaced and upgraded my all my computers and now finally it’s all assembled and installed and running again, faster than ever!

Thank you Brian :)

I must thank you for your great on the heraldry of Greyhawk.

Map revisions will be up in the not too distant future.

//Anna

Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:29 am

Anna, now that I'm registered, I wanted to thank you for your wonderful work. You're enhancing Greyhawk in a fantastic way!

Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:57 am

Thanks a million zachary Happy

//Anna

Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:11 am

I just joined this forum becuase I am running a PbP Greyhawk Campaign. I have to say I am in awe of these maps. They are some of the most gorgeous I have ever seen.
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:23 pm

I am flabbergasted by the maps!!

I have a question though, how do I download the maps? I can see the jpegs, but there seems to be no right click option to save trhem. I can't get the PDFs to load.

Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:29 pm

This is truly a work of art! I have been playing or DMing Greyhawk on and off for twenty-five years and I never imagined maps of such professional detail. Good luck on the rest of this.

Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:01 pm

Hi

Thanks a lot for your interest and support :)

Jose you can download all my maps from this location:

https://lagring.storegate.se/user/Files/Browse.aspx?PartnerID=65&Share=ecbd5bc7-8fc3-4d6b-95bf-20160881cd3f&Folder=753149

Click on the blue icon to the left of the filenames to initiate a download, hopefully this will work. If not send me a PM with your e-mail addy and I’ll send you the files.

Here is a screenshot of one of the 2 projects I’m currently working on.

Terrain construction of the mighty Vesve and the Clatspurs are getting the final touches. I’m moving my focus south to make the terrain for western Furyondy and Veluna. When I’m done with this I have all the Central Flanaess done, and I will make a postersize map of it all ready for print, more on this later.

The second project is coming along nicely, and will hopefully blow your socks off Wink

The first preview will be presented in April and ready for posterprint in May if all goes well.

My ambition is that we Greyhawk fans shall have our beloved world presented in the best possible ways to enhance it and our gaming sessions in it.

//Anna

Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:28 am

You are soooo cooool Exclamation

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Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:00 am

I wanted to say simply, just in case anyone had missed it, ANNA ROCKS!!! Not only does she make the best maps, but she is also super-nice and helping. There, I said it, thanks Anna, let's keep the thread going, nothing to see here, move along...
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Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:54 pm

The recent tragic loss of the man who made my role-playing and therefore mapmaking a reality is deeply missed and I will forever grief the fact that I never met him or got to know him. But it’s the fact that I owe my mapmaking ability to him and his creation we all cherish.

Thank you Jose Smile

For those of you who like to have my maps printed in full glory can go to:
http://www.gamer-printshop.com/

I have uploaded files to Michael that are 600dpi non-compressed so they will look as good as possible. I will try and do that with all my future maps (and other projects) too in the future, in order to offer you all a chance to have large prints of my maps.

//Anna

Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:37 pm

Awesome maps Anna.

And the vistas project sounds very interesting. I think I´ve come across at least two sites on the web doing similar things.

The Iron Gate project has a few great pictures of the landscape: http://melkot.com/locations/irongate/ig-geology.html

The other site i can´t find at the moment but i dimly recall it had pictures of the landscapes of the flanaess, maybe furyondy though I´m not sure.

Also are you aware of Daniel Rivera´s work on the Temple of Elemental Evil?

http://www.danielrivera.org/maps.htm

Not only did he make great maps for the TOEE he also made a SketchUp model from Google's 3D Warehouse:

http://www.danielrivera.org/toee_grounds.htm

Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:42 am

Thank you Thanael Smile

Great to see you point out Denis Tetreault’s Irongate project, he is a great help for me in my map making!

I came across Daniel Rivieras site a while ago and he has done a remarkable job modeling ToEE and the moathouse.

Now I want to take some time to discuss the future of “my” project, where to go and what to do with it when I’m finished with part 1 – the basic map of the Flanaess.

My current map will hopefully be ready within 2 years. A lot of work remains to finish it, but the technique has matured and it’s simply a matter of research and grunt work to get it done.

Here is a list of my thoughts for the future:

 Present the project and its maps as a part of Canonfire or as a separate website.

 Recruit research help so I can concentrate on the actual mapmaking to speed things up and increase accuracy.

When the basic map first edition is ready my ideas for future work is:

 Special maps featuring things like: historical, resources, migrations, alignment, trade etc.

A flaness DEM project – this is a cool thing. Now the tools exists to actually map the whole Flanaess in detail as a basis for photorealistic local, regional and even planetary maps. Take a look at this site to see what I mean: www.me-dem.org

 Present famous and special places of the Flanaess in full glory on the web and on posters to hang on the wall.

With the right tools, lots of work and input from all you experts I see all these ideas as possible to realize in say 5-6 years.
I’m planning to set up a donation plan to try and gather some resources for hardware and software investments. Every penny gathered will be spent on hardware and software and other cost for the project, in return I will make all my Flanaess work available on the web for free.

Please tell me what you think of this and if you want to help out with research or mapping or anything else.

//Anna

Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:26 am

Hi Anna,

Regarding the research thing, I note that you do not include some sources that I, for instance consider as "canon". The Gord novels are a good example of that, as they include a lot of things not on later editions, many of which would not collide with established TSR/WotC products. For instance, your Gnarley Forest map does not include the Inn of Hop the Savant, thef One and Score Brothers Inn, nor the villages of Gawkes Mere and so on. Strandkeep Castle, in the Pomarj is not included etc...

So... first you need to tell us what your definitions are: what do you want to include? What published products are permissible? Can we make suggestions for already existing maps?

Other than that, count me in for research, since I own virtually all pre-3rd edition Greyhawk material and know it quite well.

I think a separate site is a good idea, but you're the final judge of what you want. I am pretty sure Canonfire will always be willing to point to it.
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Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:12 pm

Hi Anna,

First of all, congratulations for your awesome work and dedication to give us a vision of GreyHawk.

Will you also map the Sea of Dust and the Dry Steppes area ? There are interesting ruins and secret locations in the former Suloise and Baklunish empires which should benefit from your work.
The same for the Crystalmists and Yatil Mountains.

Again, Bravo ! for this incredible project
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