vexillation

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Architect / Amateur Illustrator / Cartography Enthusiast / Science-Enjoyer / Forever DM

A hand drawn map of a winding, underground river coursing through a karst system.
A hand drawn map of a floating arcane building featuring purplish walls, straight corridors that lead to teleportation circles and a central pyramidal artifact.
The One Ring rulebook sits behind a series of trinkets from the LoTR movies on a wooden bookshelf.
A table indicating the 30 days worth of prompts for a 30 day mapping challenge: Days 1-10 read: Forgotten Shrine, Buried Ruins, Arcane Nexus, Underground River, Warden's Outpost, Skybound Isle, Fungal Grotto, Chained Abyss, Obsidian Tower, Cursed Battlefield; Days 11-20 read: Crystal Cavern, Molten Chasm, Lighthouse Bastion, Tangled Thicket, Starfallen Crater, Ancient Coliseum, Echoing Catacombs, Veiled Canyon, Sanctuary of Shadows, Deserted Harbor; Days 21-30 read: Frozen Spire, Living Maze, Sealed Vault, Drifting Fortress, Enchanted Grove, Bonefield Expanse, Throne of Ice, Watcher's Perch, Rift in Reality, Verdant Overgrowth.
An overall view of a hand-drawn sketch of a cavern system intersecting with a ruined chamber. Pools of water, and a cluster of ancient glyphs are visible.
An aerial map showing a rocky landscape with some scattered stone ruins. The region seems arid with mixed patches of chapparal vegetation. Some stone steps lead up to an elevated plateau.
A black and white logo featuring a stylized logo with a central hexagonal motif. The text around the outer edges of the logo reads “Vexillation Cartography & Illustration”
A map of a ruined tower, partially collapsed and filled with ominous lighting. A small sketch of the building exterior is shown in the upper right, and a legend detailing the different areas and features is found in the lower right.
An arctic expedition map from the mid-19th century showing major geographical features and expedition routes from various parties.
A map of a dwarven city poised above an underground lake barred by a dam. It features hexagonal plazas and branching streets that carve into the underbelly of the mountain. A legend sits in the top left, mapping out the key locations, while the city name ‘Thunderbridge’ is in the bottom left, with runic characters below.
A modernist, vintage cover for IDEA magazine 43 from October 1960 featuring an abstract graphic image. The main graphic is a composition of geometric shapes in shades of red, white, and green. The text for 'idea' feature prominently in white, along with the equivalent Japanese kanji to the left.
A hand-drawn map from my sketchbook showing instructional tips on how to portray castles on overland maps at two different scales. Pencil and ink on Moleskine sketchbook paper.
A hand drawn instructional map noting how I go about drawing caves featuring an enlarged regional method for an overworld map and a more detailed version that could work as a dungeon map. Pencil and ink on Moleskine pages.
A hand drawn floor plan for one of the ranch houses at Spring Mountain Ranch showing restoration work done to the original building constructed in the 1910s-1920s. The walls even show the detail of the field stone used for the exterior walls.
The ground level view of Triptych Tower which features three massive vertical blades that thrust far into the sky. The map is a floor plan of these three symmetrically arranged blades and a large fort yard fountain that sits before the grand entry plaza. The tower sits amid a rocky, barren landscape
A detailed view of the 1966 Galleria Tower in Waikiki featuring an expressive arched exoskeleton rainscreen offset from the main building envelope. The form is an example of Polynesian influences on the modern architecture movement
An equirectangular map projection of the World of Vel-Ara, featuring an atlas color palette that indicates the highest and lowest areas. The kingdom names, major island chains, and largest bodies of water are all indicated.