William Minish - Minish Cartography

What I've been working on, 19 October 2023

Hey Guys. Sorry there was no post last week, I wasn't feeling great in the afternoon on my workday so I finished early and had a rest. I still go a reasonable amount done on the asset pack and I've continued on this week. I'm not sure I'll get the pack fully completed by the end of the month due to the lost time last week but I have no commissions at the moment so it should be no issue to do the final work in the first week of November if it comes to that. I've also attached to scanned image ...

What I've been working on, October 6th 2023

This week I got this commission piece finished. I still need to scan this piece but once I get to that I'll put up the final image.

October community asset pack

Hey everyone, here are the options for the asset pack this month. Have your say and I'll be getting started with the selected pack next week.

What you've been working on, 29 September 2023

Hi Everyone. Today I just wanted to feature this great map made by one of the patrons (Konstantin Eriskin) from Minish Cartography assets, which is for a video game level I believe. 

I always love seeing what you guys are making with my assets and the feedback really helps me understand what the community is after and develop useful assets for all of you. If you're a patron, or just like my assets, and would like to share your creations with me you can email them through to me at m...

What I've been working on, 28 September 2023

The latest asset pack, City of Canals, is now live. If you're a medieval manor tier or higher patron go check it out, you should have a code to redeem a copy in your inbox. I have also updated the patron exclusive texture pack to contain the texture that I used to make the water shadows for the pack.

What I've been working on, 21 September 2023

Today I got the inking done on this months asset pack. For the pack this month, as all the building assets have water reflections and are intended to be placed on water, I thinking about no putting ground shadows on the buildings as these are less visible on water. Thoughts?

What I've been working on, 14 September 2023

I've been starting work on the monthly asset pack today and managed to get right through the penciling in of the assets, this is definitely going to be a pack with fewer large assets.

Question about future content

Hi Everyone, just a quick question for you to consider.

I've recently been recording some footage of me working on maps for Instagram reels. Would you guys like me to upload the raw footage here as well so you can view it before it appears on Instagram?

What I've been working on, 7 September 2023

This week I continued work on this commission piece, next week we'll be starting on the monthly asset pack so make sure you cast your vote if you havent already as voting closes quite soon.

September community asset pack voting

Hey guys, here are the options for this months pack. I'm keen to start putting together some industrial era assets so 2 of the options are focused on that and the city of canals option is just a third fun option and a style I'm enjoying working in on my current commission piece.

What I've been working on, 31 August 2023

Hi everyone

Today I've been continuing work on this commission piece. It's really starting to come together now and I'm quite happy with the finished section on the left hand side.

Keep an eye out as the poll for next months asset pack should be appearing some time in the next few days.

What I've been working on, 24 August 2023

Today I got the Norse style buildings asset pack finished, check your inbox now for your download link if you are at Medieval manor tier or higher.

I've also moved forward with the new commission piece I've been working on and defined more of the broad details of the map.

What I've been working on, 17 Aug 2023

Today I was continuing work on the new asset pack, I got the inking finished and the watercolour mostly done as well.

I've also made a start on a new commission piece. This will be an interesting piece, in that the client wants the finished piece to be a pencil sketch without inking or watercolour. I looking forward to really getting into this as this will be an interesting challenge and require some adaptions of my style to achieve.

What I've been working on, 10 Aug 2023

Last week I decided it was about time to have an admin day to sort out a bunch of Instagram posts and get some of my online stores, particularly redbubble and inprint, updated with my most recent work. So I didn't end up posting an update as there really wasn't anything to see.

Today I've started work on the asset pack for this month, Norse style buildings. I've managed to get the full sheet penciled in so it was a good day.

August asset pack

Hi everyone. I'm feeling like something new this month so all the options are for new styles of assets that I haven't done before.

What I've been working on 29 July 2023

Hey everyone, the asset pack for the month is now done, look out for the link in your inbox later today. 

For this pack I've chosen to do something a bit differently and provide versions of the assets with and without shadows (the individual asset files have shadows. Particularly for the modular bridge sections I found I got much better results by creating the modular bridge that I wanted and then added the shadow manually by pasting in and cutting down from the shadow texture.

What I've been working on, 20 July 2023

Today I've been continuing on with this months asset pack; more wilderness assets. I managed to get through all the inking and well into the colouring of the assets so I should have no trouble finishing them up next week.

What I've been working on, 13 July 2023

Hi everyone, today I started work on this months asset pack and managed to get the whole pack penciled in.

What I've been working on, 6 July 2023

I've was recovering from being sick this week but still got a bunch done on the walls and castles asset pack. The first set of assets is complete and available to all of you now, check your email for the DriveThruRPG link. The pack still needs more wall sections and more towers. I'm also planning to do a selection of castle keeps to go with this pack.

July map pack

Hey everyone, here are the options for this month's asset pack.

What I've been working on, 29 June 2023

Hey guys, today I've been continuing work on the walls and castles asset pack. This is going to be quite a unique one and I'm trying some new things. I'm adding the shadows digitally so I can create flipped versions of all the assets to maximize the possibilities when laying out a set of walls. It's been a much more time consuming process than for my usual asset packs but I'm quite pleased with the results so far.

This set your seeing above is just the first round of assets in this pack...

What I've been working on, 26 June 2023

Just a small update today. I've gotten a few new textures for the patron exclusive texture pack to a point that I'm happy with so they are now available to all of you, check the texture asset pack on DrivethruRPG to find them. Above is a small test map I've made which utilizes the new textures, as well as assets from packs 2 and 14.

What I've been working on, 22 June 2023

Hi everyone. There was no update last week as I ended up not getting a work day as there were people sick with COVID at my childcare providers house, but they are all goo this week so work on the monthly asset pack continued today.

I was able to get the pack inking done last week over a few evenings and nap times and today I coloured the assets and did all the digital setup. Keep an eye on your inbox for the pack which I'll send out just after this post.

I've also started work on ...

What I've been working on, 8 June 2023

We have a big update this week, partially because I ran out of time to upload one last week, but also because I've made quick progress on this months asset pack.

This months asset pack is wilderness assets. This will be a diverse mix of assets to represent things you might come across in the wilderness on a fantasy adventure. The top third of the sheet is focused on caves and cliff sections to extend and connect them. The rest of the sheet is a collection of buildings, shrines and mauso...

June asset pack voting

Hi everyone, here are the options for this months asset pack.

What I've been working on, 25 May 2023

It's been a busy week, I finished the monthly asset pack so look out for this in your inboxes shortly.

I also went out on Saturday and picked up a second hand drafting table and completely overhauled my desk setup. With my old setup, I had separate spaces for drawing and the computer which was a real pain during the penciling in and colouring stages when I tend to use lots of reference images. The table also has a really nice ruler setup which will save me time penciling in.

What I've been working on, 18 May 2023

I got a good days work done today with work continuing on the monthly asset pack. I got the penciling in all done (which is always to most difficult step of producing the pack), and most of the inking as well.

What I've been working on, 17 May 2023

This update is coming to you a little later than usual as I've had a busy week and just haven't had the time or energy to put it up, but here is is now.

I've now finished then American colonial assets pack, I'm just sorting out the final payment with the client and after that the pack should be ready to release.

I've also made a start on the asset pack for the month, more half-timber buildings. I've also started on a little experimental project to work out how to develop some good...

What I've been working on, 6 May 2023

This week I continued on with the commissioned American colonial buildings asset pack and mad a lot of progress. I should be finishing up this pack next week, all going well.

May asset pack poll

Hey everyone. It's that time again, have your say on this months asset pack.