William Minish - Minish Cartography

What I've been working on, 23 Nov 2022

Today has been a productive day. I've gotten the ruins assets coloured and I've begun the digitization process. I'm planning to finish the digitization tomorrow and hopefully release the pack to all eligible patrons so look out for the link in your email.

When I was doing the watercolours I accidentally coloured the roof of the first asset blue instead of red so I've had a go at digitally recolouring it. Its come out quite well really, pretty good for my first go at digitally recolourin...

What I've been working on, 17 Nov 2022

Today I've been continuing on with the monthly asset pack of ruins. With the remaining space I had on my page after my previous work day I added a shipwreck in two halves, a ruined blacksmith, and a very small asset a ruined cart.

Today I also got all the inking done on this sheet as shown in the second image. I'm really pleased with how this sheet is coming along. It's been quite time consuming as all the assets are really detailed but there are a bunch of larger assets and just lots o...

What I've been working on, 10 Nov 2022

It's been a busy few days and this post is coming out a few days later than I would like, but here it is now. Ive started on the asset pack for this month and done most of the pencil work.

Sample asset pack now available

Hi everyone, just a quick notification that the sample asset pack I've been working on is now available through DrivethruRPG. As it's available for free anyway I didn't think it was worth sending out complementary copies so head over and pick up a copy if you would like one.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/416270/Isometric-Assets-No-0-Free-sample-asset...

What I've been working on, 9 Nov 2022

Hey everyone, today I got some time to work in the afternoon and got lots of watercolour painting done. The commission piece I've been working on is now done as is the new asset pack which I'm already part of the way through digitizing.

It looks like we have a three way tie in the community map pack selection poll with one eligible person who hasn't voted. I'll leave this up until I start work tomorrow morning and if there is no clear winner I'll make a selection from the tied options.<...

What I've been working on, 3 Nov 2022

Hi Everyone

It's been a productive work day today so I've go quite a bit to share. I shaded the commission piece I've been working on. The client will now decide if he wants it coloured or not and we'll continue from there.

I got the assets for the small sample pack inked in and I'm quite pleased with how they've come out. On my next work day the first job will be to colour these.

Finally I did a few more concept sketches for the upcoming map pack and started working on an A...

November community asset pack

Hi everyone, here are the options for the November community asset pack. I'll leave the poll up for about 6 days and then start on the most popular option. Comment below if you have any questions about the content of the packs.

What I've been working on, 31 Oct 22

I made some good progress today on several things. The commission piece I've been working on is now inked in and I'll do the shading later in the week. 

I've drawn up a little A5 sheet of assets. I'm planning to release this sheet as a free sample pack on Drivethrurpg and it contains assets based on many of my previous packs. It does contain come new styles of assets though, that will become asset packs in the future. The last four assets show ruins, middle-eastern style buildings,...

What I've been working on, 30 Oct 2022

Hey everyone. Over the last week or so I've been working on a small commission piece. The client asked for a drawing of their current house with some minor alterations made. Here is the progress so far, the first image is the pencil draft and the second image is my planning sheet used to confirm the final design with the client.

What I've been working on, 24 Oct 22

The colouring and shading on this latest pack is now complete so all that is left to do now is digitize the pack and set it up on drivethruRPG. I'll see how much I can get done on that this afternoon and get the pack out to you all as soon as possible.

What I've been working on, 21 Oct 2022

The asset pack for this month is progressing well. The inking is now finished and I'll be starting the colouring shortly.

What I've been working on, 14 Oct 2022

It's been a productive day; the Nuremberg style city buildings pack is finished and if you are a medieval manor tier patron or above you should check your email for your complimentary copy.

I have also been making a start on this months community asset pack of isometric map icons. I've decided to go for a pin style icon with an isometric image on top; these icons are designed to be dropped straight onto an existing map to mark locations as your party finds them in a game so I've chosen ...

What I've been working on, 7 Oct 2022

It's been an interesting week. We've had snow in Christchurch in October for the first time in about 70 years, snow here is quite rare here and especially this far into spring. 

I have managed to get a bunch of work done though. This new pack is moving along well and I should have it finished next week. As soon as its complete the pack will go out to all patrons at Medieval Manor tier or higher. Next week I'll also be starting on the community asset pack for the month, it looks lik...

What I've been working on, 4 Oct 2022

I've been making a bit more progress on the assets for this next pack during nap times over the last few days. Hopefully I should have time later in the week to really move along with this and get it all inked in as well.

October community asset pack

Hi everyone, here are the options for the October community asset pack. I'll leave the poll up for a week from the time of posting to give me plenty of time to get the pack completed later in the month. Please comment below if you have any questions about the options.

Current and future plans

Hi everyone

I thought it would be nice to give you all a rundown of my current plans for this Patreon and for my work in general as well as some slightly more personal stuff about how my work fits into my life and how this will soon be changing.

Immediate future

For the last few months I've been focusing on asset packs. Now that the September community pack is finished the next job will be to finish the other pack I'm working on with the German style city bu...

What I've been working on, 26 Sept 2022

The September community asset pack is now complete and you should all have the link to redeem your complementary copy in your email if you're at the Town House tier or above. The pack will be available only to patrons for the next week or so and then I'll launch it for general sale on Drivethrurpg.

I'm glad to have this finished as it proved to be quite a difficult pack. I had difficulty selecting what assets to actually put in the pack initially, if you look closely at some of the WIP ...

What I'm working on today, 23 Sept 2022

Here is another update on the months community asset pack which is now nearing completion. Due to some unforeseeable personal issues I've had trouble finding much time to work in the last few weeks and have gotten a lot less done than I would like this month. At least it is looking like I'll be able to get this pack finished before the end of the month though. There is a bit more work to do on the colouring and shading and then the assets need to be digitized but I'll hopefully be able to get...

What I'm working on today, 15 Sept 2022

Today I've been continuing the two new sheets of assets that I started last week. The first image is this months community choice asset pack of ships and dock assets. This has been a really tough one as I had a hard time deciding what selection of assets to include, some of the assets have now been erased and redrawn multiple times. I'm now happy with the selection though and the penciling in of all the assets is done.

The other sheet of assets is a new set of medieval city buildings th...

What I'm working on today, 9th Sep 2022

I've been starting on a couple of new sheets of assets today. The top sheet is more city buildings, focusing on larger and more complex buildings this time and taking a lot of inspiration from the medieval section of Nuremberg. The bottom on is the start of this months community asset pack.

Community choice asset pack for September

Hey everyone, it's time to start on the community map pack for September. Here are the options to choose from, I'll let the poll run for a week and then start working on the winning option later in the month.

What I'm working on today (2 Sep 2022)

I'm now getting very close to finishing the commercial and industrial assets pack, I'll be doing the digitization of the assets today and they will hopefully be ready to launch over the weekend. Patrons at medieval manor tier and above will get a download link as soon as they are ready anyway. 

What I'm working on today (29 Aug 2022)

All the base colours have been applied for the industrial and commercial assets, now they're is only the shading left to do.

In terms of what we have coming up, at the start of September I'll put up a poll for the theme of the September community asset pack. I'll let the poll run for a week and start work on the pack for the winning theme after that

What I'm working on today (26 Aug 2022)

I spent most of the morning continuing to ink in these assets for isometric asset pack 3, commercial and industrial buildings. Just the final details around the tannery to finish and the inking will be complete.

Starting things off

Hi everyone and welcome to Minish Cartography on Patreon. The focus of this platform, at least initially, is going to be isometric assets. For patrons I will be doing a monthly set of isometric assets and giving patrons the opportunity to vote on the theme and specify some individual assets. 

Another major benefit will be information my current work. When I'm working on new projects, especially products intended for sale as map or asset packs, I tend to be very selective in what I ...