DevenRue

Dicey Map Making: Let fate design your world!

After seeing so many posts about throwing dice on a large piece of paper and trying to make a map out of it, I decided to create something a little more dynamic, a little less chaotic, and hopefull...

Projections

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If you decide to take a truly deep dive into world building/cartography...

Wyrmwood Gaming Art Stream

I'll be streaming some art later today on Wyrmwood Gaming's Twitch channel starting at 4pm Pacific. Hope to see you all there!

World Building: Creating Ocean Currents

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Click the image above to visit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm...

Monthly donation & a brief update

I polled our donation tiers and we collectively voted to donate to the NAACPLDF to help with the ongoing civil rights movement happ...

Update on the signed EGtW

Well it looks like we'll be in quarantine for quite a while longer.  If you sent me a copy of the guide to sign & were having me hold it for Hannah Rose & James Haeck to sign, please l...

Prop maps prices!

If you haven't seen the video yet, click here to see my post on Twitter showing off the finished pro...

Drawing stones/rocks

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Quick stone/rock drawings in both profile & top-down view.

Creating a snow line

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"How do I show the land has transitioned from a warmer climate to a sno...

How to represent different tree types

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Instead of drawing individual trees, here's a quick tutorial on how to ...

Creating realistic waterways

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Where do you even put rivers?! Where do they start? How wide/narrow sho...

Discord Giveaways & Contests

If you haven't yet, get over to our Discord to win either a Dual Scroll of Rolling or a free copy of the Cartographer archtype created by Hannah Rose & myself!

We have 2 new channels for ...

Using Patreon

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Commission Queue on Pause

Let me cut to the chase... I'm in desperate need of a creative break from everyone else's projects.  For the past two years, I've done nothing but commission work and as much as I enjoy it, I'...

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Myths & Misunderstandings in Cartography

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There are many strange myths and misunderstandings regarding our planet...

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Birthday & holiday greetings

As we get older, it feels like our birthdays mean less and less to those around us. Everyone's busy with their lives and don't think about what the calendar date means to us.  I hate that feel...

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Instruments update: Staples has failed me

The MOMENT I got the email saying the telescopes were ready, I started counting how many boxes I had for shipping. I was down to a bundle (25) and thus instantly ordered boxes from Staples. Now say...

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Delay in birthday greetings this month

Despite how swiftly our move went, nothing is ever perfect and we've misplaced some shipping supplies.  Sadly, this means birthday greetings for the beginning of the month will be delayed unle...

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D20 delay

For reasons we're still trying to figure out, our engraving machine has decided to give us an error every few runs. This is causing serious delays.  I'm working on alternatives to getting thes...

D20 Pouch Update

We are doing our best to get the D20s made and out to everyone who ordered them.  I totally underestimated how many of you awesome people would order one (or more) of these!  We started m...

Birthday cards new schedule

While we're working on the new house and moving things back and forth, I'm a bit worried I'll miss people's birthdays in the upcoming months.  So for June, July, August, and possibly September...