Profantasy's Map-Making Journal

Last month, Ralf posted a nice article about the old Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas. Now, I actually love that old style, especially for the overland and city maps, but at times it would be nice to also have a version of a map in one of CC3+’s beautiful bitmap styles. So, I thought I would […]

July’s Annual continues where last month left off and adds a whole new bunch of symbols to the Mappa Mundi style, focusing on the mythical creatures and legendary places shown on the Hereford map. You can now illustrate your map with such creatures as elephants, lions, and unicorns, but also such strange folks as the […]

CC4 News In preparation for the crowdfunding and release of CC4 the ProFantasy website has been reworked and refreshed with a new look. News The June issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2026 is available, bringing you an overland style reminisicent of medieval workd maps. The free monthly symbols of June add giant vegetation symbols to […]

Dear cartographers! As you will have noticed, we are giving the entire ProFantasy online presence a makeover and refresh in preparation for the Kickstarter campaign and the release of CC4. We started with the blog, updated the look of the forum, and now it’s the website’s turn. This is the most sensitive part of the […]

Welcome dear cartographers to another round of maps of the month – or better maps of the “months”. Due to time constrains I wasn’t able to do a post on the ones from April, so we’ll do two months (April and May) in one go. The headline is Morrgans‘ wonderful map of Bögenhafen (Of “The […]