![]() There are a ton of photos composited into this map. This map is almost exclusively using Xara, except for the 3D elements of course. Sometims I draw by hand (my regional map of Kaidan in the finished maps forum) however, I use Xara in all my work. Sometimes I "paint" with PS or GIMP, but not so in this map. Sometimes I use 3D (as in the case of the trees, the boat, and the buildings). This is the software I use to create, composite or wrap up all my map work. If you look in my "software use" under my name, you'll notice Xara Xtreme Pro at the top. ![]() (I've got lots of maps to create and for publication soon, so I have to be expedient.) Not that I could not attempt this in Photoshop/GIMP and have a reasonably same result - the photo was much easier and faster to work with. Thanks for the comments! I'd love to take credit for the water, but I cheated, that's a photograph of turbulent water placed seamlessly. They come here in shifts of 12 hours to work their occupations, but return each day to shore as their opposition shift arrives. There are a few craftsmen, fisherman, a garrison of samurai under the lead of a hatamoto appointed "ruler", though these latter members do not live in Gaijinoshima, rather dwell across the bay in the city of Uesaki on the mainland. That is why the Eta have been forced to be the primary inhabitants. Gaijinoshima is an anomalous place in that though part of the empire, it falls outside the planar construct of the Wheel of Life and a place that Kaidanese do not want to die, as they are exempt from reincarnation here. I plan to place some walled off sections of town, to divide between various castes. I'm about a third complete, need more buildings to place and more to create. Of course "Gaijin" means foreigners or outsiders, and "shima" means island.Īlthough there is currently a Kaidanese merchant ship in port, I plan to place a western styled caravel or comparable next to it to the south - as the ship that brings the PCs into this world. Merchants, prostitutes, yakuza, butchers, tanners and longshoreman are all members of that caste and residents of Gaijinoshima. ![]() This town is largely inhabited by Eta caste (Hungry Ghost realm), the lowest tier in the Kaidanese social structure. OK, started working on my "Foreigner's Port" of Gaijinoshima, the starting location for my Kaidan campaign arc.
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