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Title: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on July 22, 2008, 09:32:58 AM
My name is Jon Roberts and I am available to do cartography commissions for print, pdf and virtual tabletop programmes. A sample of my work can be found in my deviantArt gallery (http://torstan.deviantart.com/gallery/#Maps). Please post here or pm me if interested.
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on August 12, 2008, 04:31:15 PM
Gallery updated with new commissioned work for Rite Publishing (www.ritepublishing.com) and a few personal pieces.
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: Morbius_of_Oz on September 22, 2008, 06:48:02 AM
Jon,

That's some nice work. Please PM me with your rates.

Craig J. Brain
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on September 25, 2008, 06:06:29 AM
Private messaging seems to be buggy on here for me. Please email me through the link above (envelope on the left of my messages) and I'll happily discuss rates with you.

All the best,

Jon
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: Ron Edwards on September 25, 2008, 10:18:01 AM
Hiya,

There's a minimum of posts required before your messaging gets activated; it's an anti-spam thing based on a painful porn group-message a few years ago. Anyway, I think three is the magic number, so yours should be OK now.

Best, Ron
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on September 25, 2008, 12:10:09 PM
Success! Many thanks Ron,

Jon
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on December 10, 2008, 01:51:49 PM
I've added a new piece in the gallery today - a hand drawn island map intended to be printed on 11" by 17" at 300dpi. It was a different style for me and I'm very pleased with the result.
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on December 20, 2008, 09:36:18 AM
I've added new art from a recent commission for Wolfgang Baur's Wrath of  the River King (http://wolfgangbaur.com/opendesign/river_king.aspx) to my deviantArt gallery. This was a fun commission and the project is published next week.
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: Clay on January 21, 2009, 01:43:48 PM
Jon, that's really gorgeous stuff.
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on January 22, 2009, 10:27:47 AM
Thanks! There's a lot more in the works, but as always I'm willing to take on new commissions. The New Year is currently treating me really well.
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on February 20, 2009, 05:57:43 PM
A small bump to show off a recent commission piece - this is an A1 poster map for a new game that is currently in development. The image is here (http://fc67.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/051/f/8/World_map_by_torstan.jpg), and resides in my deviantArt gallery (http://torstan.deviantart.com/). There's a few more Wrath of the River King maps in there as well for those who are interested.
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: Morningstar on March 03, 2009, 08:21:52 AM
I like your work and would be potentially interested to source you for the creation of a world map.

I'll send you an enquiry via email.
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on March 04, 2009, 10:29:56 AM
I believe pms have been a little buggy on here. If you find that to be the case, please get in touch a j_roberts00<delete this>@yahoo.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

For everyone else, what would a post be without some new art? I've got a new map up, a temple inside a hanging frozen waterfall with a dragon trapped beneath the floor. I hope you like it.
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on April 19, 2009, 09:30:57 AM
I now have a proper website rather than just a deviantArt gallery. The website is:

www.fantasticmaps.com

This has my contact information, some free stuff, including a dungeon tiles pack, commissioning information and, of course, a gallery!

In other news, I have some pdf map booklets up at RPGNow and the other one bookshelf stores:
Click here to see the current page of items (http://www.rpgnow.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=jonathan+roberts+map&x=0&y=0&quicksearch=1&search_filter=&filters=&search_free=&search_in_description=1&search_in_author=1&search_in_artist=1)

It's also possible to buy a number of recent maps on Gamer Printshop as full scale laminated battlemaps. That can be found here:
Click here for the current maps available in laminated battlemaps (http://shop.gamer-printshop.com/ecommerce/index.php?manufacturers_id=7&osCsid=535bf2d9c7a5016989e9c978af34904d)

If you are interested in getting me to create maps, bear in mind that I can also get your maps to appear in these other areas. This increases your visibility (my maps have made the front page of enworld for the last few weeks) and offer new ways of generating revenue.
Title: Re: Jon Roberts: Freelance cartographer
Post by: torstan on August 06, 2009, 09:11:02 AM
I just did an interview with Kobold Quarterly (the Ennie nominated agazine and website) and it's up on the front page:

http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/article1517.php