Song of Blood & Stone

[S. E. Davidson]

Well, posting in this forum has been a long time coming!
I've not been very active in the guild thus far (since joining back at the end of last year), due to school/work obligations and moving a lot...but I'm hoping to change that forthwith!

I was commissioned near the end of last year by a lovely author named Leslye Penelope to re-do the map for her fantasy novel A Song of Blood & Stone.
I finished that one within a few days, but she reached out to me again last week to add colors as the paperback version of her book will be released next month.

I've had only a few limited color commissions thus far, so I was excited to have the opportunity to do this for a map I had put a lot of care into.

Here is the final version, and the first map I've done that really had any sort of detailed color.
I just want to say thanks to everyone in the Cartographer's Guild community, as continually seeing all your incredible work definitely inspired me to delve into the land of color and continues to challenge me to push the limits of my own ability and style.

©LPenelope Color Map.jpg

[Adfor]

What a beauty this is, your color choices couldn't fit any more perfectly! I really enjoy your mountains as well.

Cheers!

IR

[S. E. Davidson]

What a beauty this is, your color choices couldn't fit any more perfectly! I really enjoy your mountains as well.

Cheers!

IR

I appreciate that Adfor, thanks!

[arsheesh]

Nice confident linework and a really lovely color scheme. Congrats on the commission and look forward to seeing more of your work in the weeks and months to come!

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Kellerica]

What a pretty style! I really adore the gentle colors and the soft linework. Nice texturework too! If I had to nitpick on something, I'd say the fields are tad too dominant and could maybe have benefited from a bit thinner lines and more subtle glow around them, but that is pretty much all I can think of.

Congrats on the commission, and I hope to see more of your work!

[S. E. Davidson]

What a pretty style! I really adore the gentle colors and the soft linework. Nice texturework too! If I had to nitpick on something, I'd say the fields are tad too dominant and could maybe have benefited from a bit thinner lines and more subtle glow around them, but that is pretty much all I can think of.

Congrats on the commission, and I hope to see more of your work!

Nice confident linework and a really lovely color scheme. Congrats on the commission and look forward to seeing more of your work in the weeks and months to come!

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

Thanks very much to you both for the feedback! I hope to continue sharing as well.

[ThomasR]

I really like the color palette and these mountains that make me think of SteffenBrand's art for Das Schwarze Auge with a more detailed shading. All in all a real good piece !

[MistyBeee]

Yep, yep, you totally have me in your team with this style ! Really lovely, and I love your colors as well.
(And as often, I agree with Kell' : just the fields to edit a little for my taste as well ^^)

[S. E. Davidson]

Yep, yep, you totally have me in your team with this style ! Really lovely, and I love your colors as well.
(And as often, I agree with Kell' : just the fields to edit a little for my taste as well ^^)

Thank ye kindly. Heh...yep, didn't much realize the dominant field look until you you and Kell both mentioned about it here, but I definitely agree now I see it. Thanks for the helpful insight there, very much appreciated. ^-^

[- JO -]

Very nice map, well executed... the author of the novel must be delighted!