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    My completed map for the February 2018 challenge, “Commission a Guilder.” Tonquani’s commission was as follows: “A zombie apocalypse (or something similar) has happened – there seem to be rather a lot of these around at the moment… A small group has managed to barricade themselves onto the roofs of a group of high-rise buildings and establish some sort of colony/settlement there – including growing food, raising livestock, etc. They have built walkways between the various buildings, so that they never have to go down to the ground where the zombies lurk.

    Perspective: This is probably the most important – I would like an extreme three-point perspective specifically showing great height above the ground.

    Colours: No specifics apart from it being drab and dark below – some sort of black mist on the ground may be an idea if you want – and probably makes it easier in that you won’t need to draw loads of detail on the ground. The roofs themselves should be quite colourful in contrast
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    This is the most artistically challenging thing I've ever done. I scrapped three versions before hitting on this one. I went back and re-read the commission and this time it made me think of The Walking Dead comics; as soon as the comic book idea hit, I knew it was the right style for the extreme three-point perspective (which I thought of as "Spiderman's perspective"). I was able to work in the farms, apiary (my substitute for livestock), walkways between buildings, some additional color on the rooftops, and the mist.

    WIP thread is here.

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    This was a very fun and original entry.

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    Zombie-Man! Zombie-Man! Does whatever a zombie can!
    Eats my brain...

    Eh, it's a short song.

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    You definitely nailed the atmostphere here ! I love you you can just gimpse the streets at the bottom

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    Quote Originally Posted by arsheesh View Post
    This was a very fun and original entry.

    Cheers,
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    Thanks, Arsheesh! Once I got past the "wow, I really suck at this perspective!" phase, it was a lot of fun to create.

    Quote Originally Posted by rdanhenry View Post
    Zombie-Man! Zombie-Man! Does whatever a zombie can!
    Eats my brain...

    Eh, it's a short song.
    Zombies aren't much for making up song lyrics.

    Quote Originally Posted by MistyBeee View Post
    You definitely nailed the atmostphere here ! I love you you can just gimpse the streets at the bottom
    Thanks! I would have liked to have done a touch more on the streets but time was not on my side.


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    A very fine and original map! I like the perspective & style.

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