February Challenge Voting - Map the Guild

[- Max -]

This month's challenge was to "map the Guild" and show a cartographic vision of the CG . The challenge started slowly but was finally filled in with awesome entries!


February Challenge Thumbs


Please vote for your favorite map(s), and be sure to be generous about repping those who participated in the challenge. The voting will last for 4 days and the winner will receive a golden compass, the praise, admiration and envy of his peers, and a box of well known Diamnd's cookies. May the best map win!

[Larb]

Some very creative stuff. It's just a shame Vivi and Jalyah couldn't finish theirs.

[Diamond]

Yeah, I was really hoping to see Vivi's finished... Excellent entries this month though. I'll have to give this some thought before voting.

[lostatsea]

Damn this is going to be very hard!! Have to think a bit on my votes !!

[Bogie]

How do I choose? On one map I was given my own Tower Room, on the next I was given a Town, on the third I was given a whole species and not to be outdone, one named a star after me! While I cannot be bribed by such things, I don't mind if you keep trying!

[eViLe_eAgLe]

I can't help it - i'm vain, when I saw my name on Azelors map I just couldn't help but give it to him.
That small fact aside, it's still an absolutely great map, it was tough to pick between them.

Edit: On second thought, after looking through these again this really was some tough competition, I don't know if my vote could of held up if I would of looked closer at some of them, like Diamonds and TheHoarseWhisperers. I can't give rep to diamond or Azelor due to previously repping them, but you have my congratulations.

[Diamond]

After much thought, I decided to only give one vote, since there weren't very many entries. I had to give it to The Hoarse Whisperer, since I felt his entry showed the most imagination and humor.

...Aaaand I couldn't rep anybody except THW. Sorry guys; it's there in spirit.

[Wingshaw]

There are some really great maps this month. Without wanting to sound arrogant (EDIT: something in which I probably failed), I genuinely do think my zoo is one of the best, but Diamond's nudges ahead of it (and it would be unseemly to vote for myself anyway). I'd give Azelor (a very close) 3rd place, Max 4th, and Cirias 5th. It really is a pity the other two entries weren't finished. I especially liked the progress on Vivi's Khartes.

THW

[Cunning Cartographer]

Also your URL to the thumbs Max says they are January challenge thumbs

[Cirias]

Thanks to whoever gave my map a vote. Maybe it was out of pity, but I appreciate it all the same. Such talented artists on these boards and the competition was tough!

I cast my votes for Max and Diamond. I loved Max's The Guild's Tower for the overall style and the beautiful drawing. I like the fact it was an illustration which also worked as a map. My favourite, however, was Diamond's The Guild Empire. It was a bit more of a traditional map, but the detail that went into it was astounding and it managed to incorporate just about every element of the Guild.

Perhaps I shouldn't have entered such a Guild-centric competition as my first attempt, as I'm still somewhat of a fresh face around these parts! But I enjoyed it anyway and loved being able to take part. Good luck to everyone who entered.