Hammerwald - My First World Map

[Jason Juta]

Hi everyone - Although I've been an illustrator for a long time, I'm branching out into maps and diagrams. This is my first world map, made to accommodate any fantasy or historical army that a tabletop wargamer owns or can imagine. I was surprised at how long it took; mapping is quite a complex and interesting job. My PC struggled with all the text, which I perhaps foolishly did in Photoshop. In future I'll try doing all that sort of stuff in Inkscape or some other vector program, which should hopefully help!

Edit: I forgot to mention that I obviously used a lot of real Earth areas and coastlines to generate the landmasses quickly, as I needed the map in my portfolio as soon as possible. One day when I have more time, I'll do a second version and work over all the details to make this less obvious.

Hammerwald_map_jasonjuta.jpg

[Teferi]

I don't think there's even a thing I could properly criticise, the only possible nitpick I could find is, that for the artsy distinguished and in parts comicy style you went for, I don't think you did quite such a varied job in making the map interesting by depicting different biomes and areas of land.

Apart from the hue - and then the obligatory white iteshell in the norf - all the landmasses and mountains and everything looks rather same-ey.

The Typography, style of the banner in the center, the little dude above the windrose as well as the coats of arms though I adore!

[Jason Juta]

Thanks Teferi, yes I agree - It could do with some differentiation in biomes. I think I also struggled between styles (realism, hand-drawn antique, comic/cartoon) because I didn't make a definite decision when starting. Good lessons to learn!

[Dwalus]

This is incredible for a first time. I personally think the blend between antique and cartoon is perfect. Is there any chance you would be willing to draw maps freelance?

[Jason Juta]

Thanks Dwalus - yes, I'm a freelance illustrator, so I'm aiming to include mapping as a service from now on!

[Dwalus]

Thanks Dwalus - yes, I'm a freelance illustrator, so I'm aiming to include mapping as a service from now on!

That's great! If you were drawing the above map for a client, do you know how much you would charge?

[Jason Juta]

Hi Dwalus, until I've earned the right to PM on here, please shoot me an email at jason@jasonjuta.com, and I'll reply from there. Thanks!

Can anyone explain why when I make a quick reply to a post, it adds it at the end of this thread. It's very annoying!

[Chick]

Can anyone explain why when I make a quick reply to a post, it adds it at the end of this thread. It's very annoying!

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[arsheesh]

Very nice Job Jason, love all those sea monsters! The colors are really nice too. Bout the only piece of constructive criticism I can offer is that the border seems a bit plain in comparison with the rest of the map. Great job nonetheless.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Bogie]

Great map Jason!