Hey peeps, I'm back with another commission map, this time for an awesome fantasy novel by author Steven Mager.
This map is showing a region called Viridia, a brutal and savage place that will be explored by a group of adventurers. Fun fact: the coastline is actually based on the coastline of the US state of Virginia!
OK. So client provided me with this sketch:
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Which, over the course of some back-and-forth, I gradually worked into the following draft:
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Upon approval from the client I then went ahead and started inking this glorious beast:
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As you can see, most of the top left corner has already been done, and I'm now slowly working down and to the right. The frame of the map is a placeholder at this stage, and will eventually be replaced by a tangle of rose vines. Never done that before - it will be an adventure!