Where be Lions? Several Years' Worth of Maps

[HereBeLions]

Man, it's been a while since I've posted here. I've still been making maps, so here's a collection of what I've been working on. None of it is for anything in particular, just my own amusement and building up a portfolio, plus learning Wilbur. They're pretty varied, I've been trying to develop a board range of skills.

Random Nations Map 001.png
This is a pretty old experiment in making something look 'fantasy' - in hindsight I should have used a more legible font, but I'm still happy with the map itself.

Colbrane Compiling 2.png
And an experiment in a more paint-y style, the type you see in those lovely tabletop game maps. This was a fun one!

Cabin.png
Yet more experimenting, floor plans! I spent so many hours on houseplanshelper.com researching this.

City Map Final 72DPI.png
I'm not hugely pleased with this one - it was an awful lot of effort doing all those tiny little buildings, and I gave up too early. Another detail pass, adding roof lines and some shading, would have made this one much nicer, I think.

Random Icy Hellhole Map 001.png
My first real attempt at Wilbur. It's a little clunky, and I didn't have the patience to go through and add in all the rivers, but it was a good learning experience. It's supposed to be an Earth-like world at the outer limit of the 'Goldilocks zone', where the tropics would be like Siberia and it would only get worse the further north or south you went. The ice represents the extent of ice in summer in both hemispheres, winter ice would be significantly bigger.

Zi Map Redo Redo 2 mED.png
A pretty exaggerated Wilbur map, and an attempt at forcing sense into a pre-existing fictional map (for the Zoids universe, if anyone's curious). I've been through three iterations of the terrain and I still can't find a nice balance between 'mountains visible' and 'mountains waaaaayyy too big', so no doubt there will be more iterations yet.

Samorna Proper.png
My most recent map, another fantasy one to try and bring together stuff I've learned. I'm really happy with how this one came out. This is the actual finished version; I was a muppet and uploaded an unfinished version before!