Salt In Wounds Fantasy Setting City Map Commission

[whipstache]

I've recently had the exciting privilege of receiving my first commission for a published work, the successfully kickstarted Salt In Wounds fantasy setting city map for D&D and Pathfinder. On the back of my Ashtalon world map, the creators reached out to me and have hired me to make their official map!

The setting is pretty dark fantasy, as the city of Salt in Wounds is based around the continuous carving up of a perpetually regenerating Tarrasque (think Godzilla meets Stegosaurus). I'm going to try to mesh with that style by using grittier brushes and lines, while sticking to using a single color of ink.

I thought it might be fun to track my progress here, as I've seen others do. I welcome feedback all along the way. Off we go!


Here's the map that I received from the creator. I am converting it to a top down view, rather than isometric.
saltinwounds_layer_map.png

And, here's my initial sketch.
Salt In Wounds Sketch@0,5x.jpg

I was then able to put down a few lines (including drawing out the Tarrasque and its gory runoff) before sending it back to the producer for style approval. I'm not 100% happy with the way the creature itself turned out. I may asked the artist they hired to do the illustrations if he wants to take a crack at drawing in about the same space as a penny a godzilla-sized kaiju that's pinned to the ground.
Salt In Wounds Map draft 1@x33.png


I have some ideas to really spruce up the final product, but, I still have a way to go before I can think about finishing details. Thanks for reading!

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I'll try to keep the latest WIP up here so you don't have to scroll to the end as I keep posting.

### Latest WIP ###
Salt In Wounds Map.2.4.2@0,5x wm.png