Fedir & Esmoda

[mat_r]

Hi guys!

I’ve got something new that I’d like to share! „Fedir“ and „Esmoda“ are two city maps that I mapped earlier this year for the german RPG „Splittermond“. Just recently the books were published and I am happy I can finally show them.

Fedir is a big city located in a sort of „oriental“ part of the World of „Splittermond“ and
Esmoda, „The Citadel of the Undead“ is a city that is half ruined and half inhabited by the undead.

What might be interesting about this (at least to me ) ist he fact that for „Fedir“ I used a mobile workflow for the first time in my professional work. I worked on these maps during summer and I didn’t want to sit in a darkened office all day when it was warm and sunny outside. So I decided to make an experiment how much of my workflow I could transfer to iPad (using the apps Sketchbook pro and Procreate). I must admit I kind of underestimated these mobile apps until then. I more or less just looked at them like a „nice gadget for sketching“, but it surprised and amazed me how powerful they actually are. With the exception of some finishing touches (which I did on my desktop PC for convenience reasons and access to my texture library) I was able to do almost the entire thing, from start to finish, on the tablet. So yeah, I am almost enthusiastic about it. I am definitely going to use it a lot more in the future.

As always, I am curious to hear your thoughts. =)

Cheers!
-matthias

(Both maps © Uhrwerk Verlag, 2017)

Fedir_Matthias_Rothenaicher.jpg


Esmoda_Matthias_Rothenaicher.jpg

[Sapiento]

Great maps for great setting.

[Voolf]

I like them Mat, really nicely done. First map especially has great colour palette.
There are a lot of small roofs there. Did you draw all of them individually or use some technique to mass product them ?

Edit. Darn can't rep you now :/

[J.Edward]

I like both of them, but I am definitely leaning more to Fedir.
And that is awesome to hear about the mobile workflow.
I need to get some of that - I am chained to this desk. Grrrrrr

[Tom]

Wonderful maps Mat! Very nice palettes

[DanielHasenbos]

These maps are wonderful Mat, especially the Fedir one (:

[mat_r]

Sapiento: Thank you!

Voolf: Thanks! They are actually drawn by hand, because I did not find a satisfying way of automatizing the process of greating this type of flat roof. If you know something, let me know, I'll be in your dept!

J.Edward: Thank you! Yeah, I guess it's the more inviting place

Tom: Thanks a lot!

DanielHasenbos: Thank you very much =)

[ThomasR]

Both maps are gorgeous, Matthias ! I love the grim vibe of Esmoda but the organic structure of Fedir is what really gets me. Really, really nice job ! And I'll be back tomorrow for some rep.

[Ilanthar]

Two top-notch city maps with different ambiences. Not much more to say that I really love them!

[arsheesh]

Those are some really nice looking cities alright!

Cheers,
-Arsheesh