Born Free safari maps 1 [commission]

[- JO -]

Very interesting and rich teaching to see you work on maps that are not fantastic world ... Result: your maps are fantastic anyway ! They give just that kind of fantasy to these real countries! Beautiful work!

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Beyond beautiful, and certainly better than I might find in a National Geographic publication. A definite inspiration to future GWN!

[J.Edward]

My apologies - I spaced.
This week is just getting away from me.
First set of comments...

Those are beautiful John

I love the colours, the delicate tracery of the line work, and most of all - the way you have fit that gorgeous little lion cameo into the outline of Africa.

Excellent illustration!

Thanks MOuse
I can't claim the logo though. Sorry.
I made it looks a bit better, but the concept wasn't mine.

Awesome work! I've been to Serengeti, Ngorogoro and Tarangire national parks and kilimanjaro. It's nice to see how small the mountains really are when illustrated on a real world map.

Thnaks Obbe
I would love to visit those parks.

Boooooooorn freeeee, as free as my rep flows...

Well, I can't rep you yet, but those are FANTASTIC, J. It's really interesting to see just how much of each country is dedicated to preserves; I didn't realize it was quite that much.

Hehe Thanks Diamond
It really is. Much of Africa has been dedicated to national parks and game reserves and such.
And even for all that, they still deal with tons of poachers. Tons.

Absolutely gorgeous. The style is incredible, and I love how you so wonderfully mix the real world with a fantasy style. Beautiful.

Thanks Matthew

Love these! Excellent work!

Thanks so much Nate

The discreet touches of green show a land that really seems to be heaven on earth. You did justice to what you were showing. And kudos for the lion !

Thanks Thomas

Beautiful work as always!
I love how you manage to keep your maps simple (as in not too busy) and very compelling to look at at the same time!
EDIT: I can't rep you now so I'll come back later

Thanks Filippo
It isn't always easy to do. And I don't always succeed.
But I do try.

[J.Edward]

Second set of comments....

Nicely done! Looks like they could have been plucked out of a copy of National Geographic or something similar.

Ooooh, thanks a lot Steel
That is an incredible comment.

Nice maps!

Yea your right, these countries does give the impression that they are doing a lot to preserve nature.

Thanks Azelor.
They really are doing a lot. Especially considering that they have a lot less resources and such to help manage them and also to account for the loss of the land to commercial use.
They do get a decent amount in eco-tourism though, so hopefully it balances out.

Very interesting and rich teaching to see you work on maps that are not fantastic world ... Result: your maps are fantastic anyway ! They give just that kind of fantasy to these real countries! Beautiful work!

Thank you JO
I have some other real world maps I've done.
It's fun to add a touch of the fantastic to them.

Beyond beautiful, and certainly better than I might find in a National Geographic publication. A definite inspiration to future GWN!

Thanks so much GWN
That is high praise indeed
I am not sure if I am there yet, but I do aspire to be at some point.

[FrancescaBaerald]

Excellent maps! Congratulations!!

[Voolf]

Very beautiful. I am laways amazed by the terrain you make. You mix the shadow and colour so nice even flat area are so darn interesting.

[Tom]

Beautiful maps John! I really like the warm feeling! (it's Africa of course )

[Ilanthar]

Wonderful! I'm particularly envious of how you handled colours on this. The subtle green gradient, browns and the blues of the water... everything work perfectly together.

[Lukc]

just seeing it now during the voting. Magnificent maps.