Commission: Ostrom

[Wingshaw]

This map is an absolute blast. I think i said it before, that this reminds me so much of a Viking maps. Really beautiful work.

Thanks Voolf. Viking's work is such an inspiration for me

This is a gorgeous piece of work George
Greta job. It came out beautifully.

Thanks John I'm glad you like it

Mother of all that is holy....

Wow. Just... wow.

I so wish I could be even half as good. this is freakin' awesome work.

You don't... by chance... have a tut hiding anywhere do you?

Love your work, big time. Thank you so much for sharing!!

- TMK

Thank you TMK. I'm afraid I don't have a tutorial for this as I was mostly making it up as I went along - that's why it took so long, I guess I do remember that I painted most of the mountains, hills and coastlines a single pixel at a time, zooming in and out to get it right, and adding layer after layer after layer after layer...

Patience was the key, I guess. Lots and lots of patience

Very nice indeed. I think those are some of best looking foothills I’ve seen at the Guild.

Thanks JBGibson. I really wanted to give the hills and mountains a realistic look to them. I'm glad you think it works.

The whole map is absolutely stunning, I can't stop looking at those mountains ! But my heart goes for this cartouche

Thank you Misty I was a bit concerned that the cartouche would be over-complicated and not fit the map, so I'm happy that you like it

I second Beee on the mountains and the coat of arms. This is amazing.

Thanks fol2dol

Yep, this is a true beauty! I love the mountains and hills, those are the best features of this work, imo. But the rest is also very good. The coloring, the overall vibe. A very lovely piece.
The only minor thing for me are the forests...in a piece with this good a standard, they do not measure up, imo. But as said, this is a minor thing (or in other words : complaining on a very high level ).

If i can, i'll Rep you.

I hope to see more works from you in this style!

Thanks Eilathen. I know what you mean about the forests: I was never quite happy with them myself. I was very tempted to just scatter millions of tiny green dots all over the map to represent forests, but that never quite looked right either.

Wingshaw