The town of Deliverance [commission]

[J.Edward]

Looks great and I really like the subtle drawing of the temple. Not sure it's a place I'd want to live and navigate though. =P

Thanks Larb
Hehe, yes, I have been hearing that and I don't disagree.
Client choice. I tried to add some ways that you could slip through on foot.
I assume their story had reasons for this layout.

I can imagine a lot of makeshift bridges spanning the rooftops because who's going to want to walk all the way around. The thieves would probably start it up and the everyday commoners would use them during the day. Anyway, a very nice looking map and I like the color palette as well. Great work!

I like that idea. Maybe at some point I'll do an overlay with rooftop bridges. That's be cool.
Thanks Jax

Kind of swirling mantra designed city... cool! I love the effect of contrast that emphasize on the city itself.
The temple is great, as is your way to do the domes.

Thanks Ilanthar

Just brilliant J.E! I love how your did the horizon, and the overall design is absolutely pleasing to the eye!

Thank you Adfor
I should post the sketches too at some point.

Amazing town!! I'm in loved!!
All those details on the buildings are great!
The general design too!
I don't even know what to say!!

Thank you Mystic
It was a fun challenge with the spirals.

That's pretty awesome.

Thanks Soixante

I love what you did with the top there, the 50 miles thing. An excellent (and aesthetic) use of what would have just been empty space.

Thanks Greypawz
It's not always easy to fill out an image when you're dealing with a square or circle format but a rectangular page.

Another one I could stare for hours... Chapeau bas, J. o_o

Merci mon ami

Awesome design John!

Thanks Filippo

[DanielHasenbos]

Amazing John! I love how this is not just a town map, but also goes to show the surroundings and a sideview of the temple. Great work!

[FrancescaBaerald]

An excellent piece with a great concept. I really enjoy its balance and simmetry

[ThomasR]

I'm sure the design (pencilwork) took you about two and a half hour casually watching Mad Max or some John Ford classic but I was wondering how long took the coloring ?

Your works keep getting better with fewer strokes each time. I'm amazed !

[J.Edward]

Amazing John! I love how this is not just a town map, but also goes to show the surroundings and a sideview of the temple. Great work!

Thanks Dan Trying to keep things interesting and different.

An excellent piece with a great concept. I really enjoy its balance and simmetry

Thanks Francesca

I'm sure the design (pencilwork) took you about two and a half hour casually watching Mad Max or some John Ford classic but I was wondering how long took the coloring ?

Your works keep getting better with fewer strokes each time. I'm amazed !

I'm slowly learning to be more efficient and possibly more elegant in my designs.
It's a slow crawl.

The pencil work was just the parts that I used from the sketch [top and temple on right].
The rest was all done in photoshop and sadly took longer than 2.5 hours.
Here's some sketch and in-progress shots
Deliverance setting sketches Mar.2017 by jstevenson.jpg - Deliverance 01a sample 01.jpg - Deliverance 01a sample 03.jpg

I'll be honest - I don't really recall exactly how long the color took.
I feel like it went somewhat fast.. less than 8 hours? maybe?
But I am not certain. It might have been 2 sessions over two days.
I just don't really recall. I'm terrible about keeping time logs for these things.
I really should. I used to. I'm just not into tracking things like that, even though it's useful and helpful.

I can say that the digital linework is often the most time consuming part.
Linework done in pencil is super fast though. Odd how that works.

[Ilanthar]

It's insane how your "sketches" are already gorgeous...
Thanks a lot for posting them.

[roadkilraven]

This drawing is part of what led me to join this forum. I saw it on Deviantart and was blown away. The composition is really what makes it stand out so well.

[DanielHasenbos]

The rest was all done in photoshop and sadly took longer than 2.5 hours.

Wait, you mean to say that you turned this from sketch to digital linework in 2.5 hours?! I'd need at least two full workdays to draw something of this scale, but probably more! :O

But thanks for sharing these sketches, nice to get a peak at your workflow (:

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[Farland]

Amazing. What’s the font you used for the main title?

[J.Edward]

It's insane how your "sketches" are already gorgeous...
Thanks a lot for posting them.

Thanks Ilanthar
They don't always look so "good". When I need to show a client, I try to make them a bit better.

This drawing is part of what led me to join this forum. I saw it on Deviantart and was blown away. The composition is really what makes it stand out so well.

Thansk RKR Glad you found your way here.
This is one of the best forums on the web. in my opinion.

Wait, you mean to say that you turned this from sketch to digital linework in 2.5 hours?! I'd need at least two full workdays to draw something of this scale, but probably more! :O
But thanks for sharing these sketches, nice to get a peak at your workflow (:
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No, not that fast. I wish I had. I am not sure how long, but definitely longer than 2.5 hours.
I'd say the digital line work took me 4-6 hours. Part of that is due to the layout/design time.
That always adds time to plan out the building shapes and locations.

Amazing. What’s the font you used for the main title?

Thanks Farland. I believe the font is Windlass.