Baldur's Gate city map [commission]

[XCali]

Amazing!

I really hope people can even envision a fraction of the amount of work you put into this map. City maps are a ton of work and this even more so. Well done, and congrats on landing such a cool opportunity.

[MistyBeee]

Damn... This looks like an Atlas Award, a Cartographer's Choice and a Christmast Miracle all wrapped together. Incredible in every single detail. Please take my rep, my admiration, my hat... everything.

Edit : Nooooo... I can't rep you already... Why ! Whyyy !! But wait, I'll be back. I'll be back soon.

[ThomasR]

Damn you, John Stevenson, for making me click on the dtrpg like way too often. Because of you, I'm a man on the verge of acquiring another RPG book I'll never play with

[Wired]

That's just one grandiose piece of work there, J.E.! I can't imagine how many hours you had to put into this piece...!

[J.Edward]

Absolutely inspiring! I want to do DnD-ing in BG right away! What else can i say? What else do i need to say

Thanks Eilathen (:

Wow

Just...wow

That, sir, is spectacular!!!

EDIT: can't rep you at the moment. But it's definitely deserved

Wingshaw

Thank you George (:

Every time I think I've seen the limits of your skill, you go and outdo yourself again and prove me wrong. I'll have to say I'm not completely sold on these colors - the deep blue of the ocean is beautiful, but the houses have enough of a cacophony of different bright colors that the result ends up bothering my eyes a little. That could just be me, and maybe the different colors signify different type of buildings?

Even so, the linework and sheer amount of detail are, yet again, out of this world.

Thanks Kell (:
I usually go with a more monochrome roof color, but decided to vary it.

To pull off a whole city in this style is increadible.

I think we all are used to your increadible art skills.... what i would like to emphasize here is your outstanding design mind. In my opinion, thinking about city layout, buildings clusters, building shapes, how to arrange them.... this is really hard and time consuming part (at least for me). So hats off.

Thanks Voolf (:
Cities can be real beasts to work on, no question.
This one definitely takes the cake.

Truly fantastic John.
I have a friend who is really into maps & old school D&D. At our game Saturday night he commented on how much he loved the Baldur's Gate game. You had just recently posted the Baldur's Gate regional map so I showed it to him. He was blown away by it! He commented how he would love to see a close up map of the city and today you drop the perfect map on us. I can't wait to see his reaction when he sees this masterpiece!

hehehe, awesome. Thanks Bogie
Let me know how he reacted.
I'll post some close-ups after these comments.

That is just an insane amount of detail! I would be floored if it did NOT take you a looooong time to complete. I've already seen some of the closeups over on Instagram and the city looks even better up close. Do you hear that? That's the sound of another J.Edward map being swiped to my inspiration folder!

EDIT: ...and I can't rep you...

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

Thanks Arsheesh (:
hehe, yeah, this one was a monster to complete.
It took somewhere over 250 hours crammed into a month.
So some really long days in there.

Amazing!

I really hope people can even envision a fraction of the amount of work you put into this map. City maps are a ton of work and this even more so. Well done, and congrats on landing such a cool opportunity.

Thanks Xcali (:
City maps are definitely some of the most demanding.

Damn... This looks like an Atlas Award, a Cartographer's Choice and a Christmast Miracle all wrapped together. Incredible in every single detail. Please take my rep, my admiration, my hat... everything.

Edit : Nooooo... I can't rep you already... Why ! Whyyy !! But wait, I'll be back. I'll be back soon.

Thank you Beee (:
I'm just glad to finally be able to show these.
I've been waiting to show them off.

Damn you, John Stevenson, for making me click on the dtrpg like way too often. Because of you, I'm a man on the verge of acquiring another RPG book I'll never play with

Thank you Thomas (:
hehehe, well, you know you'll enjoy the art.
Arcanum doesn't hold back on getting good people to work with.
They are definitely people I am glad to promote.

That's just one grandiose piece of work there, J.E.! I can't imagine how many hours you had to put into this piece...!

Thanks Wired (:
The city was over 250 hours.
It was a monster, no question.
There was so much research required too just to make sure things were in the right place.
There isn't a really clear definitive map of BG. Well, until now, that is.

[J.Edward]

Here's some close-ups from the city map..
BG City map - crop01.jpg - BG City map - crop02.jpg

BG City map - crop04.jpg - BG City map - crop06.jpg

BG City map - crop03.jpg - BG City map - crop05.jpg

[Adfor]

How does it feel to be the most talented cartographer on this website, John? My god, my jaw about fell off when this was loading! Insanely well done!

[Sapiento]

What an awesome map!

[J.Edward]

How does it feel to be the most talented cartographer on this website, John? My god, my jaw about fell off when this was loading! Insanely well done!

Not sure... you'd have to ask MistyBeee she beat me in the last challenge. ;P hehe
Thanks Adfor I'm glad you enjoyed these BG maps.
I loved working on them.

What an awesome map!

Thanks so much Sap

Here's a few more...

BG City map - crop09.jpg - BG City map - crop07.jpg

BG City map - crop08.jpg - BG City map - crop11.jpg

BG City map - crop12.jpg - BG City map - crop10.jpg

[J.Edward]

Updated version with labels

Baldur's Gate - city map [Labeled] by jstevenson.jpg