The Bist Continent [commission]

[MistyBeee]

Another of your maps to explore, always with the same immense pleasure

[Naima]

Here's a crop of where the Northlands is and also Frosthaven, which is within the northlands.
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Then some random crops of areas I liked.
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Damn that I can't Rep!!!

I love this map ... So detailed and inspiring ... Client must have been very pleased.
I have two questions.... How long did you take to make this and the text, did you use a font or you did draw each letter?
Again Great work of art .

[- JO -]

I love it when you develop a world with maps of different scales: regions, cities, remarkable places! And when it's done with your unbeatable talent, it's really excellent! The map is beautiful! And I have to come back to give it some rep... my list is getting longer

[DanielHasenbos]

This is so cool! I remember your map of Frosthaven being one of the first maps that I came across when I started exploring fantasy cartography. It is one that I still go back to look at from time to time. It's really nice to see how much your style have changed and developed since then. Also, I always thought that the Northlands map showed a much larger area

Anyway, this is a stunning map with tons of tiny details, and I just love all of it! Great job John!

[Eilathen]

Absolutely fantastic! I love stuff like that...expanding the worlds. So thank you for sharing this and also for the close ups for more detail.
That map is just wonderful (yeah, I'm kind of out of words to properly continue to describe your stuff without sounding like a broken record ^^).

Is it a personal setting or is it used in a professional product, do you know?

If i can, I'll Rep. you (but i will most likely need to spread it around for a bit first).

[J.Edward]

I'm going to have to use Dan's backward smile thing (: as there's too many comments to use the normal one.

The city of Frosthaven is still one of my favorite maps ever (if not the favorite), so I’m pretty excited to see another follow-up to this project. And this map is absolutely incredible. Thank you for all those close-ups.

And I have to say that those blue river labels are so amazing!

Cheers,
Karl

Thanks Karl (:
I was really glad to be able to revisit this setting and work with Jim again.
I think Frosthaven will always be one of my favorites as it was one of my first commissioned maps.

Another piece of your goes into my inspiration folder... getting a bit crowded in there with all of your other work. A wonderful piece indeed, and it's cool to here that you get to be a part of such a venerable world-building project.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

Thanks Arsheesh (:
Yeah, I thought that was pretty cool too.

You must be a wizard, because there is magic at work here, fantastic work, John!

Thanks Adfor (:
If I'm a wizard, I'm gonna be a grey wizard. ;P

This is an amazing map! And I love seeing all those tiny details in the crops.
Wolkard's Wall looks interesting. Was it destroyed or never finished?

Thanks Neyasha (:
I believe it was not completed. I wasn't given a ton of info on some areas.

Your work is a joy to savor, as always!

Thanks Jess (:

Very nice work, J. As always. The fine details are always such a pleasure, and your maps have a great ability to draw the viewer into the world.

Wingshaw

Thanks George (:
Perhaps it's due to me sitting so close to my screen and mentally wandering around the scenes.

Great map John! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Bogie (:

This is astounding work ! And let me take my comment on the frame back, it's perfect May I ask the size of this one ? Thanks for sharing John

Thank you Thomas (:
I did some tweaking to the frame after you mentioned that.
So it did get altered and improved.
Full size is around 20 x 25 inches.

Another of your maps to explore, always with the same immense pleasure

Thanks so much Beee (:

Damn that I can't Rep!!!

I love this map ... So detailed and inspiring ... Client must have been very pleased.
I have two questions.... How long did you take to make this and the text, did you use a font or you did draw each letter?
Again Great work of art .

Thanks Stefano (:
I hope Jim was pleased. I think he was.
It took me around two weeks or so, possibly a bit longer.
I used a font. I think it's called Chaucer... https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/volcano/chaucer/

I love it when you develop a world with maps of different scales: regions, cities, remarkable places! And when it's done with your unbeatable talent, it's really excellent! The map is beautiful! And I have to come back to give it some rep... my list is getting longer

Thanks Joel (:
I love being able to do zoomed in or zoomed out versions of maps.
So this was a fun thing to have worked with these three.

This is so cool! I remember your map of Frosthaven being one of the first maps that I came across when I started exploring fantasy cartography. It is one that I still go back to look at from time to time. It's really nice to see how much your style have changed and developed since then. Also, I always thought that the Northlands map showed a much larger area

Anyway, this is a stunning map with tons of tiny details, and I just love all of it! Great job John!

Thanks Dan (:
Yeah, I wasn't aware when I created the Northlands map that it was the size it was.
It still works. Things are just a bit closer together than maybe originally thought.
I guess it's good that we never had a scale on the previous maps.
I think it still works as the northlands are is a bit over 70 miles across.
Northlands.jpg

Absolutely fantastic! I love stuff like that...expanding the worlds. So thank you for sharing this and also for the close ups for more detail.
That map is just wonderful (yeah, I'm kind of out of words to properly continue to describe your stuff without sounding like a broken record ^^).

Is it a personal setting or is it used in a professional product, do you know?

If i can, I'll Rep. you (but i will most likely need to spread it around for a bit first).

Thanks Eilathen (:
It's a personal setting, but they run a campaign over on Obsidian Portal.

[J.Edward]

I thought I'd post these here just for fun.
Zooming in....
Bist Continent by jstevensonIG.png

the the region of the Northlands....
Bist Continent [crop00] by jstevensonIG.png

Where this map sits...
The Northlands by sirinkman.jpg

and then on in to Frosthaven...
Frosthaven 2015 by jstevenson.jpg

I definitely want to do more of this sort of thing.
I have some stuff for Luma that's like this, but not released yet.

[- JO -]

I LOVE that sort of thing !!!!! It give so much life to your world ! (and shows how much more maps you have to draw to cartography the whole world.... )

[Ilanthar]

*insert the list of "awesome" synonyms you prefer here*!
Just incredible work, John. I completely love it. And I also ove that zoom in which connects your related works.

[J.Edward]

I LOVE that sort of thing !!!!! It give so much life to your world ! (and shows how much more maps you have to draw to cartography the whole world.... )

Thanks Joel I want to do this with some of my own story lands.

*insert the list of "awesome" synonyms you prefer here*!
Just incredible work, John. I completely love it. And I also ove that zoom in which connects your related works.

Thanks Ilanthar
I wish i had more connected commissions.
Then I could do more of this.