City of Bladewater [commission]

[Obbehobbe]

Awesome work!

[Sapiento]

Great map!

[J.Edward]

Wow J.Edward, another fantastic map! I love how you made the different buildings bend and twist in some spots Usually I don't see buildings do that on a city map so it is nice to see that somewhere in that city is a crazy architect who is not afraid to make buildings that aren't square or rectangle.

I also like the way you made the docks look, and the market, and the administratum, and the city walls, and...well...I just love everything about this city. Very well done sir!

Thanks Tony. haha, I would be that crazy architect.

The amount of detail and line work, beautiful as always. And of course the functionality of it all with placement of buildings and areas carefully made. Really nice.

Thanks Barek

A really beautiful piece, so much detail but so clean, really nice job.

Thank you snodsy

Amazing job !!!

Thanks kosmic

Beautiful as always.

Thanks GWN

What strikes me is how well ordained it is. I have the impression that this fortified city is not only rich, not only powerful, but also old and proud. The power there must be well secured in order to have such a flourishing market outside the gates! Amazing!

Thanks so much Elterio. The little market outside the gate was my suggestion - i was thinking that with only one gate to the city, there would be a line outside to get in. They would be checking everything at the gate and that security would slow things down, so a small tent town outside the gates might spring up as people always had to wait. Eventually some trading and selling would start to happen as some people would not want to wait if they could just sell outside the gate.
In fairness to the client, it was my suggestion.

What can I say.. another awesome piece of work.
You'd think the red text like that would be hurtful on the eyes on a black and white map, but actually it fits quite nicely.

Thanks Josiah. I just wanted that text to really stand out against all the details.

Has anyone told you it looks like the Millennium Falcon?

Haha, no, but I had thought that myself. It was unintentional, but it does look like that all the same.

Amazing!
I should say as usual but each time it's a unique piece of art!

Thank you Fol2dol

Awesome work!

Thanks Obbe

Great map!

Thanks Sap

[carlsson]

Wow. Just wow!

[ThomasR]

Bulky but lovely ! Man, you know how to pack your maps

[ladiestorm]

J.Edward, you never cease to amaze me with your maps! This one is dizzying!!! In a good way, of course . I especially love the cliffside, and that little trail down to the river's edge! That's a really cool detail in such a large map!!!

I'm going to be starting my own city map soon enough (my very first), and I'm hoping you will come and help me out with it when I do! I will certainly need your expertise!!!

[Sanderling]

This is absolutely astounding. I love the clean lines, the simple shapes that all coalesce into a magnificent design. This is one of my favorite city maps to appear in the Guild for a long while. Very nicely done, indeed.

And yes, my first impression was the Millennium Falcon.

[Warlin]

Just amazing and beautifull. If you don't mind sharing with us some of your work progress : do you use vector tool to draw your city building ?

[Ilanthar]

Great map again! I just don't know how you manage to put so much details in a city map... I do the quarter of this, and I'm already exhausted .

[arsheesh]

Yet another incredible piece! Your work never ceases to inspire J. Out of curiosity, how much of the details of the map (i.e. its layout, districts major features etc) were given to you as specs, and how much was purely your own design? Did the client provide you with a reference map, or just notes? I'm just curious I guess how you approach a commissioned project of a city of this scale.

EDIT:...and as per usual, I'm out of rep...

Cheers,
-Arsheesh