City of Bladewater [commission]

[mearrin69]

Totally amazing map. Have some rep.
M

[SoyaDokio]

I like it very much,thanks a lot~

[Abu Lafia]

Another (massive) piece to love. Thanks for sharing John!

[Robulous]

Round cities can be tricky, that looks great.

[Ilgoth]

Well done J.Ed! I like those small yards inside the "district blocks", cozy. Amazing linework.

[J.Edward]

Again, I am late in responding - my apologies.

Wow. Just wow!

Thanks Carlsson

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

Thanks Thomas. Haha, it is a bit bulky. This one did have a lot that needed to be added.

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!!!

Thanks ladiestorm. I will go check threads today and seek out your city map. I love adding little paths and out of the way things like that.
it's the sort of thing I would look for if visiting a city. Little nooks and special places.

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.

Thanks so much Sanderling haha, yep, it does look like it.

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 ?

Thanks Warlin. No vector tools, just loads of free hand drawing.
Maybe there's a technique I don't know of, but doing it free hand is the fastest way for me to do this. And also, to get the level of variation that I want as well.

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.

Haha, thanks Ilanthar Well, I just do what I do.

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

Thanks arsheesh. I was not given a ref map. I was given some text description, but was mostly free to lay it out as I saw fit.
Mostly the client gave me general direction on a circ city, walled districts, their name and purpose, and then a few specific locations.
With something this large, I try to balance the look and feel of multi-purpose buildings... like close shops that would have living above on upper floors.
So in some sense, I am sort of envisioning whether buildings I'm drawing are one, two, or more levels.
I do that to make sure I have enough living quarters for the amount of people I think would be in a city.
Hopefully that is helpful. If not, just ask any further questions, and I'll try to answer them.

Totally amazing map. Have some rep.
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Thanks Mearrin

I like it very much,thanks a lot~

Thank you SoyaDokio

Another (massive) piece to love. Thanks for sharing John!

Haha, thanks Abu

Round cities can be tricky, that looks great.

Thanks Rob and yes, they can be tricky. They are not my favorite to do, mainly as it is a bit contrived since cities are rarely round.
But it does make for a visually interesting city, most times.

Well done J.Ed! I like those small yards inside the "district blocks", cozy. Amazing linework.

Thanks Ilgoth