The Shire

[Ilanthar]

Impressive work, as usual Francesca!

By Abu Lafia
It reminds me of the old illustrated children books.

Very true. I could also easily picture this kind of map as a wall painted map or tapestry.

[arsheesh]

Just incredible! The trees in particular are fabulous. They remind me of Arthur Rackham's work. Of the work you've done so far, this is my favorite. Kudos.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[FrancescaBaerald]

You magnificently captured the feel of this map with the illustrations you provided with the map, stunning work! =)
Sadly I can't rep it at the moment...

Thank you very much Steffen!

Impressive work, as usual Francesca!


Very true. I could also easily picture this kind of map as a wall painted map or tapestry.

Thank you Ilanthar! One day I'd like to print one of my maps on canvas just to see how it turns out

Just incredible! The trees in particular are fabulous. They remind me of Arthur Rackham's work. Of the work you've done so far, this is my favorite. Kudos.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

Thank you Arsheesh! I really love Rackham's work so your comment is much appreciated

[Mouse]

Hey Francesca

I tried printing something on canvas once. It was horrendously expensive and didn't turn out anything like I expected it to. The problem with real canvas is that its really quite bobbly, and the texture has a tendency to ruin the finer details in a hi res image, so unless you printed The Shire on a canvas the size of a wall, you would likely loose all that beautiful detail in your drawings.

Just thought I'd say that before you lashed out on an actual print

If you still decide to give it a go, may I suggest that you enlarge the original by at least a factor of 4, and only get a test corner printed first, just to make sure?

EDIT: also - a little known fact - printed canvases have a terrible tendency to fade to blue if you don't protect them from strong light!

[FrancescaBaerald]

Hey Francesca

I tried printing something on canvas once. It was horrendously expensive and didn't turn out anything like I expected it to. The problem with real canvas is that its really quite bobbly, and the texture has a tendency to ruin the finer details in a hi res image, so unless you printed The Shire on a canvas the size of a wall, you would likely loose all that beautiful detail in your drawings.

Just thought I'd say that before you lashed out on an actual print

If you still decide to give it a go, may I suggest that you enlarge the original by at least a factor of 4, and only get a test corner printed first, just to make sure?

EDIT: also - a little known fact - printed canvases have a terrible tendency to fade to blue if you don't protect them from strong light!

Thank you very much Mouse! Your advices are much appreciated. I really know little about the subject and I will think carefully before invest money in a printed canvas.