Eichenstein - hand-drawn city map

[Neyasha]

It's been ages since I last posted here. I had some serious creative block and a lot of stress at work since the start of the pandemic. I always struggle with perfectionism, with overthinking everything and aside from that with a fear of writing in English (so I also stopped commenting on other maps).
But I really want to get back into mapmaking and worldbuilding - and hopefully having fun without overthinking every little aspect. So I decided to rework an old map to minimize the fear of the "blank page".

This was the original map from around 2002:
Thoronkarte_klein.jpg

I just wanted to draw the same map in a different style but instead I also changed the layout of the map. Eichenstein is a city that developed from an old hillfort and the new version of the map is heavily inspired by the Heuneburg:
eichenstein_wip2.jpg

eichenstein_wip4.jpg

Over the Easter weekend I finished the inking:
eichenstein_wip6.jpg

I will now start to colour it with coloured pencils.
Any comments will be welcome, although it might be too late to incorporate them in this map.

[Greason Wolfe]

Great to see you making your way back. I totally understand that "over thinking" thing. I have the same problem on a regular basis. Your rework of this map is looking good so far.

[J.Edward]

It's looking good, Neyasha
I like the new layout.

[KaiAeon]

So do I. It looks natural.

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[Neyasha]

Thanks so much for your nice comments!

I totally understand that "over thinking" thing. I have the same problem on a regular basis.

It can be really annoying. Sometimes I'm questioning every decision I'm making (Does this house look good? Does it make sense to have a river over there? Why do these hills look so strange? and so on ...).

[Larb]

The layout has a really nice flow to it. And you can definitely get a sense of the old hillfort in the layout.

[Arimel]

This looks really good. I can't wait to see the colored version!

[Neyasha]

Thanks, I'm glad you like the map!

I worked a little bit on the colouring this afternoon on my balcony, but so far I'm not so sure about it.
(Next time I'll post a better picture)

balkon_april02.jpg

[Neyasha]

Yesterday I finished the colouring. There are some parts I need to retouch and perhaps I'll add a legend.

eichenstein_klein.jpg

[wminish]

This is looking really good so far, I really like your colour selection.