Trans Amahara Oromo

[Troy Grice]

Hello,

Found this site and fell in love. Amazing artistry, here.

Having been commissioned to novelize an independent, post-apocalyptic sci fi film “Crumbs”, I decided that the novel needed a map in order to explain all the geographical places visited in the odyssey.

The setting is mostly in the Federal Democratic Republic of Trans Amhara Oromo which is a small, fictional country located in east Africa on the Gulf of Amar. Formerly a European colony, the Amhara Oromans fought for and won their independence from Belgium in 1983.

Here’s a draft version of it that I’ve been working on… any constructive feedback from the talented artists here would be much appreciated:

AmharaOromo.jpg

[ChickPea]

Hi Troy, welcome to the Guild. I've moved your post to a WIP folder, rather than Finished Maps, since you say it's a draft and you're looking for feedback.

[biwaka]

Looks really interesting, i really like the mountains but the cities could be a bit darker so that there is more contrast.

[Troy Grice]

Started with a picture of a concrete floor, saved as gray scale:
20161224_144548.jpg
Inked in the mountains, rivers, scanned:
AmharaOromoLevel1.jpg
Began cleaned up with gimp and added labels:
AmharaOromo170101.png

[Ilanthar]

Interesting style. I'm curious to see more.