Ephram's Fork

[sword peddler]

This is a commissioned piece; a small town with some sort of cult problem. The original one was done on strathemore parchment paper in mostly ink and marker. For this one I wanted to change up how to actual layout of the town was presented, as the order was for a town at a crossroads but the sizing was for a vertical half page. So I did the top part as a layout of the town, and the bottom has all the actual buildings and such. It was just something I wanted to give a go, and the publisher was happy.
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Here is a sort of before / after picture. On the left is the original image, with the goofed legend and whatnot. You can see where I was unhappy with the shape of some numbers, so I re did them off to the side and then used GIMP to add them back in over the crappy ones. The map on the right is a print out of the final version; I usually up the contrast and screw around with level settings to give the map more pop when it goes into the book. Blacks blacker, etc.
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Thanks for looking!

[Tom]

Very Nice!! I like the unconventional format and layout, also nice color palette!
very original!

[sword peddler]

Very Nice!! I like the unconventional format and layout, also nice color palette!
very original!

Thanks! Yeah the goal was definitely to try a new way of presenting the town, with the size constraints.

[tilt]

looking good, like the three-way-split thingy - very nice idea

[Ilanthar]

Nice map and original concept, Ephram.

[Ilgoth]

I like it! Very nice change from most of the works here. Good color balance as well.