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Districts of Demona and Gnalobo. Black Ink on Paper
This is beautiful, love the illustrations, very well done, with the ships and warring armies and the top runner! Great job
I'm echoing everything Snodsay said! It's another gorgeous piece. I'd encourage you to post your work in the Finished Maps folder, as not everyone will know it's here otherwise. Your maps are so beautiful that they deserve wider recognition in the Guild, and it's easy to overlook maps that are only posted in an album.
Yes, I will agree with ChickPea on that, Francesca - posting them to finished maps will get a lot more people to see them. I'm still going to post this to the Guild's FB page, but Finished Maps thread is the way to go.
Thank you for your comments and suggestions! I didn't know about the Finished Map thread. I will start sharing some of my maps as soon as possible.
Very nice work! Is there a story behind it? I would love to hear it!
Thank you very much Nikooos This is a map I've done for the italian RPG KataKumbas. It is probably the oldest Italian RPG. Its name means, in ancient Greek, “near the caverns” and it is a fantasy game, set in an alternate Medieval Italy, in a country called Laětia (an anagram of “Italia”). This map in particular shows two districts, Demona and Gnalobo (anagrams of the real cities of Modena and Bologna). There's an adventure that takes place in these two cities and I had the pleasure to draw the map for it. I've also included some details that are characteristic of these places. In particular you'll find that the lord riding the horse in the low left corner is holding a bucket. This is a reference of a popular story written by A.Tassoni in which the people living in Modena stole the bucket from the tower in Bologna. You may read all about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_secchia_rapita
Very interesting! Thanks for the info!
You're welcome
This is incredible! I love the little dudes in the corners.
