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    Map Stromwold

    Done for a private client; a world covered by demonic clouds, with the last outposts withdrawn to the high peaks and airships travelling across cloud paths.
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    Great job on this - possibly one of my favorite B&W maps ever. The horizontal + vertical effect repeated over and over again with the clouds and mountains is great.

    Right into my inspiration folder.

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    Great job Wired. I really like the mountains. reminds me a bit of Jared Blando style. Really nice.
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    Super nice map ! I love how readable it is, with towns and roads easy to identify over that incredible background.
    I just don't want to imagine how much time you needed to draw all those clouds !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diamond View Post
    Great job on this - possibly one of my favorite B&W maps ever. The horizontal + vertical effect repeated over and over again with the clouds and mountains is great.

    Right into my inspiration folder.
    Thank you, Diamond! That's high praise!
    Quote Originally Posted by Voolf View Post
    Great job Wired. I really like the mountains. reminds me a bit of Jared Blando style. Really nice.
    Thanks, Voolf. Those were indeed inspired by Jared's mountain style as I thought these less harsh forms would mix better with the cloud cover.
    Quote Originally Posted by MistyBeee View Post
    Super nice map ! I love how readable it is, with towns and roads easy to identify over that incredible background.
    I just don't want to imagine how much time you needed to draw all those clouds !
    Actually not really that much time; it's a lot of simple forms, then you simply select them all, contract the selction by one pixel and fill it with white.

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    That's a very neat map. Well done. I like the idea behind it as well.

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    It's just excellent! I love it . I can't help myself to think how it would look colored, though (and I confess I indeed see it colored with Jared Blando's palette somehow).

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    A slightly different style from you usual but as good looking

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    Quote Originally Posted by Falconius View Post
    That's a very neat map. Well done. I like the idea behind it as well.
    Thank you!
    Quote Originally Posted by Ilanthar View Post
    It's just excellent! I love it . I can't help myself to think how it would look colored, though (and I confess I indeed see it colored with Jared Blando's palette somehow).
    Well, you know how it is. Me and desarurated styles rarely go well together.
    Quote Originally Posted by ThomasR View Post
    A slightly different style from you usual but as good looking
    Thank you, Thomas!

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    Great work on this Wired, this is a lovely piece. There's a lot of line work going on in this piece, but nothing feels chaotic or cluttered, and everything is actually very easy to read. Great job! (:

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