West of the Mountain Sea

[ThomasR]

Kudos for all those mountains.
I am glad you had such a nice commissioner.

Thanks Rafal, Alice was indeed a delight to work with.

That certainly is a large mountain range! Love your colors and style as always!

Thanks a lot Arimel

That is a lot of out mountains! Very pleasing to the eye. I kind of agree with you on the labels messing with the hand-drawn feel of it all, but it's by no means a huge issue. And you're rightfully proud of the border, it came out great!

They are legion but they do look good don't they ? Thanks a lot for the border, Kell, this is a part that's not really my forte. I'm drooling over MistyBeee's and John's fabulous border but I lack both the talent and the drive to go that way

I really love your coastlines! The whole piece is awesome but the coastal work is the icing on the cake for me. Always struggled with decent coasts in the few maps I drew back years ago. As I said, really enjoy the whole thing though! Great work!

Thanks a lot SPS, if you have any question on how I did them, I'd love to try and answer.

Wonderfull map!!! <3

Merci tout plein Olivier

Those colours immediately caught my attention. Good choices!
Choosing legibility over artistry can be a tough choice but usually tends to be the right call, as it is here. But out of curiosity, do you have a hand written version?

Thanks Rochnan. Unfortunately my my handwriting is a mess and I just tried handwritten fonts but they did not blend in. I made one good enough attempt (in my opinion) of a home font here.

Thomas did this lovely map for me, and I just wanted to pop in and share the original reference image I shared (I will spare you all the long, long scenario doc) so you can appreciate how much Thomas did. I've always liked maps and admired the work on this forum but I have to admit it took me a rather long time to think "oh wow...I could commission one...for myself!"

I also feel I must apologize again for the mountains. I never meant for them to be so dense and impose so much work on Thomas though I think they lend a great effect. They are, I think, a testament to Thomas' skill and perseverance. Thanks again for the lovely map!

Thanks a lot for your lovely words Alice In the end the mountains looked good and gave a lot of character to the map so, this was the way to go so, really no need to apologize, plus they only took 10 to 12 hours to complete and believe me, I've had worse !

Truly beautiful work. The current map I've been working on has a fair few mountains in it, and this map.... Gives me strength, I think.

Thanks UGE, I'm glad I can give you strength (hope ?).

Behold the impassable mountain range !
Great work, Thomas, your own mix of good inspirations and your art skills do marvels .

Merci Julien, they're really impassable. And you make me blush, coquin