So many excellent entries - I limited myself to 2 although I really wanted to vote for more.
Typically when I vote on these I like to provide my reasons and I'll try to do so now (I'm going to just use names of artists so I don't have to type so much):
-JO- : I love this map, it just looks like it's edible. The coasts are all cliffs and that's not all that common but all in all the entire thing just has a fabulous feel to it. I voted for this one.
Adfor : You gotta love it when someone goes full on traditional and pulls it off so well. This is so good. If I could change one thing it would be to chill out the roads because I don't care for those orange lines. I think they take away from the absolute beauty of the mountains and forests you painstakingly painted. Still, this also got my vote.
Antoine.L: This is another lovely map and I like the way it gives you the feeling of totally floating in air even down to the border elements. If I hadn't limited myself this would have been another of my votes.
Bogie: Once again Bogie puts out a map you can take into your game world and use as a battlemap. There ought to be an award for usefulness! The only thing I don't care for here is that hideous yellow/green marble flooring, if it was my manor I'd have had them change that out. Love all your details.
Dimension Door: This is incredible and I love the shadows on the street. Great work, very professional and this could totally be an illustration for a book. This would be another I would have voted for if I hadn't limited myself to just 2.
Ifrix : Love those fall trees. This makes me feel like a child again for some reason. It also reminds me of playing video games when I was a kid so good job on capturing that. I also like the impressionist feeling I get from those trees.
Ilanthar: This is another excellent entry and no wonder (now that I voted and see the positioning) you are doing so well. I like how you always have these nice border icons and informationals. Your borders are so good I almost feel like the map needs more pop or something but again, you have a fabulous entry well deserving of the votes. I almost voted for this myself.
Kellerica : I would go so far as to say you have the best land shapes of anyone in the contest. I struggle with this myself so I am being honest in saying I envy them. Great start, and I'll hope to see you finish it eventually.
Kilo11: This really looks like an epic journey being spilled out and I think you capture that better than any of the others did. A solid entry.
Levtrona : When you open this up it could be a piece of geometric wall art and is unlike anything else in the contest.
Tiana : This screams midnight circus to me. It's a bit over-blue for my eyes but I dig the spectral feel. Not sure if that was what you were going for, if so, you totally nailed it.
Wingshaw : I want to get those little boats. This looks like a good start to something special. Hope to see the end result if you continue with it.
I know voting isn't always fair and could change day by day based on what's been going on with the voters so take whatever I say with a grain of salt. One has to come up with some arbitrary way of determining which ones to vote for so there you have mine.
I really think that most of these are excellent and are the reason the guild has the best and coolest maps coming in all the time.
Best regards and happy painting!
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