Temple of the King - a mapvember map

**Meton** · 01-17-2019, 06:54 AM

Hi!

This is a small map I drew in November last year, inspired by the Mapvember prompt list circulating in Instagram. This was quite quick map, maybe a couple of hours, but it ended up nicely and I thought I'd post it here too. I have not made much maps in this scale, and it was a fun to draw and I think I'd like to make more maps with this style in the future. I tried to focus on drawind in stead of planning, but afterwards I think I should have used more time to the lettering of the legend box, the texts doesn't look very good. I also wanted to test how the hachuring effect used in topography would work together with other elements, and I think that test was successful. I tried also to make the paper a bit old by painting it with coffee - the effect is not very strong but it was fun

The map is hand drawn with Micron pens, and it's about 12 x 17 cm in size.

I appreciate if you have some comments or feedback how to improve maps with this style!

The new king was certain he descended from gods, or perhaps was a god himself. Thus, he thought it was necessary to build a temple, so the common people could come to worship him. He found a perfect place for the temple from an old fortress standing on a hill near the picturesque village of Little Dufferton. The king built a grandiose temple in the fortress, and a high tower for himself to live in. He also built a new entrance to the fortress, which included a bridge over the lake he renamed King's Water, and a stairway to the hilltop.

The king was overthrown after a few years, but the temple still stands for later generations to wonder.