Hey Kai, I find this resource (Medieval demographics made easy) to be a really useful tool for estimating settlement sizes and working out how large a settlement should be to support a given population. From a quick count of the number of buildings, I would estimate this settlement to be in the 1000 - 2000 population range, putting it down the small end of towns as defined by this document.
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Urbanization is a huge debate in the field of history... Population size is just one factor in many cases for the definition. Monument types (religious buildings, palaces, etc.), administrative functions, population density (particularly in relation to the surrounding rural region), written record, wealth differences, and specialization of crafts. So, depending on how many of these factors a settlement possesses the degree of urbanization for the settlement would change.
However, this just helps in defining urbanism, not exactly classifying town vs city.
That pdf is amazing though and definitely getting added to my inspiration folder.
Playing around with linework for horses. This is my first attempt. There's quite a number of things to fine tune.
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Thought I'd share a recent thumbnail I did in preparation for the this month's Lite Mapping Challenge. My shading technique needs more work.
Nice! This is a method that requires a lot of patience and a certain amount of love for forests...
This past month I participated in a variant of Inktober, 31 Day Worldbuild, by using (dip) pen and ink in a 1 inch map format. Here is the prompt list:
And this my interpretation thereof:
Day 28 (frozen fjord) is a total bust as i made flowing river instead of a frozen one. So it goes.
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