Trevisto

[ThomasR]

Hi fellows,

A map I finished yesterday for a private tabletop RPG party. It's supposed to be a handout from a rich merchant showing the lands around Trevisto, a Venice like city sitting in the middle of a marshland. I hope I correctly gave that "from the world" feeling and that my golden border looks golden enough. The client seems satisfied (and I'm too) so, that's pretty good for now.

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© Thomas REY - All rights reserved - 2017

As always feel free to tell me what you think of it. Critics are welcome.

Cheers !

EDIT : I changed the file as I had forgotten two labels ...

[Wingshaw]

Wow that's really good, Thomas. I really like the consistent colour palette.

Wingshaw

[Tom]

Very nice Thomas! I like the forests and the parchment!

[J.Edward]

Beautiful work Thomas
And splendid colors.
Some text is harder to read than it should be, but is still readable.

[Mouse]

Beautiful work, Thomas

Ow! Your hands must be hurting after all those tiny little marsh symbols!

[ThomasR]

Wow that's really good, Thomas. I really like the consistent colour palette.

Wingshaw

Thanks Wingshaw !

Very nice Thomas! I like the forests and the parchment!

Grazie Mille Tommaso ! The parchment was real fun to make (thanks to Max and J.Edward for inspiring me to do my owns BTW) and the forest same out with a good color so I'm happy.

Beautiful work Thomas
And splendid colors.
Some text is harder to read than it should be, but is still readable.

Thanks a lot John ! About the text, it wasn't easy. I was reluctant to add outer glow or a light trace around the labels. As the map needs to have a "from the world" vibe, I looked at real ancient maps and saw that labels were either cluttered in details or that the artist made room around them and I was reluctant to erase the linework. I added a light yellow glow and printed the real size piece and it came out ok so, all is good but labeling is a real problem on such busy pieces.

Beautiful work, Thomas

Ow! Your hands must be hurting after all those tiny little marsh symbols!

Thanks a lot Sue but I cheated a little. Many of those tiny symbols are clones, I've got a pretty decent symbol cloning facility around here

[- JO -]

Beautiful work! It is really your style that asserts itself and one recognizes in the line, in the mountains, the choice of colors ... and I really like all that! I do not know what freedom you have in disposing of land, sea and other elements, but the result is very balanced and, I think, fairly consistent. There is indeed a large surface of mountains, but, graphically, it adds much to the whole ... Can I ask you how long you spent on this beautiful piece ?

[ChickPea]

Lovely work with beautiful colouring. Your parchment is fantastic!

[FrancescaBaerald]

Wonderful map! Love the colours

[Ilanthar]

A very fine map, Thomas! The city of Trevisto is gorgeous, and I concur with the others about the colors. I also like your mountains : they really act as a strong "wall".