WIP New Avalon - steampunk commission

[- Max -]

Hi all,

So, after Dragonsmouth, here's New Avalon, the second city map commissioned by Silverhold Studios for their kickstarter setting Eternity : Steel and Steam, planned to be launched early 2014. As usual I'm starting with the buildings blocks layout.

New Avalon map1.jpg

[- Max -]

Added colors and worked on a few details. For the sake of consistency, backgrounds and frames will be the same on all the city maps of the commission.

New Avalon map2.jpg

[Leord]

Really nice, I like it!

[Lyandra]

I really like this style. Another wonderful map in the making Max.

[- Max -]

Thanks Leord and Lyandra! Updated with all floating islands filled, bridges and chains that connect islands each other and to the "surface" below, a few extra details and district borders added.

New Avalon map3.jpg

[Lingon]

Great as always, i personally don't like the style of the buildings' edges very much, but the frame and the cartouche and the parchment texture are beautiful I don't know how much freedom you have, but a thing that occurred to me was that some shadow would help with showing that the islands float. It might look a bit corny, but maybe worth trying?

[- Max -]

Yes indeed I'll give it a shot to see how it goes. About the buildings, maybe it's because those are mostly blocks rather than individual ones? Or personnal tastes...

[- Max -]

A few changes onthe map : tweaked a few minor stuff after discussion with the client and added skytrain lines. I also tried some deeper shadows on the floating islands but the client prefered the lighter ones.

New Avalon map4.jpg

[xotoxi]

Looks awesome!

[- Max -]

The map is now finished and you can take a look at it there. Thanks for the comments!