Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 11

Thread: Two handdrawn maps: Welg and Gondor

  1. #1
    Guild Apprentice Eochaid's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Paris, France
    Posts
    32

    Map Two handdrawn maps: Welg and Gondor

    Hi everyone!
    After a long time without mapping, two new maps...

    I'm trying my hand to nib pen drawing. I made two maps in two different styles, the first one is a part of my fantasy world, Omyar, the second is a map of Gondor, inspired by the one found in the very nice "Atlas of Middle Earth" of Karen Wynn Fonstad. It's mainly a mean of practicing and trying new styles... so comments are welcome (and requested)!
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Welg.jpeg 
Views:	1172 
Size:	1.65 MB 
ID:	48106   Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Gondor.jpeg 
Views:	10462 
Size:	3.55 MB 
ID:	48105  
    Last edited by Eochaid; 09-10-2012 at 04:25 AM.

  2. #2

  3. #3
    Guild Journeyer LindaJeanne's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    On a small world west of wonder
    Posts
    199

    Default

    Very nice!

  4. #4
    Guild Journeyer
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Dover, NH USA
    Posts
    165

    Default

    Karen Wynn Fonstad lives?!

    Somewhere she is smiling at your mimicry. Well done. I love the font too!

    Question for the River Police: The Entwade River as it approaches it's confluence with the Anduin River splits into several other rivers, is this possible? Or did Tolkien make a Physical Geographical impossibility? I was always curious about this and wondering if the River Police could weigh in on it.

  5. #5
    Professional Artist Facebook Connected Schwarzkreuz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Leipzig/Berlin
    Posts
    1,636

    Default

    Very nice lines. I like how you interpret the original styles into your own maps. Its interesting to see how people adapt things.

  6. #6

    Default

    These look very nice indeed.

    Cheers,
    -Arsheesh

  7. #7
    Guild Apprentice Eochaid's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Paris, France
    Posts
    32

    Default

    Thanks everyone for your kind words...

    Galendae: regarding to the confluence Entwade/Anduin, my guess is that it is some sort of marshy confluence, like a delta but into the Anduin. Anduin is sure large enough, and the land at that location very flat, so I don't think it is completely impossible. The scale seems a bit too much though. I guess a little marsh-texture like in the Nindalf would be good to add.

  8. #8

    Default

    Very nice, hand drawn is right up my alley.
    The font looks great.

  9. #9
    Guild Novice
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Arizona
    Posts
    13

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Galendae View Post
    Karen Wynn Fonstad lives?!

    Somewhere she is smiling at your mimicry. Well done. I love the font too!

    Question for the River Police: The Entwade River as it approaches it's confluence with the Anduin River splits into several other rivers, is this possible? Or did Tolkien make a Physical Geographical impossibility? I was always curious about this and wondering if the River Police could weigh in on it.
    Yes it is possible. It's more common at coastal borders, but not impossible. The scale here is larger than any I've seen in reality, but then I haven't been in areas with real rivers except to pass through.

  10. #10

    Default

    Nice work! Those are beautiful maps.

    I never took the scale of the Entwade/Anduin confluence too literally. And I agree that it's probably meant to be more of a marshy confluence than a series of established channels. Maybe even an Alaskan-style braided river?

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •