WIP: Waterdeep (commission, for Leopardi)

[Wingshaw]

This thread is for my latest city map WIP, a re-imagining of the city of Waterdeep. This map was commissioned by Leopardi (original request thread here). I'm making this map in the same style as Pyrus (WIP here; finished map here), but hope to be able to complete it more efficiently and quickly, and avoid some of the mistakes I made last time.

Below is my initial sketch, including the layout of the city. This is a much more challenging city than Pyrus, but I think it is already off to a good start. Comments are welcome, as always.

Architecturally, Pyrus was primarily inspired by central Italy; here, I have been told the architecture can be a blend of Italian and German (something like Lombardy) so I am thinking of using the cities of Milan and Rome as my main reference points. That said, there are many diverse cultures/races here, and so a number of architectural forms will be attempted. Happy for input from Leopardi and anyone else about this.

@Leopardi: if I have questions/comments for you, I will post them either in this thread, or email them to you directly. Feel free to do the same to reach me.

THW