Aw, thank you so much Kacey! Be assured that your wip's have always been a great source of inspiration for me (not only colour wise), so i'm really glad it appeals to you.
Thanks a lot Chris, i'm experimenting for some time now with this angle and have to say it's the piece i'm the most satisfied with so far. The main part of it was the hand drawing with pen and regarding this, i feel like i'm still "in den Kinderschuhen" (in children's boots) and there's so much to learn from you and others.
Haha yes, battle by battle my nemesis is driven back! XD Thanks a lot for the feedback Thomas. The ocean has no own texturing. It's just a plain blueish layer set to multiply above the background parchment. I thought about doing some dotted drawing of the coastal waters too, but feared to mess it all up. I also come more and more to the point to think that not every map needs a compass, especially after my pc crashed just after i finished my last (pretty cool one actually...sniff). I think even more so with iso perspective maps, since for them the compass has to be "iso" too (and there are some absolutely magnificent examples of it!) but in my view this type of compass alters the character of the whole composition and so it really needs to fit in. In this case i thought it wouldn't fit, although i'm really looking forward to do an iso map with a respective compass one day...
Thank you John! Your work is such a great source of inspiration when drawing these types of maps. I have no copy of Smith's books yet, but the 5 volume collection is already on my wish list. Gladly his works are mostly in the public domain,so i can look up some of his rather distinguished vocabulary to translate it while listening. XD I felt my maps look sometimes a bit too empty besides the mountains and forests and this is another step to tie these elements more to the landscape by adding more "filling" details.
Thanks Chashio, much appreciated! :-)
Thank you Wired, i'm glad you like it!
Many, many, many ... just many thanks Mouse! :-D
Thanks a lot snodsy, greatly appreciated! I try my best to share more maps in the future, but i think i'll never reach your unbelievable level of high-class-map output. XD
... i knew there'd be problems with too many smileys! §BD