Mollyswharfe city map

[ChickPea]

It seems my maps are like the buses...nothing for ages and then two at once.

I made my first city map recently for the July challenge. I used a generator for the buildings, and it was so easy to work with. I wanted to try making another, because I enjoyed the process a lot. I tried with the generator again, but then I started tweaking and messing about and it just wasn't working for me, so I binned it and started again from scratch. I suppose that makes this my first real city map?

There are probably a ton of mistakes and things I didn't think about (which I'll be happy to have pointed out to me!), but on the whole I quite like the result. It was a lot of fun to work on. My thinking was that it started out as a small defensive settlement at the confluence of two rivers, and it spread out from there as times became more peaceful and prosperous, and it's now a small port & trade city.

Made in Affinity Designer, with some grunging up in Affinity Photo.

If anything seems awry, or you have thoughts on what could be better, I'd love to hear them. Thanks!