*** August 09 Challenge - Create a city map for Kaidan (sponsored) ***

[Redrobes]

From Gamerprinter:

Actually if you designed for an 11" x 17" at 300 ppi, it might ideal for my needs

So that would be 3300 x 5100 to be a perfect fit for him. Oh and I should point out that you can post a half size or quarter size one as WIPs or whatever and give him the biggy at the end.

[WidowMakers]

From Gamerprinter:

So that would be 3300 x 5100 to be a perfect fit for him. Oh and I should point out that you can post a half size or quarter size one as WIPs or whatever and give him the biggy at the end.

Thank you very much. Now that I have that all figured out, I can start the simple task of creating a very elaborate and complex map for the first time ever. Woo Hoo.


EDIT: I apologize. I completely missed this question being answered on the first page. I need to open my eyes first.

[mmmmmpig]

...Now that I have that all figured out, I can start the simple task of creating a very elaborate and complex map for the first time ever. Woo Hoo.

Absolutely Brilliant

[Gamerprinter]

About that stream, when I originally created for Tanaka's Challenge, I imagined a mountain higher behind the castle, which I didn't put in this map. So just take that elevated section section where the Samurai district is and remove it altogether. The bottom of the hill is the start of the samurai district.

I will update the map reference to reflect that.

GP

[Gamerprinter]

Since Immolate is working with a bridge to cross the river, and there are some questions regarding that, I thought I'd post a couple more reference pieces of bridges to help in the decision. In case anyone else is thinking "bridges", this might help them too.

While I know for sure that there existed "man-made islands" basically free standing piers with buildings on top, then connected to the city via small bridges and one large bridge reaching the other side, I'm not sure of "London Bridge" types with actual permanent homes built on river crossing bridges existed in Japan.

However, remember this is not Japan, and I am not opposed to something like that appearing in a city of two of Kaidan.

Still I"ve found two Ukiyo-e prints of Japanese bridges. The first one shows how far a bridge will cross a wide expanse of water, and its quite wide to be sure. The second image, though a night-time painting, shows potentially how wide such bridges were, and it looks wider than two carts passing, so that's something to consider also. (Note: those are fire works being shot in the air, in the second bridge reference.)

GP

[mmmmmpig]

I am betting that this one is going to be super fun to watch. The different styles that will present themselves will be amazing.

[Redrobes]

I look at the boards using the quick links latest posts and I saw the Oten Jo city as part of the challenge from somebody and I thought I only just looked at the Oten Jo entry. There doesn't seem to be many other people making any other cities this month....

I hope everyone else here is not as dose as me.

[Ascension]

I'm doing three cities, two continents, and one regional map right now...plus a city tut. I might get some time by the end of the month to get something started but probably not finished.

[armoredgear7]

I've gotta say, this has really piqued my interest – I've never done a city map before. I'm going to have to wrap my head around the scale involved here, having never mapped more than a few buildings together.

Determining what level of detail I can put in the houses at that size will also be tricky... I'm going to have to do some print tests.

[Flaterectomy]

I had begun to at least try and participate in this one, but the preferred size of the image slows my system down so much that it's just no fun to work on. Meep!

Another reason to invest in a new machine.