Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: Megan Lindholm's World

  1. #1
    Professional Artist Crooty's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    Posts
    12

    Map Megan Lindholm's World

    This is a map that was commissioned about two years ago for Megan Lindholm's (aka Robin Hobb) website. However, only a small part of it was finally used on the site when it was updated at the beginning of last November (she ended up using a wordpress template, it was easier for her to update). Anyway it was fun to do, and a great honour to work for someone I admire so much!

    On the WIP file you can see part of the mapping process (actually these are the previews I sent to Megan for comments / critiques).

    Some parts are modelled after the real world, can you guess which and where?

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	ML_Map_flat_4800.jpg 
Views:	484 
Size:	4.50 MB 
ID:	21813 Click image for larger version. 

Name:	ML_Map_WIP_all_800.jpg 
Views:	274 
Size:	864.2 KB 
ID:	21814
    Check out my deviantArt gallery!

  2. #2
    Community Leader Facebook Connected torstan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Posts
    4,199

    Default

    Wow, that's an excellent commission. I love the books.

    Is this all hand drawn? The coastlines top right are lovely.

  3. #3
    Professional Artist Crooty's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    Posts
    12

    Default

    Yup, all done by hand. I used a real-world model for the coastline you mentioned... ;-)
    Check out my deviantArt gallery!

  4. #4
    Guild Expert Ramah's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Nottinghamshire
    Posts
    1,414
    Blog Entries
    4

    Default

    Beautiful map, Crooty. Great stuff.
    Royal: I'm very sorry for your loss, your mother was a terribly attractive woman.


    My Cartographer's Guild maps: Finished Maps


    More maps viewable at my DeviantArt page: Ramah-Palmer DeviantArt

  5. #5

    Default

    Very nice work Crooty, thanks for sharing.

    Cheers,

    -Arsheesh

  6. #6
    Guild Apprentice Matrim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Groningen, NL
    Posts
    30

    Default

    Wow! I wish I got to work for one of the great minds of fantasy! I envy you..

    One point of critique however, to me the perspective is somewhat distorted. My eyes tell me that the snow lies in a valley, and the rivers lie on mountain-ridges, so I have to force my mind to see where the light is supposed to come from. Original, but counterintuitive.
    Doodle it.

  7. #7
    Professional Artist Crooty's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    Posts
    12

    Default

    You're right, I always thought it was more logical to have the light of the sun coming from the South (Northern Hemisphere) but now I looked at an official map of the Swiss Alps and the light comes from the North...
    Check out my deviantArt gallery!

  8. #8

  9. #9
    Professional Artist Crooty's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    Posts
    12

    Default

    No, no hablo español there... ;-)
    What did you have in mind?

    Look further South...
    Check out my deviantArt gallery!

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

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