The Town of Dullvo
Hello everyone,
Lately I have been working on this map. I was encouraged to do this map after following the WIP thread of tainotims City of Hills and the style was greatly inspired by the city in Max's map of Vardenia & Urenia. I toyed with the idea of doing a city map for a while but never came any further than quick sketches.
It is the first city map that I have done and it is also the first time I used pen and ink for a map. I'm quite happy with how it turned out, though there are some things I would definitely do different for a next map. One of the major mistakes I made was that I did not plan anything for this map and just went with the flow. In the end I realised I had not drawn any recognizable elements which made labeling feel quite unnatural. Also the drawing style for the grass is not consistent throughout the map. This is because I was not sure what would be the best way and decided to try out some different styles. I'm sure perspective is a bit odd in some places but I think that kind of fits with the map ;p
All with all it was a great learning experience and I really enjoyed doing this map.
The town of Dullvo lies about a days travel from the city of Vandoria (both can be found on another map of mine). The town benfits greatly from its location; Vandoria is an international trade capital and many merchants travel through and often stay in the town of Dullvo, before continueing to Vandoria, either by road or the Sullio River.
The town is also the birthplace of the noble merchant Andrulico Tremaldo, who played a significant part in the Vandorian war for Independence and continued to fulfill several offices in the government of the new Republic of Vandoria for the rest of his life.
(I don't have a A3 scanner so I can only show you this photo of the map)
Any comment, feedback and critique is welcome!
-Dan
EDIT: I uploaded a tweaked version of the map that J.Edward kindly provided!
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