Ahr-Nahl Nramaha

[J.Edward]

Here's another one of those archeology styled map/image things.
Started as pencil on 8.5 x 11 neenah 67lb. paper and then got some color in photoshop.
I generally enjoy doing these. This one got a bit taxing and tedious at times though.
It actually started life as some little thumbnail sketches for weird sculpture projects i was thinking about.
Like, down at the bottom of the page after filling a 9x12 page with other more useful and reasonable diagrams.
You know how it works - after you've done all the reasonable work, you sketch the totally unreasonable.

Anyways, I was trying to make a map that was more graphic, like something that might be etched on stone or some other surface that an archeologist might encounter out in a jungle or somewhere fun.
This came out mostly like I was wanting, but is lacking the sort of info feel i got with the previous piece.

Well, anyways, hope you enjoy it.
color piece and then pencil sketch.

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[fol2dol]

as always, I love it!

[Mouse]

Fascinating

It does look a lot like a relief in the thumbnail. I think it would be great carved into one of those huge stone lintels above a heavy double oak doorway into a subterranean temple of some kind - maybe the entrance to the portal that takes you to the world you have created

[Sapiento]

I really love the drawing, even if it is a little hard to understand the cartographic information.

[J.Edward]

as always, I love it!

Thans Robin

Fascinating

It does look a lot like a relief in the thumbnail. I think it would be great carved into one of those huge stone lintels above a heavy double oak doorway into a subterranean temple of some kind - maybe the entrance to the portal that takes you to the world you have created

Thank you Mouse
Hehe, yes, that sounds good.

I really love the drawing, even if it is a little hard to understand the cartographic information.

Thanks Sap
It is a bit less mappy than it was originally intended.
Sometimes they just get away from you and change into something somewhat different.

[Abu Lafia]

I like your recent journeys into archaeological mapping a lot John! Really cool work. Especially love the Nkhezh "bug butt" I somewhat agree with Sapiento, the difference between the "proper map" and the "object(s)" is a bit harder to grasp than on your Tualth Baerged map. Anyways, i'd love to see more of these types of maps if you should find the time.

[Voolf]

What can i say more. You know i love your maps. This is no an expection. Great work !

[Ilanthar]

As for the previous "archeology" thing of yours, it's top notch. It really has something of Howard/lovecraftian in it. I can easily picture a statue of Tsathoggua somewhere .

[ThomasR]

As Sapiento said, it's a bit hard to understand the cartography part but, given the general non-euclidian feel of the map, that's pretty consistent. Only a mad man would understand the map to these unspeakable places and the whole piece is gorgeous. Bonus points for the tentacle feel

[Wired]

I don't really understand what I'm looking at other than that it's beuatiful.