Little maps for Little Encounters 4

[J.Edward]

This is just a single little map. Though I am working on more of these.
I should post all these up on Patreon too. I am just swamped and super busy this year.

Another traditional map using #copicsketchmarkers and #neenahpaper
I just ordered some more copics. I had to. Couldn't wait.
I really needed more blues and greens, or else all my scenes would look the same.
It continues some of the tales of the Vastlands east of the Thymevald found in these maps...
Gorberry Hall at Thymevald , Great House of Morgyle , House of Barbeg



Grand Hall of NodNaiv

Beyond the village of Targnod, on the Meadow Road,
sits the Gran Hall of a peculiar group of people. Well, mostly people.
It is rumored that there are other beings who walk those halls, mannish yet not men.

It is the home to the shadowy Order of the Golden Targ.
I say shadowy, but maybe misty would be more appropriate. Enshrouded, yes.
And the Hall itself is shrouded in mist and fog, as it sits at the head
of one of the smaller lakes on the edge of the Silver Lakes region.

No one seems to know when it was founded. The order, that is.
Nor when the Grand Hall was constructed.
It has an air of antiquity yet has aged exceedingly well,
if that air is to be believed.

What is known of the layout, comes to us from the adventurous
mouse explorer Tain, or Tanais Merous [rumored to mean Aid from Above,
or possibly yellowish-brown back part... no one is really sure].

It is said that Tain saw the structure once while traveling
through the Silver Lakes region on the back of her giant crow friend Hkunna
[or Kuthkunna, which is to say nonsense, or more accurately "there is not here sense"].

Tain told the tale to a dog in a village pub in Abinwald, north of the lakes,
and apparently the shared the tale with his oft-drunken owner/friend
whom he frequently went on rambles with.

Thus it passed into common local gossip and made the rounds
from pub to pub until finally being included in old sage Nuen's Book of the Ride -
Legends and Lore of the Vastlands east of Thyme. Cheers, J
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The other little maps for little encounters- -1- -2- -3-

[kacey]

Love these little maps! My favourite parts on this one are the pebbled path at the front entrance and the rocks under the water. It’s simple things like this that make you’re work stand out to me, I really appreciate the details.

[J.Edward]

Love these little maps! My favourite parts on this one are the pebbled path at the front entrance and the rocks under the water. It’s simple things like this that make you’re work stand out to me, I really appreciate the details.

Thank you Kacey
Those are some of the fun parts.

[Bogie]

Beautiful map, love the setting - out in the lake.

[J.Edward]

Beautiful map, love the setting - out in the lake.

Thanks Bogie
I want to do one that is all the way out in the water.
Access by boat only.

[MistyBeee]

Every single detail is a candy for eyes. The flowers in the grass, the lovely rocks fence along the road, the tiny gardens in the courtyard... I just can't wait to see what you'll create with more colors !

[Wingshaw]

Another beauty! I have seen all of your little maps, but I run out of new ways to comment on how good they are, so I usually just appreciate them silently...

I really like the effect of the copic markers: I think it gives a more saturated look and thus emphasises the mythic and fairytale nature of the lore.

Now, when are you releasing a book compilation of these maps & stories?? My bookshelf needs them

Wingshaw

[J.Edward]

Every single detail is a candy for eyes. The flowers in the grass, the lovely rocks fence along the road, the tiny gardens in the courtyard... I just can't wait to see what you'll create with more colors !

You have no idea how impatient I feel waiting for those to arrive

Another beauty! I have seen all of your little maps, but I run out of new ways to comment on how good they are, so I usually just appreciate them silently...

I really like the effect of the copic markers: I think it gives a more saturated look and thus emphasises the mythic and fairytale nature of the lore.

Now, when are you releasing a book compilation of these maps & stories?? My bookshelf needs them

Wingshaw

Hehe, thank you George
I am trying to work out what sort of book I would try to make.
I have several story worlds to choose from.
And then I'd have to decide if it would be a kickstarter or some other way.
I'm not sure if I could manage the whole shipping and handling process where I am living right now.

[Greason Wolfe]

Have to agree with everyone else, these little maps are great. Then again I always get excited to see the maps you post whether "little" or "big."

[Ilanthar]

I may have said it before (sorry, didn't check), but those are great maps for little encounters .
Little by size, big by quality.

PS : Even if you don't post the fails, that would only mean you are doing even more maps in the same amount of time... so I'm still speechless.