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FredLipari — Great City of Laelith
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Published: 2018-02-21 14:56:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 9419; Favourites: 221; Downloads: 361
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Great city of Laelith, isometricCommission from Black Book Edition
Crowdfunding there: www.black-book-editions.fr/cro…
Original size: 13k x 8,5k pixels
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Superbe .
Laetlith ! quelle chance en tant que dessinateur de plancher dessus
J'ai adoré y joué et je me suis éclater à bosser dessus (v2)
Encore Bravo !!!!
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Merci !
On a tous hâte de voir sortir la nouvelle mouture !
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Whoa, this is absolutely amazing. Your skill is impressive!
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Thanks,
It's really not as much impressive as it looks. It's just more about time and patience ^^
Give it a try, you'll see
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Y'a pas à tergiverser, c'est juste splendide... Elle envoie du rêve à chaque détour de rue cette carte.
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Comme ça serait tellement mieux en couleur, non ?
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Vu ta maîtrise des couleurs, sans doute
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Du coup on est en train de précommander le set du 30ieme anniv. On a raté le financement participatif. 
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Je vais tenter de pas baver sur la carte elle-même mais je promets rien ...
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Mets la sous verre ! Tu pourras ainsi baver tout ton saoul !
Moi, je vais la mettre en face de mon bureau, encadrée 1m50 x JeSaisPasCombien
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My word, that's incredible! I wish I could draw something even half this detailed!
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Thanks,
Obviously, it doesn't come overnight. We improve gradually.
Time and dedication as they say ^^
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Wow. This looks like it took ages to draw all those little buildings.
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Yep, something about that 😉
Thanks!
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I tried to draw a map like this (It was much bigger) But after the fourth or fifth re-start I ran out of patience. I'm sticking to Dragons I guess.
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There's always a benefit trying to do something out of your comfort zone. When patience runs out, dedication takes over
Try perhaps something smaller, then something bigger afteward, and bigger. Always wmooth transitions.
Laelith was done traditionnaly, stacking sheets of paper, for a size as big as about 1,5 meter wide. Did you really try something bigger than that ? If so, I understand how you could have been in despair
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I tried to draw a map of a whole planet, on my phone screen, and include all the city buildings. So I tried to draw something like that up there, except microscopic. 4000×4000 pixels is not enough to draw that.
But thanks for the idea, stacking giant sheets of paper. I think that's what I'll need to do to make a map that big.
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yep, and a thousand years as well, I guess. Quite time consuming
Unfortunately, I haven't found any way to stop the time. I would certainly have tried it myself
But I promise, whenever I find something that does the trick, I share !
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Stopping time would certainly be useful for commissions!
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Sure !
Couldn't fount the button though
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This is a magnificent map. I'm honestly impressed at the amount of work you put into it.
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Be sure I’m even more impressed that I finished it!
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Attend de voir Pôle!
Bon, un bout au moins, parce que la bête est enoooorme ! 😱
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Used to be from a magazine, issued in 1986. A successful crowdfunding managed to get a new version. 400+ pages thick!
Quite a big book!
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Another excellent city map design as well the perspective used.
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Thanks a lot.
Comment like this is pure motivation fuel 👍
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What a sight! It's amazing to see it like this instead of top down, but man you must have gone hard on yourself drawing all that...!
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You can say that 😏
Quite a challenge but since I’d like to draw more cities like that, I kind of needed to sharpen the technique.
Still not razor sharp though. More is coming... 👍
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So good, Fred.
I know how you must feel finally being done after all that time.
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I guess you're familiar of this feeling:
- Why in the world did I say YES for that commission ? Time consuming, pushing yourself to the limits, not knowing how to handle it properly. And then, you find a way. You do it, and start to think about doing another one. But then, still stinking from the sweat of the experience, you claim to yourself: Now that I know what Not to do, I'm gonna save half the time, I'll add this and that, and whoever knows what else.
Then the commission arrives and: - Why in the world did I say YES for that commission ?
Am I about right ?
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hahaha, yes!! Indeed
I am doing that right now.
Making a commission much larger and intense than it needed to be and taking way longer than I planned.
But, we do it because it's what we know looks right, feels right to us.
I do hope I one day learn to minimize some things so these commissions don't take so long.
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Once you'll learned it, please, teach me !
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Thanks !
Coming from you ... Now, I'm happy
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Of the bunch of all of them - and each piece is excellent work - this one is my favourite. Well done, very well done!
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Thanks!
I just need to improve my linework, bringing some colour, add some fun and I'll be really happy.
I think I will definitely avoid isometric in the future, for something more 1-point perspective (like your Travar map)
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Your isometric is fine, don't worry. It's maybe because you stared at your map for too long. It always makes me wish I should have done something different. But if you feel like doing another style, do it. I like a lot of things you have done, I'm sure it'll be great
I'm sad to disappoint here btw, but Travar is 3-Point, even though of cause I didn't emphasize two of them.
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We'll see how it goes with the other styles
For Travar, as a matter of fact, Yes, I knew it was 3 points perspective (who know why I said 1point? I'm an Idiot). I saw your WIP using sketchup to make sure everything was under control. All in all, it's true that the bottom vanishing point is the most visible. The horizon line is hard to find for me. Sure I'll check that. Good exercice !
I love Sketchup and have started to use it to frame my maps. Actually, the relief/ elevation/ reefs were done in Sketchup. I used it to find the better angle, vantage point. I then tortured the 2D map to make my way toward the isometric view. By hand. Traditionnal. Did I say I was an idiot ? Next time, I'll go for full digital ! Or not (I'm a hard learner ^^)
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The Horizon Line in facts isn't in the picture IIRC, it is outside the frame IIRC. As with all my maps I considered using SketchUp, but never actually did. I prefer to sketch by hand and make my perspective grid manually. This way it's easier for me to add something not included in the sketch. In art school I focused on perspective a lot. Just to understand how I do things.
Sure, whatever helps is good to create an original piece. If you distort and it looks good, it's fine. If Sketchup helps you to get the result you need, do it 
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Thanks for the explanation
we'll see how the next piece turns out ^^
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I'm sure it'll be great, as always. Good luck
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Thanks!
What is really incredible, is that I finally made it!
About 200hours of thinking, testing, tweaking and drawing. What a journey !
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Heaps of more porjects like this actually. Gonna be fun !
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