Thanks Wyvern! :)

I might just have gone and spoiled that very woodcut look by introducing surface sheets above each one with an edge fade inner to hide those sharp edges.

I think that even though I started without any backstory one is evolving in my mind. I'm thinking about why there would be an ice cave so close to the Yellowstone-like area of the Kristol Springs. I guess it would have to be magic, if that is ok?

Version 2. Already I have run out of space, quite apart from the problem with the hard edge at the top of each bevel. So it looks like this is more of a sketch than the actual map. But at least I am working out the sheets and effects.

SIMPLIFY

Just be picky about the factor you use. A lot of those extra nodes will be so close as to not be really doing anything, though a world map can sometimes look better without all that filigree stuff around the edge ;)

Sometimes there are second parts for the same style, like there was for the Spectrum Overland style I did last year, but it is less common for there to be an overland/dungeon style pair.

There's a scale between those two things anyway - city scale. Going straight from Overland to Dungeon scale while completely missing out City scale doesn't make sense. And since doing 3 issues of 12 in exactly the same overall style would mean dedicating 1/4 of the entire annual to just one basic style (which not everyone will be interested in) this is very unlikely to happen.

However, if enough people show an interest in a grimdark dungeon style and can show me what this actually means... There was never really an actual style for Grimdark as far as I am aware, but only a sense of atmosphere... that could be something that might appear at some point in time.

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I had an idea for a compass I thought you all might like

Maybe some major roads between the major settlements.

A scale bar, and a title?