Hi everyone!

I started a new small project using the Ferrari's style. I will redraw some portions of old-ish maps (1600-1700) of the city I'm living in, Padova. I came up with this idea after seeing some maps cowering parts of the medieval walls and canals' borders while under restoration.

I really love this style (I should thank @Loopysue, right??), for which I am rescaling a bit the fills to fit better the small map's size. The style may look "easy" to use as the drawing tools are quite straightforward. But, because of that, I think it is really important to have a clear idea of what colour you want to put where. So I think it is a good style to train with on map's "color composition"... if you get what I mean.

There are still many things to do (as the fields borders, walls details, buildings internal gardens...) but I already like it. I am not sure where I will put the legend: bottom right seems a good place but I get intrigued by @daperdepa map composition with the legend on an external box on one side.

I may use it for a play with some RPG like Vampire, Lex Occultum, or maybe Vaesen.

If you wonder, the map shows the roman "Arena area" with the Scrovegni Chapel (where a famous Giotto painting is present) and the Augustinian "Eremitani" monastry, together with the surrounding canal's, parks and city.

All these maps are really beautiful and so well in line one with the others!

Thanks @Wyvern for the comments and the suggestions!

I think I am almost done with this map. I did add a lot of vegetation, some mushrooms, details here and there and so on.

I tired to make the new ruins (persisting oxymoron) more 3d, moving different parts in 4 different sheets, all with slightly different effects. I don't dislike them. I also added some debris on top of the walls as Wyvern suggested. It helps a lot, especially at the edges of the walls.

My general feeling now is that it misses something in the central area. It is supposed to be a battle map, so maybe an open section may be good. However I feel something is missing. It is supposed to be an ancient magic circle built over a extremely ancient ruined city, lost in the middle of a forest (which is conquering more and more space).

Anyway, below the result so far:

Wow!

Thanks (especially to @JimP ?)!

And super congrats to everyone who participate (especially to @Autumn Getty)!

I am happy people liked my map and that motivates me a lot! I'm looking forward to do more mapping ?.

Wow... Super nice maps!

And I learned a lot out of them, too!