Dragon compass

of Hattam-Reyes, scrivener of the ancients Over the last few weeks I've received a few shout outs over on instagram. This one relates to a shout out from a fellow mapmaker, Thomas Rey Thomas on IG - https://www.instagram.com/thomreymaps/ Me on IG - https://www.instagram.com/jstevensonart/ The best way to find all the places I'm at - http://www.imaginebetterworlds.com/mylinks

Anyways, the shout outs on IG started a mini trend of me knocking out pieces related in some way to the friend that gave me the shout out. This one relates to Thomas, more specifically to his Guildcity-Guildworld counterpart Hattam-Reyes, scrivener of the Ancients. That is a whole other story - https://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=38775 There's a lot of good stuff in those Guild community projects. Fun stories. :)

So once done, I decided this one should be a tee, cus I knew Thomas would want one. :D I'm gonna grab one too. I also made a print version. The tee is over on my Red Bubble shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/sirinkman/works/35017014-dragon-compass?asc=u The print is at my INPRNT store - https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/j.stevenson/dragon-compass/

Ramshackle Monster House

Another piece done with #copicsketchmarkers and #neenahpaper I did the pencil sketch for this back in early June and posted that over on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/BkBwBvhhhPg/?taken-by=jstevensonart As a sketch, I thought it looked like a little monster with eyes and mouth, so it got called monster house. It looks a bit less like that in color. Have a great week everyone. Cheers, J :) https://ko-fi.com/JohnStevenson Oh, I almost forgot... If you are interested in prints of maps, my friend, MistyBeee has just started up her INPRNT shop where you can pick up some of her wonderful work - https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/mistybeee/

Hall of Cuaruss

of the Baleful Eye

Just a little pencil sketch that I colored in photoshop.I've been doing a lot of sketching lately.Most of those are getting posted over on my instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jstevensonart/

I've been super busy with completing a large commission and haven't been working on as much personal stuff.Hopefully I can find a better balance. If you're interesting in supporting me with that... https://ko-fi.com/JohnStevenson

Chaos Temple

for Ulisses US - Warhammer 40k Wrath & Glory starter set

I recently completed several maps for Ulisses. They were for Warhammer 40k, which was a very cool thing to work on, as I used to draw wh40k stuff back when I was a teenager. I always wanted a subscription to White Dwarf. :P

Last time I posted some crops from the Ork Workshop map. This week I have some crops from the Chaos Temple, which turned out to be far more complicated than I had anticipated. But it was really fun to work on. It was unusual, as this temple has bits form all 4 of the chaos powers.

I’ll have some more crops from the other maps over the next few weeks. The full maps will have to wait till after it is published, and I’m not yet sure what the date is. You can follow the progress of Wrath & Glory over at their website and maybe sign up for the newsletter.

Ork Workshop

for Ulisses US - Warhammer 40k Wrath & Glory starter set

I recently completed several maps for Ulisses. They were for Warhammer 40k, which was a very cool thing to work on, as I used to draw wh40k stuff back when I was a teenager. I always wanted a subscription to White Dwarf. :P Now, these are not for Games Workshop, but they did have to be approved by them, which was cool in its own right, as I never thought, back when i was that teenager, that I’d be doing anything for Warhammer. Big long circles - that’s what life is. What a wonderful journey. I’ll have some more crops from the other maps over the next few weeks. The full maps will have to wait till after it is published, and I’m not yet sure what the date is. You can follow the progress of Wrath & Glory over at their website and maybe sign up for the newsletter.

Falls Park - Cancer Survivors Park - Greenville, SC

See it larger over on DeviantArt

The very first client to contact me from my then new website was a person from the city of Greenville. They needed a new rendering of the award winning Falls Park and the addition of the new Cancer Survivors park. I love architectural and landscape rendering. When younger, I wanted to be an architect, as well as a landscape designer. I did some landscape design for a while with a small landscape company in Charlotte many years back.

The version the client asked for had no text, but I tend toward presenting completed pieces online, so I added some. This one was tough, as it had to be very accurate but I could not be on-site. I had to scour the net for additional reference photos. Fortunately it is a popular park, so I found enough people's photos from their visits. Real world maps and renderings can be challenging when there is limited reference, but they are also very fun and satisfying to work on.

I just got started with Patreon today.  I’m very excited to see where this will lead. If you’re interested in being part of helping to make maps happen, consider joining me on patreon. I think some cool things are gonna come from this. :)