If someone has advice on how to improve it I would be thankful.įind here a link to a better version: !Ak-JjeRFvmSPo2gUiaebHyBB_l-D Now I make the last review and in a few days I will print it. I nearly finished my middle-earth-for-children map. I used the maps from the LotR books (the big one from the first 2 books and the Gondor/Rohan map from the third part) and the 'Atlas of Middle-Earth' from Karen Wynn Fonstad as guideline.Īll symbols in the map are from CC, Casuac, Ralf Schemmanns 'Dark Fantasy' symbol set or are self-made in CC.Īs the jpeg provides not much details I give you a download link to a better version (around 35 MB big):Įvery feedback which makes the map better is welcome! My customer should enjoy the map :-) Now I wanna aks you for hints and if you see mistakes (are the symbols where they should be? Do you have ideas for better symbols? etc). I put it on the wall of our living room and really enjoy seeing her standing in front of the map, tipping with her fingers around and criticising me ('Dad, why is there an Orc at Isengard, Saruman has Uruk-Hai!' :-)). I have made a 1m x 1m test-print from the current version, using the 'large exports' annual, which worked fantastic (120 MB big and with awesome level of detail). where the river go to the sea still looks ugly, I need to do a Saurons eye smbol etc.) but this is the right moment to ask the experts here for feedback. Most of the basic work is done, now I do the finetuning. So I started doing a map for children (non-abstract symbols instead of text). She likes it very much (what a surprise.) and I showed her the maps in the books, but they don't work for her (to much text and abstract symbols). She is 5 years old, since nearly one year we tell her stories from middle earth. I wanna discuss with you my current project, a Middle Earth map for my daughter.

Middle earth map drawing