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Published: 2012-02-15 15:48:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 7746; Favourites: 77; Downloads: 0
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A commissioned map, it will be used for an intro of a Middle east historical TV series airing in August.It represents a map envisioned by an Arab cartographer in the 7th century who had to guess what may lay beyond the lands he knew. Like 'there will be dragons'. Therefore the unrealistic geography beyond a certain line.
This is a 25% version, the original is 8400 x 6000 pixels.
I started the map on Sunday morning and completed it yesterday evening. Even for me that's a new speed record.
Done in PS
UPDATE: Here is the link to the TV-Series, the map is - transformed - in the intro. [link]
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Hey mate... this is pixel perfect, ive been focusing on ur details and shows the amount of concentration you have commissioned in this...
so.. was it done in 3d again by them ? as i saw the tv. serial title as well....
i plan to do something similar to this... but im still worried about the transition from the satelliete picture to the ancient map.... which is my clients requirement...
keep it up.. ur work is inspirational !
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Thank you very much!
The 3d conversion was done by the digital artist of the show; I provided a layered file with the necessary elements.
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Now just imagine if some git summoned a Genie or got a bunch of Cyclops or Giants or Dwarves or Egyptians or whatever and Dug out that piece of land at the end of the straight where the Suez canal would be and used big basalt blocks or granite stone slabs to hold back the sand and make the biggest canal the world has ever seen! The 8th wonder of the world in ancient times... The wonders were fluctuating back then anyway...
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Yup, it was an idea for an alternate history for a game idea in which Giants, and Dwarves etc were real on our earth etc... 
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Which series will it be used in? I mean the name, do you know?
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I'm not sure if I can give away the name. I know it, yes.
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Congrats on another great map and how cool is a shot to have your work on the tele broadcast to millions?! Smokin!
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Thank you! Parts of the map will be changed to 3D elements I think, so the final product will look different. But cool nevertheless!
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I'm eager to see your work in my TV screen... Nice work!
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Thank you! Parts of the map will be used for 3D effects, so I guess the final product will look different.
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What TV series would this be? Is it a local one, or will it be a larger production?
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Oh, I figured you would. So they commission these maps without telling the artist much about the program, I see.
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I was commissioned by a visual effects artist, who works on the intro.
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Oh, alright. Sorry for the bother.
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amazing map although would have loved to see the full version
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7th century.. that was the first century in the Islamic era, that would be interesting
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Ha! nice work. All done in ps or sketch'n'scan before? handmade or ps brushes? too much questions or .. if so, map me out!
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I wonder what it be like if this part of the world actually looked like this.
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It's fun, the Gaul, the Iberic peninsula and the western Europe have almost the same shape than Faerun in forgotten realms.
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Be sure to tell us more about this TV series. The map is beautiful, and the series sounds interesting.
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Very beautiful! Though, shouldn't they have known about the Pillars of Hercules?
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I had received the landmass as a prepared file.
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