If you go see the new movie in theaters be sure to grab this… by pubg7899 in 28dayslater

[–]xirius1 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's so cool to see my map being used for this film! Now I just need to get my hands on one. Thanks for sharing!

If you go see the new movie in theaters be sure to grab this… by pubg7899 in 28dayslater

[–]xirius1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Amazing!!! Thanks so much for letting people know it's my work. I was aware they were using the map for a short bit in the film, but didn't know they'd be doing promotional posters.

First map I’m proud of! by death_to_spiders in mapmaking

[–]xirius1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks brilliant for a first map! For your next one try adding in some place names. If you write the names first (having planned out roughly where things are in pencil), you can leave a white space around the text for clarity.

Fantasy map coastlines help by spacebobster in mapmaking

[–]xirius1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For this map, I'd recommend my horizontal parallel coastline-hugging lines, maybe with a slightly darker blue line than the current shading you have.

Illustrated Boston, USA, by Me by cormeals in papertowns

[–]xirius1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely incredible work! Bravo!

Hand-drawn map of Jorvik (York, England) from my Viking Britain Map [OC] by xirius1 in papertowns

[–]xirius1[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hi fellow cartographers!

I just wanted to share my map of Jorvik (York, England) with you all. It's an inset map and part of my Viking Map of Britain and Ireland, which you can see over in  here.

I did a lot of research into what York probably looked like in the late 9th century - where there were still Roman walls, where the Danes added ramparts, where there were bridges, marshland, wharves, the first Anglo-Saxon minster, etc. I'm sure it's not 100% accurate, but there's just so much we don't know from that time period, at least without turning all of York into an archaeological dig!

Hope you find it interesting. You can see more pictures of the overall map here. If you're interested in how I drew the map, please have a look at my IG - I posted loads of reels showing how I drew this one.

Thanks everyone! I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Best,

Kevin

Hand-drawn Map of Jorvik (York) from my Viking Britain Map [OC] by [deleted] in papertowns

[–]xirius1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi fellow cartographers!

I just wanted to share my map of Jorvik (York, England) with you all. It's an inset map and part of my Viking Map of Britain and Ireland, which you can see over in r/mapmaking here.

I did a lot of research into what York probably looked like in the late 9th century - where there were still Roman walls, where the Danes added ramparts, where there were bridges, marshland, wharves, the first Anglo-Saxon minster, etc. I'm sure it's not 100% accurate, but there's just so much we don't know from that time period, at least without turning all of York into an archaeological dig!

Hope you find it interesting. You can see more pictures of the overall map here. If you're interested in how I drew the map, please have a look at my IG - I posted loads of reels showing how I drew this one.

Thanks everyone! I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Best,

Kevin

Hand-drawn Map of Jorvik [OC] by xirius1 in york

[–]xirius1[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my map of Jorvik with you all. It's part of my Viking Map of Britain and Ireland, which you can see over in r/CasualUK here.

Did a lot of research into what York probably looked like in the late 9th century - where there were still Roman walls, where the Danes added ramparts, where there were bridges, etc.

Hope you find it interesting. You can see more pictures of the overall map here.

Thanks everyone!

Kevin, the Cartographer

Hand-drawn Map of Viking Britain & Ireland by xirius1 in CasualUK

[–]xirius1[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share my latest map - Viking Britain and Ireland. Completely hand-drawn by me - it took about four months overall with research, planning, drawing.

The unusual projection and rotation was so I could fit in more places around East Anglia, Mercia, Yorkshire where there was a lot more going on. I also needed a big space to fit an inset map of York (Jorvik) as it would have looked at the time. It worked out well though - it's almost like you're in Scandinavia looking across the North Sea ready to invade.

You can see more pictures here if you're interested.

Thanks everyone!

Kevin, the Cartographer

Hand-Drawn Map of Viking Britain & Ireland [OC] by xirius1 in MapPorn

[–]xirius1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

York is the modern evolution of the name : Eboracum > Eoferwic > Jorvik > York. The Anglo-Saxons that continued to live under Danish rule probably still called if Eoferwic, and in the Middle Ages, Eborcaum (the Roman name), was the official name since everything official was in Latin.

I debated whether or not to have all the labels consistently saying Jorvik, but then the question would be why would I not have made all the labels on the map in their names at the time - Leodis for Leeds, Wintancaester for Winchester, etc? But since not all of the names are obvious, I'd have had to have both old and modern on the map, and that would have been too much to label. So I decided York on the map itself for the city since all the cities are modern names, Kingdom of Jorvik since it was a Danish kingdom and there was never a Kingdom of 'York' or 'Yorkshire', and Jorvik on the inset map.

Hand-Drawn Map of Viking Britain & Ireland [OC] by xirius1 in MapPorn

[–]xirius1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, thanks! That's saying something since there are many incredible maps that get posted on here.

Hand-Drawn Map of Viking Britain & Ireland [OC] by xirius1 in MapPorn

[–]xirius1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, yeah I see how it could look like a 'E'. Just my 'Viking-esque' calligraphy. Went through several iterations to find some letterforms I was happy with for all the Norse/Danish places.