Hand drawn New Eden fantasy map

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Hello everyone, it is I, Ithica Hawk, here with a Christmas gift for you all.

This TwitLonger is a repost of my Reddit post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/ki6r1s/oc_hand_drawn_new_eden_fantasy_map/?

This is a project that has taken me quite literally too long to complete. I started last year sometime hand drawing a Tolken-esque New Eden map as if it were a fantasy universe rather than a SciFi one. Since New Eden has so much in it I picked an A2 sketchpad for the work and the finest fineliners I could find (down to 0.03) and set to work.

About a year later, probably 60-100 hours of drawing (lots of which was streamed) later it was finally done. Just in time for COVID to close all the print stores that had a scanner big enough to handle the paper. Eventually I got it digitised and Rixx Javix very kindly offered to add some colour to the map and the result is amazing.

Throughout the process of drawing it, the map streams were some of the top watched Eve Online streams. I got a good chuckle out of more people watching someone draw a map of Eve than people were watching actually playing Eve. Thank you to lots of people who helped support the project throughout it's _extended_ lifetime.

Either just hanging out, making suggestions, being positive or those who raided me (Thanks CCP, Pando and Bjorn for your ginormous raids) and those who sent me messages of support. Thank you all.

Lots of people asked me about buying this map when it was done. Digital copies, prints, whatever. I had stated during the drawing process that I wanted to release it for free and, if people wanted to pay for it, they could. It was important to me, however, that those who couldn't afford to could still get it for free.

Thus, I come to today with the following:

A lower resolution (72dpi) version for reference: https://www.dropbox.com/s/eae6h9wq6eo0x7n/IthicasMapPREVIEW.jpg?dl=0
A much higher resolution (18x24" at 300dpi - 19mb) file for printing https://www.dropbox.com/s/et5got1u7tt5sgh/IthicasMapPRINT.jpg?dl=0
A high resolution black & white version (a.k.a the original version without Rixx's digital colouring): https://www.dropbox.com/s/ctmn2pduc06mcfq/IthicasMapWhitefinalR.jpg?dl=0

I release these free to the community to share, use, print and enjoy. If you do print one, let me know and send me photos! I'd love to see it.

If you do find you have some extra cash and you want to support me or the map in general. You can donate to me through paypal.me/ithicahawk ALL MONEY I RECIEVE BEFORE THE END OF 2020 (a.k.a. 23:59:59 UK time on 31st December 2020) I will donate to Charity on behalf of all the players of Eve Online. Most likely Icelandic Red Cross but if foreign exchange fees prove too substantial or difficult then maybe a UK based charity instead.

FAQ:
Did you draw this all by hand?
Yes

This bit is wrong.
Yes.

Can you fix it?
No.

It's outdated!
It was mostly completed early 2020 and the Eve Universe has rather rudely decided to change since then politically.

Do you do map commissions?
Contact me on twitter @ithicahawk and we can discuss.

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