Wow, there's some absolutely incredible stuff posted on this thread! Keep it coming!
Easky39 I love how big, detailed and colourful your maps are!
I too used to think that I was the only one who did this crazy stuff, and people always thought I was weird for doing it. I've continued to hone in on my style since I was a kid, but now that I am almost an adult I find I have less time to work on my maps. However my obsession with maps, and urban development has inspired me to become an urban planner, and I am beginning my education in the fall!
I started my own thread for my maps a couple of years ago, but I might as well share them here as well. All of my maps are hand-drawn and coloured, and are usually on one or two pieces of printer paper. Here's some of my work:
This was my first, and so far only, attempt at a Japanese city:
This is a city in France
This is a German city on Lake Konstanz
Here's a Finnish port city
This is an Italian city on the Adriatic Sea
And this is probably my best map so far. It's a city in Southern Ontario:
This thread is very inspiring, and it's given me some great ideas for improving my work!