So I'm trying to get a feel for Sinophia Magna (from Damned Cities), and wondered what you all have in mind to better picture what the various districts might look like. Waterways and canals are prevalent, which makes me think of Venice.
Some fluff description from Damned Cities:
Brickwork sags; paving slabs are cracked and uneven; water spills out of cracks and runs down walls; rust and tarnish taint every piece of exposed metalwork. The city of Sinophia Magna is made of natural materials gone to rot, rust, or tarnish: plaster, wood, paint and (in the case of nobles) marble, stucco, and gilt, granting the city a universal smell of damp, decay, and mustiness. In poorer districts the stench of refuse, sewage, and stagnant water dominate, occasionally interspersed with the smells of bland, boiled food and scented narc-smoke. In more opulent surroundings, thick (often sickly) perfumes and incense are used to cloak the underlying reek.
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The Sinks—so named because of the amount of dilapidation, flooding, and subsidence that has occurred there—are a virtually lawless maze of crumbling tenements, flooded hab- blocks, labyrinthine canals, bridges, shanties, and open sewers...
Could you see something like this, if you added a few layers of filth and rot, and changed the weather to grey and rainy?
or this?
Any artwork or imagery that might help paint the scenes would be greatly appreciated
