7.21.2006 - The First Map
So now that I had a general idea of the Deities and the races that would occupy the world, (still as yet unnamed) I felt the need to draw the world. This is one of my favorite parts of world creation. Do careers in cartography sound interesting to you? well that sounds marvelous to me.
enough talk. here is the globe. Or the first map of it.
So that is my first step.
Get enough info down that I can work with it. Sketch, ink and place mountains. I tried to emphasize them for the web. Now if you have studied geography at all you know that mountains affect the land around them. I try to have this be true on my worlds as well. Deserts and forests are placed in key places because of them. Plate tectonics affect the mountain ranges. Magma is your friend. I'll have more terrain maps for you soon. I could go on about this for a long time. I'll spare you for now.
Some description! The main two continents on the right are where most everything happens. They are known as the Sisterlands and are home to most of the races on Natralis. ( Caprians, Dwarves, Gorlim, Human and Husken) The Starlined Islands, the ones here on the left are home to some "exotic" humans ( think asian, but not quite). There is an aquatic race that stays as far away from the surface that they can, so they don't enter tinto most race equations. A lot of odd stuff happens on Natralis, much of it amplified because of geography. And of course there are maps from the distant past that show a completely different world. Fascinating!
It's funny. I'm not used to thinking about this stuff so other people would know what I'm talking about. It's actually a bit weird. But the plan is to have a coherent package at the end of this. A product that, if so desired, I could submit to various companies as a fabulous portfolio.
more to come! thanks for reading.
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7.22.2006 - ...this land... |
| Posted by Anonymous |
And we shall call it.... This Land...
Nice start, nice start. Good to see you keeping posting. And yes, it's a great exercise to get this stuff out so others can read and understand it. Well done!
-Scruffy |
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7.23.2006 - Yeah for MAPS! |
| Posted by wignke |
| You know I"ve always been a fan of your map drawing. And I can imagine how difficult it is to say some of this stuff out loud. |
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8.3.2006 - holy crap! |
| Posted by Mike Bailey |
Map drawing... world creation... yep it's the same Kir!
You know... this world reminds me a lot of Everquest. Video/computer games is as far into roleplaying as I ever got, even though you and I talked about D&D and fantasy type stuff a heck of a lot but never played. I was always more into the computers anyway... but you knew that.
It's a grand idea to put together all these ideas Kir. I really like your exotic human ideas even if the description was brief.
I can't wait to hear more :) |
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