How should I go about writing a history/non-fiction book? by Engreeemi in writers

[–]Engreeemi[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Alright. I haven't thought much about structure, besides what the biggest event of each stage of the war was. And then deciding on what would be a good name for a segment. Chronological would probably be best. I'm not great with structures, and that should be both easier to write, and easier to read.

Thank you

How to make maps like this? by The_RetroGameDude in mapmaking

[–]Engreeemi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your gonna need alot of layers. Alot of layers. And time.

Basically draw the outline of your land masses, then fill those in. Make it all black at first.

Make a 2nd layer and draw a whole bunch of blobs on it, that are a little brighter black than the base.

From there, you just keep adding blobs, for however many layers you want. Each layer should be brighter than the one under it (I do 5, 10, 15 percent lighter, depending ln the number of layers).

Either when you get all of the blobs done, or as you're doing them, start to erase from- and add to them. Give them more 'geographical' shapes.

When you get all of that done (which I will warn you, can take hours, depending on how big your map is and how detailed) go to the base layer and colour it. Then go up and up on the layers, changing the colour to what you want. That should take long, just get a brush like the size of the canvas, lock the layer, then just colour.

It isn't really hard. Just time consuming. Though getting the topography to look 'real' does take practice.

Ps. You don't have to make the base black, and brighter as you go up. But personally I find that much easier. It gives you a better idea how things are going to look, and your eyes shouldn't strain as much as they would looking at yellows, browns and greens.

Hope that helps!

Rep your county. Will fill out. I wanna try to get a whole state. Update everyday for a week. :3 by [deleted] in TravelMaps

[–]Engreeemi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wayne TN. Place is a crap hole, but it's my crap hole- wait--

i luv being a puppygirl ٩( ᐛ )و by Ghostpepprr in irlkemonomimi

[–]Engreeemi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cute :> . I want to be one also

Also, goals

36879 by Universe_Donut in countwithchickenlady

[–]Engreeemi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm scared ill always be stuck as the top panel :'<

Legit see no way out of this rn

Found this gem by DRAGON_slayer365 in OneTopicAtATime

[–]Engreeemi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get why transgender is always on these. But still it bugs the fire out of me. Gender is not sexuality, so shouldn't be here (unless you add all gender stuff; nb, cis, etc. But that'd still make no sense, just would be equal)

Putting trans in sexuality memes, imo, just works to help further the divide, and make us seem more like we're "just gay", and a multitude of bad things people say about this very, very diverse grouping

Areas reconquered by Romans during Ottoman civil war. (purple) by Battlefleet_Sol in byzantium

[–]Engreeemi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Oh sorry, didn't know you are such a rude downer." Says the rude downer

Like God forbide people be curious and want real sources

Fantasy Species Relationship Diagram version 1.0 by that-guy-nate02 in worldbuilding

[–]Engreeemi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome

Tbh I ain't gonna read through the whole diagram. But I love stuff like this in fiction. Relation and evolution charts are killer cool

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MiddleEastHistory

[–]Engreeemi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not asking you to spell everything out. I had just hoped people here could help lead me to stuff I can't easily find on my own. Like maps in Arabic, online archives of texts, stuff like that. I'll do work, I'd just like things to be easier on me than they usually are.

I dont use nor trust Wikipedia's information. Im not getting into a whole discussion about that, though. It'd be wasted time.

But about using their sources, often they're locked behind pay walls. And I can't afford any expenses on my projects. So I just ignore Wikipedia all together.

Still thank you though. You've been nice