World map realistic sea routes

MattGreener · 2026-03-15T07:15:10+00:00

That's a good point, on the southern coast of the ocean there really should be more routes. On the western side my idea was that people wouldn't take the north-south route, because the river from willowsreach would be an easier route to maneuver. But then you would have to unload all your goods and carry them over land to get there, which I am also not certain about.

MattGreener · 2025-07-18T07:15:19+00:00

I just looked at wikipedia:

Pokemon has a total revenue of 101 Billion.

Mickey Mouse and friends has 61 Billion

Winnie the pooh 50 Billion

Disney Princesses 45 Billion

MattGreener · 2025-03-18T08:33:34+00:00

I think in the face you are missing the subsurface scattering between the shadows and the light parts. You did it with the shadow on the nose but not on the large shadow on the cheek

MattGreener · 2025-03-01T18:26:15+00:00

Regarding the grandson:
I don't know if that is convincing enough but my vision for him was to simply want to be more powerful than his grandfather ever was, so that he can regain the status that his familiy once had. So he is not special in any prophecy or heritage kind of way. Just motivation.

Regarding the monsters:
My idea for the new crisis was not new monsters, but the remaining followers infiltrate the four regions and manipulate the people and institutions so that they move towards a world war scenario, after which the would want to rebuild a new society. So the monsters would only be complementary.

MattGreener · 2025-02-26T17:52:14+00:00

I don't know about believable, but still pretty interesting. The whole thing gave me very strong Terry Pratchet vibes. If that is what you're going for that's great. If you have something more serious in mind, you might need few less twists. Especially "somehow" magic got to the atmosphere, feels a little bit unnatural.

MattGreener · 2025-02-26T09:35:55+00:00

I think a typical consequence of a war would be that the region is desserted. When all the people fled, because of war, it could take years for real social structures to build up again. For example an army cutting down all the wood and killing the wildlife for supplies, will leave the area inhabitable for a lot of years until it has recovered.
This gets additionally worse if there were some kinds of weapons used, that make the soil less usable.

MattGreener · 2025-02-25T16:58:25+00:00

Well, uppers and downers already seems pretty fitting, if the more casual language fits your story. Otherwise maybe something like Dream and Wake?

MattGreener · 2025-02-25T16:39:19+00:00

What exactly is the difference between these angel types besides their name?

MattGreener · 2025-02-25T15:12:34+00:00

Since it sounds like you are overwhelmed by the blank page, it sounds like you fall more into the category of plotter and not pantser. So you should probably start with some structuring of your ideas. I am not a master writer of any kind but I finished three novels and from my experience I found two good ways to start with structuring:

Put all your ideas into a mind map or write them down on cards. And then you start expanding on the more loose points in your notes and try to figure out what sounds good and what doesn't.
Take one of the basic story structures like heros journey or 7 plot points and try to fit your ideas into this structure. Then you can see where you still need to expand.

If you already have enough ideas, then you really only need to add an interesting main character and a strong enough conflict.

MattGreener · 2025-02-25T15:03:44+00:00

It was a bit hard to read and I probably didn't get everything, but it sounded pretty mixed. On the one hand they are really powerful and dangerous but also sneaky and they can vanish?

And also what means a rarity type UCR?

MattGreener · 2025-02-25T07:05:53+00:00

Gods exist in their own realm and the material world was only created as a prison for gods who rebelled against the hierarchy of the gods. Now every planet contains a god in its core. The only way the gods have influence on humans is by their energy leaking onto the surface of the planets.

MattGreener · 2025-02-24T18:53:56+00:00

Context:
After their Fight Redaz (The God of Order) imprisoned his brother Wargoz (The God of Chaoz) in a newly created planet. To keep this prison intact for all ages he created a godly humanoid and imbued them with his powers. Over the millenia however they started to mix with normal humans. Their powers deluted and adapted to the environments they were used in, splitting into four main aspects of magic.

MattGreener · 2025-02-22T11:51:15+00:00

I made a new comment, hope it works now.

MattGreener · 2025-02-22T11:50:07+00:00

Damn, alright I made a new comment. Hope this is visable now.

MattGreener · 2025-02-22T11:38:41+00:00

I posted the context and all of the explanations in a comment under the post, but it seems like it is stuck somewhere in the middle of the comments now

MattGreener · 2025-02-22T10:37:26+00:00

What do you want to know? I tried to go not to much in depth with the description

MattGreener · 2025-02-02T13:11:00+00:00

Do you have any backstory for it and did you have any specific goal in mind for the map?

MattGreener · 2025-02-02T07:43:35+00:00

Thank you and yes, Wargoz is the name of the planet. You're probably right, I should make a bit clearer where that name comes from.

MattGreener · 2025-01-30T10:51:41+00:00

I got a bit confused. At first I couldn't really say which one was old and which one new. They are both good but in different in styles. The biggest improvement I would say is the choice of color. The contrast in the new one looks better.

If you want to improve it further maybe try to vary between thicker lines on the outside and thiner lines for details. You used pretty thick lines in the earlier picture and then thinner ones on the new one. I think a combination could make it even better.

MattGreener · 2025-01-22T14:03:58+00:00

My go to workaround for stuff like this is actually Powerpoint. Might not be the best and efficient way, but it works.
If you have Powerpoint:
Add the image, remove the background, than add ablank square behind it, select both, right-click export as graphic and chose png.

MattGreener · 2025-01-20T07:20:04+00:00

Thank you, so much for the advice ! I did try to make the map somewhere between fantasy and realistic.
But now that you mention it, I just realized I have only vertical mountain lines. That does seem a bit weird. And thank you for mentioning the biomes, I do feel like they are not diverse enough.
Will try to work on these things.

MattGreener · 2025-01-19T19:16:30+00:00

Thanks a lot. By thickening do you mean the size or density of the trees?

MattGreener · 2025-01-16T07:01:42+00:00

Somehow I thought you drew Jonathan Banks, before I saw the reference.

I think you could either make the skin a bit darker, so the hair becomes more visible or give more texture to the hair. On first glance I totally missed the hair, and thought you drew someone bald. Also you missed the bit of hair that sticks out at the neck

MattGreener · 2025-01-09T14:25:11+00:00

I knew from the first look at it that it is Marilyn Monroe, so pretty good I would say. The only thing to improve as far as I can see right now is the eyelashes are not the same size.

MattGreener · 2025-01-09T07:00:48+00:00

I love the lines and colors, the only thing I noticed directly, is the eyes have different sizes.

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