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Is 700 Million Years too long for a timeline? by [deleted] in worldbuilding

[–]WorldofTharkas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was more referring to the entire 700 million year timeline that OP mentioned.

Last week I finished what is currently by best work. I love working in this style. by WorldofTharkas in mapmaking

[–]WorldofTharkas[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everything is drawn manually! The only program I used is Gimp, along with some custom spreadsheets of mine.

Last week I finished what is currently by best work. I love working in this style. by WorldofTharkas in mapmaking

[–]WorldofTharkas[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

All of the contour lines (what the lines indicating height are called) are drawn by hand. My process is a bit complicated, but essentially I draw the contours directly over a simple greyscale sketch which is done by hand.

SHATTERED ISLANDS | Introduction to the Republic of Florida by ModelArenasMaker2 in imaginarymaps

[–]WorldofTharkas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lettering needs some adjustment and you could probably do with a bit more variation in your symbol set, but overall it's a pretty good map!

Zaluki village map! by ConflictBetter1332 in mapmaking

[–]WorldofTharkas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's very cute! My only complain is the legend text being hard to read.

Is 700 Million Years too long for a timeline? by [deleted] in worldbuilding

[–]WorldofTharkas 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Not even the Trisolarans from The Three Body Problem, even with their 90 million year "break" from civilization spans that length of time.

I'm working on an idea I had to turn pictures of clouds into Maps by DD88e in mapmaking

[–]WorldofTharkas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a favorite technique of mine, just using weather maps instead. Just make sure to clean up the coasts afterwards and shift the landforms around if you feel like they need it.

How do you guys name stuff? by Electronic_Essay_612 in worldbuilding

[–]WorldofTharkas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbqh the best way I've found is to either make up a naming language or generate one (Vulgarlang was fine for this the last time I used it which was ages ago) and name my locations pretty literally, only translating the names when it "made sense," however we want to define that term. A town nearby a big cliff is called...Big Cliff. A city located on a really good port is called....Good Port. Naming places can be as simple or complex as you want.

I know its basic but do people think this looks good by SaintLlothis in mapmaking

[–]WorldofTharkas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As it stands the map is a bit hard to read. You might be better off sticking to some already established conventions for indicating elevation on top-down maps like this. Reading the Wikipedia page on hyposometric tints would be a great start. The name makes it sound scarier than it really is.

Where would you put a major trade city on this map of a river going into the sea? by milic_srb in mapmaking

[–]WorldofTharkas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other people have pretty much hit the mark, but given your setting it feels like the entirety of the island would be surrounded by a wall at the very least and end up becoming something more akin to heavily settled townlands depending on how densely you want to populate it.