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Greetings all, I've been following some of the posts about building world climates, but haven't been able to post due to technical difficulties. Over the past few months, I'd been contemplating the world to set my writing in. I'd done most of the local cosmology - no science content here - down to what the average planet weather would look like. But I really wanted to know what the regional differences would be. Finally, I sat down with pen and paper ...
Updated 06-12-2019 at 09:48 PM by Carl Roberts
Currently working on three very different maps for three different authors. I also recently found the map I started for my own books, but it is so sad and unloved, haha! I barely sketched out the coastline and threw some names on there. I should really start actually working on that one. I need to hurry up and finish these maps first.
I was sure hoping that I would be farther along than I am. Got tied up with trying to figure out how to crop, and that led to image enlargement and reduction, and those pesky pixels are back again. The first tutorial I became involved with said a 2000 x 2000 was a good size, but I am starting to believe that I might have needed a 4000 x 4000 to do what I want to do. I got another sketch pad (a smaller one) to hang out with me at work. I'll keep it in my tool box just in case I have some extra ...
I found out where I was on the map ... finally. The towns and roads made themselves clear to me at the same time. I was only able to make one label, and that was for the Watch Tower. I haven't figured out what I did yet to make that first label, and the tutorials I walked through didn't shed any light on it either. But I've got roads ... and I've got towns. I might have to see if I can do a representation of the twin cities that appear to be the capital on this island. Good news, the people ...
I got out the ol' pad and pencil, and drew the watch tower that I could see from where I was. The light was fading, so I finished just before the sun left for the evening. That's it, enough waiting ... I'm going over there. I still have a knife.
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