Map of a single hemisphere

[Seiun]

Pretty nice. My only critisism is the land mass to the far right. I generally don't like landmasses on world maps that are just barely shown.

The purple cloud surrounding the map is not just for show - it's an actual map feature. Only one hemisphere of the map is shown because the other is off limits - magically sealed in order to allow it to heal from a catastrophic magical war that took place long before the birth of mankind, and those purple clouds are a ring of storms that literally prevent travel to the other side, both through physical and magical means.

With such a ring of storms bisecting the planet, I figured that it would be too "artificial" for all the visible landmasses to be entirely in this hemisphere, with nothing overlapping the storms. I'll admit I'm trying to strike a delicate balance between realism and aesthetics, so I'll see what other people have to say on the subject.

Also, thanks to Arkkeeper for your encouragement!

[jfrazierjr]

The purple cloud surrounding the map is not just for show - it's an actual map feature. Only one hemisphere of the map is shown because the other is off limits - magically sealed in order to allow it to heal from a catastrophic magical war that took place long before the birth of mankind, and those purple clouds are a ring of storms that literally prevent travel to the other side, both through physical and magical means.

With such a ring of storms bisecting the planet, I figured that it would be too "artificial" for all the visible landmasses to be entirely in this hemisphere, with nothing overlapping the storms. I'll admit I'm trying to strike a delicate balance between realism and aesthetics, so I'll see what other people have to say on the subject.

Cool idea... as long as you have a reason for it. BTW, I don't think it's immediately apparent that this is based on earth. The lower continent does fairly quickly bring Africa to mind, but I think it looks nice the way it is.

heh... the shape of the purple makes it look like an old TV tube with the rest of the map as the image...

Joe

[Karro]

All I can say is... That's a lot of islands! Particularly in the "Indian Sea" region... (the map almost looks like it took earth's Eurasia and Africa and then completely obliterated India and the mideast until nothing but islands remained). Nothing wrong with this, though, particularly given your "catastrophic magical war " explanation.

[DesktopDragon]

Pretty Cool, I would almost say it is just coming out from the Pangea landmass. I can't wait to see some regional maps!