Quote Originally Posted by Midgardsormr View Post
That's a good point, Torstan. It's also sometimes useful to use, say, an island and rescale it for use as a continent. Not many people are likely to recognize the shape of a random Philippine island, especially if it's being used to represent something much larger.
That's a great idea, actually. I remember having a student teacher in my Junior year of high school who took the Philippines (I think) and turned the whole island chain into the landmasses of a world...

also, something I've noticed in fantasy-themed video games is that most of them tend to take a map of the Mediterranean and deform, rotate, whatever it to turn it into a world. I think I might try this. :3