Building a World (once the Terrain is done)

[heruca]

Wonderful mapping style and color scheme. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves.

[Jharviss]

I dislike how bold the color of the lakes is compared with the color of the oceans. I would either make them a closer color or the same color altogether. They just stand out a bit too much to me.

Why'd you make the resolution so much smaller here? It's what, 1/10th the size of the actual picture you work with? Just curious.

RPMiller makes a great point. Try and figure out some of the weather patterns, like currents and hurricane spots and, I would recommend, any plate tectonics you can. Unless they're Japanese, people won't be living in high-earthquake and high-volcanic activity areas. That island up to the north that's largely mountainous, for example, would likely not have any huge cities in it. Small mining towns and fishing villages I think would actually be in abundance, but there will be no agriculture and the terrain should be unstable, which would make the land one where people would not group together in large cities.

[Revivalofhonor]

Hey guys thanks a bunch for the replies, I'm currently working on the overall weather patterns, currents, etc and will hopefully get them posted up later today. As for the size of the image, i posted because it is such a large file. currently running at 24" x 36" and 200 pixels per inch. haha I get a loading bar when trying to save , I'll try and get a larger image up though

[Revivalofhonor]

Heres a link to an offsite larger image of the map for the moment, with rotated world.


http://homepage.mac.com/alexwhisenhu...rld-2large.jpg

[heruca]

Looks much better at the large size.

I agree with the comment about the lake color. I didn't notice it at first, but now I find it jarring.

[jswa]

I definitely like the larger version a lot better.

[Revivalofhonor]

Alright, I've known from the beginning that this world was going to be a warmer/tropical world for the most part. Meaning that there will be no north/south pole ice caps, etc. Because of the Continents shape, 3 major currents have developed over time, interacting with each other to bring a good amount of rainfall to all except the Western section of the North Continent.

Red/Blue are somewhat warm/cold currents indicators, although with the average temperature world wide in the 70-80's most of the year(maybe dropping to 70's in the north/south), the difference is not extreme.




Ocean Currents Reference
http://www.abc.net.au/hobart/stories/m923182.gif



**Edit** oh and this also reflects the lake color changes

[ravells]

Looks much better at the large size.

I agree with the comment about the lake color. I didn't notice it at first, but now I find it jarring.

Me too, but I *love* the mountains.

Ravs