Teacup's Atlas

[sarawinter]

This is the beginning of my attempt to map Teacup's world... starting with an atlas

I decided to use an old globe I had that was gathering dust on top of my bookshelf in my livingroom.




The continents are based on this sketch.


I used the longitudes to guide me when copying it over to the globe, hence all of the lines.

What do you think?

(Edit 1: I dont know how to remove attached thumbnails they are turned in the wrong direction)
(Edit 2: I figured it out!)

[sarawinter]

I'd like to start by pointing out to myself that that is not an atlas, it's a globe!

I actually spent quite a lot of time researching tectonic plates and how they move when designing this map. If you look closely at my sketch you can see the little arrows.

I have not worked any more on this project since I uploaded the first images, but I will try to get some work done on it this weekend. I will also attach the resources I used for making the tectonic plates and a little more about what I was thinking when I made the globe to start with.

[sarawinter]

I am considering making the globe topographical...
Something like this:



...but I'm not quite sure what would be the best material to use.

Papier-mâché maybe? That seems a little messy to me though. If you have any ideas, please share them with me

[Vigilus]

This is wonderful Sara! I had a lot of fun working on my globe project. If you haven't seen them yet, the old threads are in the "Original Cartography Threads" part of this link: https://linktr.ee/veridianworldcrafters

I hope this will help you out! Looks like a great start, long way to go! Keep it up!

~Seth

[Bindusara]

You can use Fimo : soft clay, with every color you could need if you don't want to paint it after. You can work on it during a long time. Inconvenient : you have to heat it for make it hard

If you don't want to heat, you can use cold procelain clay : it hardens in open air

Both are quite easy to use, you can sculpt it with toothpick or any sculpting tools

[Vigilus]

Using regular Acrylic paint with a Texture Gel mixed into it adds the right amount of details for an accurate scale. Femo is good for a stylized version, since you're on a smaller globe you'll get a bigger difference between the features and the globe. Femo would take a lot longer to get good details.

[sarawinter]

This is wonderful Sara! I had a lot of fun working on my globe project. If you haven't seen them yet, the old threads are in the "Original Cartography Threads" part of this link: https://linktr.ee/veridianworldcrafters

I hope this will help you out! Looks like a great start, long way to go! Keep it up!

~Seth

That is awesome! Really great idea and it looks real good too

[sarawinter]

You can use Fimo : soft clay, with every color you could need if you don't want to paint it after. You can work on it during a long time. Inconvenient : you have to heat it for make it hard

If you don't want to heat, you can use cold procelain clay : it hardens in open air

Both are quite easy to use, you can sculpt it with toothpick or any sculpting tools

I have used fimo before, not on a project like this though. Not sure if I want to put the globe in the oven.
But I will absolutely look into porcelain clay.

[sarawinter]

Using regular Acrylic paint with a Texture Gel mixed into it adds the right amount of details for an accurate scale. Femo is good for a stylized version, since you're on a smaller globe you'll get a bigger difference between the features and the globe. Femo would take a lot longer to get good details.

I have done a lot of painting with acrylics, that could be a good way to go for me
I used Texture Gel for another project a long time ago. Seems like a good solution

[Vigilus]

When I was opening a hotel in New York City and the newborn baby was asleep, I'd unwind at the end of the day with some painting on the globe. A little bit each day!