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A lot of readers have noted that our towns possess as much character as our people. Jile is a seedy, remote swamp town located in the heart of the Ice Marshes. The men of Doljinaar have always stuck to the roads that wind far around the marshes, which transformed Jile into a breeding ground for criminals, night mortals, half-breeds and others in hiding. Of course this makes Jile a very dangerous and undesirable place to visit. That said, if you can get past the thug filled taverns, the back alley ...
Updated 04-23-2012 at 10:03 PM by jlficks
It's been a while. I decided to check up on the old mapping community. I kind of miss the simple joys of mapping prior to all the other fantasy I'm working on. I had meant to blog next about my epic city Doljinaar, City of Kings, but alas my toil has been for naught and I have thus far failed to create my epic city map. Trouble is, I have this idea for an epic vertical map I need to go alongside with my top view of the city I've completed already. Try and try as I may, I lack the art skills to pull ...
Originally Posted by WoodytheClimateGuy Hello! I am working on my second map project overall, but this is my first original map project, called Woodiea. The goal of creating this world is to create a Koppen climate map as well as realistic map. Hello! I am making a map of a fictional world, dubbed Woodiea. In honor of my birthday, here is the first progress update of the revised version of Woodiea. Original: North Pole: ...
Updated 05-04-2022 at 09:28 PM by WoodytheClimateGuy
Ladies and gentlemen, it's been a long time. My name is Takutaku. It's been a few years since I posted. I would like to introduce you to the project I was in charge of. This map is a map of a fictitious prefecture, "Kagarihara", in a fictitious world resembling the Japanese archipelago. I drew a modern map. You can ...
Originally Posted by Larion After putting the map down, and picking it back up a few days later, I decided to make a large number of minor tweaks. Mostly name changes. I also changed population sizes to more accurately reflect medieval demographics. I added in dots that represent villages. And I made the mountains smaller but more plentiful - UPDATED VERSION - As of 4.18.13