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I’ve posted a few of my maps and more humorous blogs here, but I thought I’d take a moment to talk about one of my favorite more serious characters. He’s an assassin, like my lead character Shade, but he is a ballsy and chillingly capable rival who is a true threat to Shade’s crown as world’s top assassin. I call him Raithe and he’s got quite the tongue on him. Let’s begin with a quote from the man’s very lips: “Of course, I don’t have so widely esteemed reputation as you, Shade, ...
Self-introduction http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...ad.php?t=40673 Hello! こんにちは! This is the map I am making. Almost alone by myself. The World name is "Meiglid". There is a huge peninsula. I also call "Large peninsula of The Meiglid (メイグリド大半島)" and "The ...
Currently working on three very different maps for three different authors. I also recently found the map I started for my own books, but it is so sad and unloved, haha! I barely sketched out the coastline and threw some names on there. I should really start actually working on that one. I need to hurry up and finish these maps first.
So, I've managed to get my files into a better format. Here's an image of my world with latitude markings. Love to hear any comments.
Some of you who've bothered to read my blogs have probably wondered what, if anything, they have to do with cartography. I admit that oftentimes, any relationship I could come up with would seem tenuous at best. That's a shame in some ways, because cartography itself is a subject spanning all nations and all of recorded history. It is art and literature, biology, geography, geology, business, finance, science, mythology, history, lore, fantasy... I am hard-put to find a single aspect of human experience ...
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