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April 20, 2009
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The projection of the map is done by two Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area hemispheres, arranged south-pole to south-pole (instead of the more usual east-side to west-side yo).

The map is populated by lots of pictures.

I don't think anything on this map has come from anywhere but my own hands. This doesn't even have fontage, because I used a neography (constructed script "conscript") of my own. At the most I traced animal photos to do the animals. The rhino-like creature was based on Dürer's Rhino, the monoceros on a Wikipedia Commons picture of antilopes, the jumping birdwhale on a picture of a jumping orca and the gripps on dinosaur paintings. The mountains are hand-drawn, but the cities and trees I made brushes for.

I am quite happy with the human figures because I didn't use any model for them. The hands turned out surprisingly well in retrospect.

Some of the images on the map depict general knowledge about the world, but much is specific to the creator of the map. Within the story of Ysi, this map is unique -- there is no other world map on that Earth. Its creation is a consequence of my novel, King of Nowhere, and later stories (and the rewrite of King of Nowhere) will go more into de- agh god

i just remembered a great picture i should have added

from KoNW

i mean

it's a pretty big thing to forget

Eh.

I'll live.
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~jimydog000 Mar 26, 2011
awesome! looks better south to south =D
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~Naeddyr Mar 26, 2011
Thanks. :D It's the small things that make a whole.
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~Vanja1995 Oct 31, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
this map has everything! It looks so professional and ... AWESOME
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~Naeddyr Oct 31, 2010
Thanks a bunch. Yeah, this is my current cartographical magnum opus.
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~leekskin Mar 29, 2010
How.....
urgh, I fail at making realistic-looking continents or maps. How.
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~Naeddyr Mar 30, 2010
Well, maybe you're the kind of person who can use tectonics as the base? That's a good place to start. I bet there's at least a few tutorials on the net on how to do it.
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~Darkaiz Feb 13, 2010
Awesome concept!
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~Naeddyr Feb 13, 2010
Thankies. :)
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~Darkaiz Feb 13, 2010
You're welcome =)
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~far-from-earth Feb 5, 2010
This is really amazing and I enjoy all the little details. What do the red glyphs that aren't word represent? Things that would be on a key? city, capital city, and so on.
I would worry about the weather, though, on a planet that had barely two continents (maybe three? how many do you consider there to be?) to interrupt the ocean's churning.
Sorry, I'm just excited. I'm not just extrapolating from this map: I've looked at your other script samples, and the script appears very clean and efficient without being repetitive. Very nice.
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