I spent a lot of my spare time working on maps. Here’s what I have to show for my effort.
First off, Thraeton now has mountain ranges. I experimented a little and came up with the following abstract style, which I like a lot.
Thraeton
Detail view:
Thraeton Detail
I am currently working on climate – wind, ocean currents, climate zones.
In between, I revisited that world which started it all, and which gave the name to this website: Enderra. I began by recreating what geography has already been established over the past 17 years. As you can see, this is not the entire planet just yet – the entire “new world” in the west was never mapped out, so it’ll be added later.
Enderra
I also experimented with drawing pretty national borders. These are very rough, and I’ll have to redraw them as the map evolved, but as a stylistic experiment I think it was quite a success:
Enderra National Borders
As always, I work in Inkscape.
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Tags: Cartography, Enderra, Inkscape, Mapping, Maps, Thraeton, Worldbuilding
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And you flatter me. Thanks.
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this is all very much beyond me, since i've no skills in this area, but you amaze me. thanks for sharing!
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I agree with Alex, your drawings are great. Would you consider posting how you’ve done them?
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It’s really not that special, I am afraid. I’m still learning myself. It’s mostly inkscape with a whole lot of layers. I’ll eventually write some nice tutorials, once I have something worth-while to say on the subject.
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Oh wow. I'm writing a short-story book that takes place in a world called Thraeton. i googled it and this is what i got. NICE.
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Nicole,
Glad you like it – a more current version is here: http://enderra.com/2009/03/27/map-of-thraeton/
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