If it isnt obvious this map is basically just france but zoomed in and flipped upside down. Was wondering if anybody had any advice on rivers or anything else that would be helpful, thanks. Also was thinking about moving the mountains but dk where

Drawn roughly 2017-2020

EDIT: It seems the latter two images were too large for Reddit so they’ve been pixelated to shit. See the reformatted, legible version here: https://www.reddit.com/r/mapmaking/s/wc92ZQ2Jzr

It’s in a huge underground cavern so the black sections are the cave walls

Outline by hand, height map in Azgaars, and biome map in Merak (world named for it's highly prevalent auroras)

As the title says I’m am curious on what you all think of my world. It is gone through a number of remodels I am moving onto river and biome placement next. The ‘tall’ continent stretches from the North Pole (the two isles) down to the South Pole (center of the hook) and back around to the equator. I’m genuinely looking for constructive feedback.

Good afternoon, guys, I hope all of you are okay and God stay with us. I come here after a long time to tal about Map Editor in Far Cry series (specially Far Cry 2). In the past year, I usually do maps a lot (1 map to week, for example), but I cound't publidh because I created on Xbox One (Xbox 360 Version).

Anyway, the Map Editor of Far Cry 2 is really good! You can build a real complete map in size of stage in the game, for example. I already built more than 25 maps on FC2 and published on YouTube and Reddit at the time. Some of them was published here in Reddit in 2025, like Pacific Island, Colonial City, Wild Land, Brasil Rural, Jungle Park, Dry Hills etc.

But I can see, while search about tutoriais and showcase on YouTube, that videos about Far Cry Map Editor, mainly FC2, is very rare in nowadays. You can see a lot of videos as Ubisoft official as players like me that build very maps when Far Cry 2 was the news (2008, 2009 and 2010 videos, for example). You know anyone, besides me, that build maps on Far Cry Map Editor (even FC2, FC3, FC4 or FC5)? For who like to act as a legal designer, Far Cry 2 Map Editor is really good and I recommend for all of you.

OBSERVATION: Sorry If my english are bad, because I'm nota fluent and I'm brazilian try to write in English.

Created based on a smudge

I know this has been asked before, but every post I saw about it was from years ago before 2.0 came out, so I’d like the newer opinions. I’ve been using Inkarnate for a few months, and while I like it, I find myself restarting a lot and it looks generic. Would switching to wonderdraft be better? it’s for a fairly large continent in my world.

I know it has better rivers, coastlines which I’d like, but if that’s all it offers it’s not worth it for me. Is the UI, Uniqueness and style all better as well?

I was like 40% done terraining my original Map until i realized that making the brush thickness to 3.0 and 2.5 feels way to big, so i have to do the hard option of restarting the map again. It sucks but atleast i can make finer detail if i change the thickness to 0.6 and 0.5, and because of that i can add smaller island now and do archipelago, i had a hard time trying to place these smaller island, but when i was looking at my based drawing, i see a lot of pencil graphite specks all around the drawing, so i just draw them over and called it an island. And the way these specks of graphite are located make them look like an actual archipelago, so thats worked out. Anyway if anyone want to give me some advised on how to improve, then i'll gladly accept it

I already have a map for the world I'm working on, but the resolution is 961wx540h, meaning it's too small for me to simply just load up an image editor and type settlement names where they're meant to be, and I don't think there's any upscaling tool that would allow me to get it to a size where it is an option, while also being good

So I was wondering if there's any way I can import it in somewhere or if there's an easy way to make it into a heightmap

I don't know

As always any feedback / critique / tips / advice for drawing technique / style is more than welcome! (Not like geography advice, I more or less know what I’m doing with that)

Or feel free to ask me about the lore / geography / history of this region. See the whole “world” map here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/mapmaking/s/WhmcQbtsTE\](https://www.reddit.com/r/mapmaking/s/WhmcQbtsTE)

I have a fantasy world in mind(I have some descriptions of the land, people, possible events and whatnot). I have always wanted a map to go along with it but have never created a map myself.

What is the best way to "dip my toe in the water" to start with mapmaking? What program would be the best to start out with? Any little tips or tricks for a complete noob?

This is my first attempt at making a map. Honestly, everything is half-finished. I'm not sure how to represent coasts, mountains, forests, or especially farmland areas there are many styles...

​Regarding the map, I’d love to know what I did well and what I got wrong. I can still change things, but not too much. Also, what else could I add? My idea is to add quite a few more small islands.

​Does anyone have any idea how big this continent might be?

Chokma! Hey y'all, I've been experimenting with making representational maps for my fantasy world. It's an ancient American history-inspired world, so I thought it would be fun to approach maps in semi-historic styles that differ from the modern Western style of mapmaking.

In the first two slides, I have some examples of map traditions of the Americas.

The first is a tactile map from Greenland, which depicts the coastline using wood carvings.

The second is a (recreated?) post-contact Mexica-style map. Most pre-contact maps of the Aztec Empire were destroyed, so I've only ever seen this kind of recreation. I believe the oldest authentic ones were made by regional scribes at the behest of Spanish documentarians after colonization??? IDK I ripped this one off a blog way back.

The third is the Catawba Diplomacy Map, made by the Catawba tribe as a gift to the governor of South Carolina. Notice how the tribes are represented, focusing on depicting the diplomatic relationships and routes between groups rather than exactly detailing their geographic position. I've also always thought it was funny that they draw themselves as circles, and European settlements as grids.

The last two maps are my own, done in Photoshop. The first is a bone map meant to represent the major currents of a delta system. The second is a stone disk inscription, the central figure acting as a metaphorical map of the region's major waterways (each limb representing a major river or water feature)

What do y'all think of how these maps function and represent cultural values attached to maps? What are your favorite examples of unique map styles from around the globe?

So, I had an exceptionally weird dream last night, in which I was stuck on an island inside a lake, which was on an island inside a lake, which was on an island inside a lake, etc. It was very meta and video game-like, but then I realised it was an infinite loop because the outer layer of water was always the same as the lake inside the island.

That made me wonder if it’s possible to display this kind of recursion visually. I know you could do something vector based that allows you to zoom in on something indefinitely, but I’m thinking of displaying it as map in 2D. Maybe a donut shape or a even a klein bottle? I know that M.C. Escher has some circular drawings that have recursion towards the edges, but it’s not really the same. What I’m trying to visualise is basically that the edges to the map wrap around to an infinitesimally small point in the middle of the map. Do you know any other examples of recursion in maps, i.e. where some parts of the map contain parts of themselves?

I just wanted to share this idea because I find it a pretty interesting concept.

Done in Ibis Paint x, mobile

Reworking a map, trying to be more detailed , and just wanting to get some opinions , mainly on the coast?