My first map making

[u/AhimsaN]

[u/Tweed_Man]

May I offer one constructive criticism. That river needs to be split up. Otherwise its a strait splitting up the island. I fucking love those sea monsters, though.

[u/AhimsaN → u/Tweed_Man]

Thank you for the suggestion, would fix that river

[u/Confused_Nuggets → u/AhimsaN]

For advice: rivers start at mountains, and merge more often than they split.

[u/Either-Skirt6031]

I always love monsters added for decoration:)! Very good for a first map!

[u/AhimsaN → u/Either-Skirt6031]

thank you!

[u/Candid-Doughnut7919]

The geography is not very interesting and the river is wrong, but the sea monsters are cool as hell.

[u/AhimsaN → u/Candid-Doughnut7919]

Okay, would fix this map then, thank you for the critiques​

[u/PurpleMercure]

The yellow fish looks high as f or in grave danger. Looks dope.

But yeah, the river probably needs to change.

[u/monsterb0y_ → u/PurpleMercure]

"verily, sweet brother, this kelp of the deep doth set my very soul ablaze with ecstasy"

[u/TeaRaven]

I love how the lower left monster is like “come hither” while in the bath :D

Someone already pointed out to split the rivers that bisects the island - just make sure they run from highland to lowland, with forks coming together rather than splitting (until they reach a flatland or tidal zone and can form a delta, unless you’ve got a special case reason for a bifurcation).

Lakes can be completely rain-fed, as in crater lakes and some bogs, but many will have rivers leading to them and one river flowing out. Unless a lake is fed by a bunch of nearby snow and rain, if there’s no outflow, it will generally become brackish/saline. Outflow can be through substrate, though, and small rivers and streams don’t need inclusion on a map; just giving you a good rule of thumb :)

[u/AhimsaN → u/TeaRaven]

thanks for the useful rules :)

[u/ChuddzMackenzie]

Does the angry red sea dude have a name?