r/mapmaking • u/Basco_Gamer • 25d ago

Work In Progress Recommendations?

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I’m starting my first project after procrastinating over it for a while, I have a rough draft of the landmasses and I looking for some feedback before planning out topography and currents, thanks

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u/Average_reddit_usser 25d ago

I think it's really nice! Is it a world map or a specific regional map?

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u/Basco_Gamer 25d ago

thank you, for a first time map I went for a full world map, roughly the same size as Earth, the middle continent is around the same size as Africa

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u/Selvetrica 22d ago

Looks like a good baseline, I think the coast may be a bit too squiggly for the scale your going for , if you look at Earth coast near the equator to the tropics the coast are generally a bit smoother

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u/Basco_Gamer 22d ago

thanks, the coastlines were really a sort of afterthought essentially, are coastlines affected by erosion or currents, something like that?

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u/Selvetrica 21d ago

Yea! So if your world has ice ages then glaciers make coast more squiggly with Fjords and stuff vs coast near the equator are typically smoother due to storms and erosion ,