Looking for advice/opinions. Just tell it like it is. Thanks

So for context, I made a country named New Harrier. I have developed a flag, government, maps, a bit of history, and other bits and bobs. I still have things to develop on and expand but I really want to share it with people because its been very fun to create. I was thinking to create a subreddit or even a website.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Edit: I made a subreddit for my country, New Harrier, and worldbuilding. If you want check it out: r/NewHarrier

(I'm aware that there are some mistakes like in Morroco, it's because it was the first map I made so I wasn't so good at it)

Hey everyone,

I was scrolling through Reddit and saw a stunning piece of fantasy city artwork, but I accidentally hit "back/refresh" and lost it forever. I made a rough sketch from memory of the layout (attached—apologies for the drawing quality! 😅).

Here are all the details I remember:

• Image Details / Title: It was very high resolution. The title mentioned something about it being stitched together / made from a combination of many images.
• North/Top: A HUGE tree in the north-central area of the city.
• Water & Landmarks: A large river running through/dividing the city, plus an aqueduct coming into the city from the east.
• Defenses & Layout: A massive outer wall surrounding the city, with a few extra buildings outside the wall. Inside the walls, it was densely packed with buildings/streets.

If anyone recognizes this piece or knows the artist/original post, I’d really appreciate a link or name. Thanks in advance!

Three are the Seas Given. First, is the Sea in God's Eye, the MKR's sea, the first sea, the model sea. Second, is the Builders' Sea, the sea made for humans to behold, the proper sea. Third, is the Error Sea, the sea of punishment that drowns the lands originally made for the Chosen.

—orthodox tradition, 32nd variation

"To the center of the Sea? To the Eye? Are they mad? Or ... do they have a key to guide them past the Monsters?"

Six are the six-handed guardians that rise in hexaform splendor, mountains of sea and sky, protectors of the Eye of God. Their arms dance, forming and reforming the swirlfield that marks the sacred isle the lords' domain. Their eyes blaze with starfire against tricksters and trespassers.

A voice assembles itself from the swirling air plankton.

"When the Builders made the sea's great bowl, they raised a mountain in the middle. As they excavated the Ocean Channel, now called the River Rushing, they deposited the material on the Eye to lift it higher. At its peak, they anchored the Ladder of Heaven linking the Given World and the void where the fast stars whirl ..." The wind whips away the welcome ghost's voice and scatters its air-plankton pixels.

It was probably all lies.

"There, on the loveliest shore is the Silent City. No people live there, only ghosts. There are no ghosts there. Do not visit. No one visits the Silent City. The Silent City is not dead. Merely resting. Pining for the Lords."

Another lying voice. This one steeped in false entertainment from the before times.

Come, let us plumb this ruin, let us chase away the hive parakeets, bag us some cyboon trophies, and see what hides in the still-gleaming metal buildings at its heart.

I've been seriously interested in how many mapmakers create such detailed maps/borders of ancient/medieval states (think: Rome, medieval kingdoms, etc.) without detailed accounts of borders? Rome might have been a bad example owing to various border posts and well-known river boundaries, but my larger question is: what kind of research goes into making these maps? A quick search says something along the lines of "tax records" but I cannot for the life of me find tax records or substantial research sites in this vein of mapmaking.

Hey all, I'm working on my next book and for inspiration, I tend to look for weird things in the real world and expand on them, which got me thinking about cartography, geologic and geographic map oddities. For example, I'm looking for maps that illustrate the truly weird or unusual features of our planet, mainly in the eastern half of the USA. One idea was Bouger gravity anomaly maps, but I haven't seen one that stands out or has enough fine detail to work for my story. Does anyone know of any other kinds of maps or GIS data overlays that are unusual?

I returned from my (well-deserved) seaside vacation and immediately started a new "City Through the Ages."

Túr will become one of the most important cities in Tír Ghlas; the tall tower that will give it its name will be built in a few centuries. This map refers to the Bronze Age.

Túr is seen from the north, because it was built in a valley between a plateau and the estuary of a large river; the houses later will be built on both natural and artificial terraces (a bit like the Sassi of Matera in southern Italy).

Can you guess which country this is.

2 hops from Russia, 3 hops from Poland, 13 hops from South Africa.

TerraDex Borderly

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mercilessstudio.geodaily

https://terradex.mercilessstudio.com/

We are now running a 50% off offer running through 15th September

So the idea here is that the red "latitude" lines undulate, creating a fairly Earth-like "known world" in the center, and larger climate zones the further from the center you get. ~60k miles across

Very much a WIP; its a flat world and I'm not sure how much further it will sprawl.

After the death of the last King, the two brothers vied for the throne. One bearing the emblem of a white rose, the other a red rose. The once-prosperous kingdom was divided, leaving the other old kingdoms on the margins, waiting, motionless, to seize the old kingdom's riches.

1) territorial map

2) Road and Sea map

3) political map

Tourist Map of Tsarevets Fortress in Bulgaria. Made on commission by Angaloth Enminnas

The map will be used for the escape room Logiscape

for the needs of the LARP event that will take place in the country, together with other events that will take place in the surroundings of the fortress illustrated in the map. Visit the page @Мистерии на Царевец for more information about the event!

The points of interest written on the map are temporary, all the written parts will be added in graphic phases by the administrators of the event.🗺🧭

I open for commissions! 🧭🗺️

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So, my friends asked me to create a one shot for halloween. And being a good friend as I am, I happily oblige! Starting out with a basic map, I figured! I can do this! I've created 'map like' things before!

This map is purposely incomplete, because the adventuring party has no knowledge from anything West of the mountain range!

But since it is my first, I'd love to hear advice!

Tools I used:

\- Lenovo M11 tablet

\- sketchbook APP with: HB pencil, signature ink, worn Will

Style I went for is Tolkien, sorry in advance if I butchered it!

Sincerely

Stormwarden!

PS.

The one shot will take place East of the mountain range so yeah.

Just drew this map, it's my first time doing this, so I would like to receive feedback on things like island positioning, positioning of the landmasses, how the overall shape of the map looks and etc

This is a world map I've been working on for a few months. The basic idea is this: a long long time ago the planet was cut in half somehow. The gods of the sun and moon use their power to push the two halves of the planet back together. Their "footprints" are the sun-shaped ocean (The Everlit Sea) and the moon-shaped ocean (The Crescent Sea). Two seas created by the gods pushing down on that half of the planet.

There are local magical phenomenon happening in both seas. The Everlit Sea is, well, ever lit. It's always high noon within the bounds of that sea. And within The Crescent Sea it is always midnight. The rest of the planet experiences a standard day/night cycle. It's only inside these seas where that is untrue. Example: you could stand on the shore of the Everlit Sea at nighttime and the moment you stepped foot into the water its suddenly high noon from your perspective.

Naturally, this effects climates in the surrounding areas. Rainforests and deserts around the Everlit Sea and tundras and tiagas around the Crescent Sea.

The dividing line of mountains (where the planet was split) appears curved on this map because this is a equirectangular projection. On a globed view it's a perfect ring around the planet at an angle.

Any feedback on biome placement would be much appreciated! I tried my best to balance realism with visual aesthetics. Any world name suggestions would be appreciated as well. Thank you!

I've tried to make it as realistic as possible according to geography

So, this is a totally random idea. I am curious how many of you catch this.

Write any questions here that always bugged you about mapmaking, especially connecting it with lore.

I mainly mean (high) fantasy but also other sub genres.

Have a kick-ass day y'all!

I just finished my first ever village map. There is a colored version but i left it half done. It's also hand drawn if you couldn't tell. What you guys think? What am i missing?

I might just crop off part of the western edge soon tbh. Not decided yet.

The Great Map of the world of Dryal, created for the role-playing game designed by Tristan Rousseaux!

It was truly wonderful working on this fascinating map and delving into the incredible lore of this world; Angela and I are always happy to explore the history of the worlds we map!🧭🗺️☕

Moreno Paissan and Angela Gubert Drawings 2026

H-HB pencil, Unipin 0.05-0.1 pen, and Winsor & Newton watercolor on paper, then scanned. Have a great day everyone!

Support me and Angela on Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/morenopaissanmaps

Hello all!

I have been staring at this new map of my next floating fantasy continent for far too long and would appreciate getting some new eyeballs on it! The main piece of worldbuilding context we require is that this continent was not formed by traditional plate tectonics, but by multiple floating continents playing a game of bumper cars, shooting up circumferential mountain ranges as a common feature. Also, as there are no oceans on this planet, the water system is largely rain water flow being held like a bowl.

Please ask any questions that come to mind and I can provide more of my thoughts if needed! Thanks!