Aug/Sept '19 Lite Challenge: Ocean of Night

[AtTheShoreline]

For this challenge my plan is to make a fantasy map inspired by the song "Ocean of Night" by Editors. Link to lyrics and video.

My idea is to interpret lines from the lyrics in a fantasy setting and map a small group of islands in an ocean. Inspired by the lyrics including "inhabit the calm of the storm", "So you can hold back the fire" and "this is a slow dance" I've chosen to have two magical guardians who circle the islands keeping them free from storms. I'm not sure what the guardians will be, in the current sketch they look a bit like plesiosaurs. I imagine that the area is in constant nighttime, either due to some magic or being on a tidal locked planet.

Here's a sketch with indications of which lyrics the elements come from. The islands will get names based on words from the lyrics. Apologies for the terrible phone image of my sketch

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sketch2.jpg

[Bogie]

Welcome to the challenge! Great start with an interesting concept.

[ThomasR]

I love globe maps ! I look forward to seeing where you take the map

[storymakertomi]

This is such a cool start - I can't wait to see more.

[AtTheShoreline]

Thanks to everyone for the encouraging feedback. So here's the final(?) version. The map was drawn with black pigma micron pens, then scanned and edited in gimp. To enhance the night theme I inverted the colors and added a dark blue background. All Islands have names using words from the lyrics (and one from the name of the album)

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oceanofnight3.jpg

[Bogie]

looks cool with the midnight blue color!