Hi Hi

[Mars Enyalios]

So, the other day, I said to myself, "I'm going to make a quick map for reference purposes for this story I may or may not write."

13 hours later . . .

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. . . that happened. And here I thought I hated map-making (I really wonder about geography and if I'm doing it right, which usually makes me drop my pen and walk away), but this looks like something I might see in a book! (I was/am very pleased, to say the least.)

After seeing this map, my friend was like, "You should check out the cartographer's guild. Sometimes, I go over there just to look and marvel."

To which I replied, "I would probably go there, look, and then cry in a corner because I feel inferior."

But I came, I looked, (felt inferior (those colors!), but didn't cry (in a corner or otherwise)), and found a very welcoming and helpful community; I read through some threads and saw how people offered critiques and suggestions in response to WIP maps, and I figured I would give it a go (the only way to get better is to hang out with people who are better than me, amirite?).

So that's why I'm here.

Hi hi. Nice t' meet y'all.
--Mars

[Abu Lafia]

Hi Mars, welcome to the guild. No need to cry indeed, that's a lovely map you made! Have some rep for presenting such a nice piece of work (really like the dragon compass!) with your first post. I think your on a good way, but try not to get caught by the river cops...

[Mars Enyalios]

(The dragon's my favorite, too. I probably spent only 20 minutes on it, which is the least amount of time I spent on anything, haha! Not fair )

(Rep = reputation, I'm guessing? How's that work, anyways?)

Not the river cops! THEY'RE COMING FOR MY FORKING AND GRAVITY-DEFYING RIVERS *speeds away on scooter*

[Abu Lafia]

Yeah that's one of the lessons i learned doing maps: The fun stuff is done fast, the trees take years!

Edit: you can add to someone's reputation by clicking on the star below the avatar/profile. Since the "like" button has been removed before my time here, it' seems the only way left (besides commenting ofc) to approve of someone else's work

[Ryusamasan]

This is nice, I like the pen style and I particularly like how the trees change per the region...
Though I generally do not care about these supposed "river police", I would say (as a friendly critique) that you may need some more variation in thickness and line fidelity.

For a map being

a quick map for reference purposes

I would say this map is very very nice!

[Mars Enyalios]

The fun stuff is done fast, the trees take years!

So true! Those trees were killer!

Edit: you can add to someone's reputation by clicking on the star below the avatar/profile. Since the "like" button has been removed before my time here, it' seems the only way left (besides commenting ofc) to approve of someone else's work

Ahh, cool. Thanks~!

Though I generally do not care about these supposed "river police", I would say (as a friendly critique) that you may need some more variation in thickness and line fidelity.

*strokes invisible beard thoughtfully* Yes, I could see the rivers being too uniform in width. I don't think I've ever heard the term "line fidelity" (*pokes google* Is that something about the auto-correcting/stabilization of your markings?), so I'm not sure I understand that part of the critique Thanks for the help, though

[ChickPea]

Hi Mars, welcome to the Guild and that's a really nice first map. My only suggestion, in addition to what others have said above, is that you try giving your rivers a little more wiggle! Most of the them follow a rather straight course and I think they'd look better with a little more meandering. Excellent start though and look forward to seeing more from you.

[Mars Enyalios]

@ChickPea -- ah! Maybe that's what Ryusamasan meant. That makes sense. Thanks!

[Mars Enyalios]

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More like this?

[Abu Lafia]

It's looking much better now with the meandering and tapering rivers! Great job Mars, now you're safe...