Elynulst

[Saule]

A map I've been working on for a couple of days. There's no real story behind this, just for fun & practise. I based the general landscape of this map on the northmost of the Shetlandislands and a part of the one closest (Unst & Yell, hence the name Elynulst, which is an anagram). I wanted some practise with realistic height differences, and this seemed like a good idea to get it. The coastline, hills, rivers and most lakes are based on the original islands. The rest was filled in by me. (The original islands have virtually no forest, and just grasslands seemed like too little variation for me).

I've tried a new method to create the villages. Although not entirely realistic, I feel like they fit in with the rest of the map. Tell me what you think.

Also a little warning: it's a very big map.