So, for a very long time I have been mapping the huge continent of Acur in the everpresent (in my mind, that is) world of Maward. While doing this, I have also drifted into devising some ancient history stuff for the continent/world.

To work on those historical maps, though, I realised that an equirectangular projection wasn't the best choice. This is because distances and areas are wrong by too much on such a projection. From there, my next step was to try several equal-area possibilities, trying to choose the best one to portray the continent - I am still unsatisfied, but alas.

Ramblings aside, from those projections I started goofing around. From that goofing around, two continental maps are brewing... these are it:

preview_albers.jpg
This is an Albers Equal-Area...

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This is a Gott-Mugnolo Equal-Area

Styles are different and, in the second map, I am also trying a novel (to me at least) method to represent mountainous terrain.

While these are incomplete maps, I wouldn't call them WIPs as I won't bother to finish them until the heightmap and historical considerations are done, and that will take very long. But I am nevertheless posting them here because I am proud of them and I really would love to get some feedback - in terms of labeling, colors, projection, composition, and such.
Many thanks!