Hi all,

I started working on this map few days ago and I thought it would be best to ask for guidelines, feedback and tips from professionals before I continue This is my attempt to learn about cartography and photoshop at the same time. I'm still completely new with both and willing to hear suggestions on all fronts.

What I'm mainly concerned with is:

- is the scale acceptable for this kind of map? The bigger circle (what can be seen of it) should represent the equator so this would be, I don't know, the size of USA perhaps? Smaller circle represents the everlasting snow/ice in the north.
- is the map geographically viable? Would mountains, rivers and forests form in this manner? Especially considering the cold north?
- how do I go about drawing a wasteland in the bottom right corner? How would land transform from pastures/mountains/forests into desert? Can you recommend some good examples that could give me an idea how to draw it?

I have a ton of other questions but I'll leave those for later. Seriously though, any help would be great, I hardly know what I'm doing

Thanks upfront for any comments you might have!

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