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Oh yeah, I'm in for this! Might do Scotland, or a part of it, since I'm completely lacking in imagination. But who can resist drawing a Tolkien-style map?!
*** June 2016 Challenge: Map a Real Place in a Fantasy or SciFi Style***
Onwards! Upwards! Time for the next monthly Challenge at everyone's favorite Guild. Your mission this time around is to pick out any real world place (New York City, Botswana, your commute route, the Indian Ocean, whatever) and turn it into a fantasy (or scifi) map.
Something along the lines of this, or this, or even this. It doesn't have to be direct translation either; you could do a post-apocalypse version of your hometown, for example. The only stipulation is that the map has to be recognizable as showing a version of an actual place. If you're showing something a little more obscure than, say, the city of London, you might want to link to a map of the place you're re-creating, if only so we can judge you more harshly.
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June 2016 Challenge: << your title goes here >>
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Good luck!
Last edited by Diamond; 06-04-2016 at 01:44 AM.
Oh yeah, I'm in for this! Might do Scotland, or a part of it, since I'm completely lacking in imagination. But who can resist drawing a Tolkien-style map?!
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LOL, funny, was just thinking something like that the other day. Hope I get the time, but vacation is coming up so its doubtful (cause carrying my big-ass computer on a plane... not good )
Good luck to all
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Just to be clear: it doesn't have to be a Tolkien-style map. You could be clever and map an interstellar empire whose planets, when viewed from above, happen to form the outline of North America. You could map a barbarian king's throne room whose floor plan mimics the street layout of Paris, and the bearskins on the floor kind of look like the outlines of Australia.
How about an independent Scotland as an island? With the fishy Nicola Sturgeon as its Witch-Queen... :pOriginally Posted by ChickPea
Oh yeah, I'm in for this! Might do Scotland, or a part of it, since I'm completely lacking in imagination. But who can resist drawing a Tolkien-style map?!
Haha, the Witch Queen of Olde Edinburghe does have a nice sound to it!
I'm hoping to get something up this weekend. I'm tentatively thinking of doing a map of Scottish castles. I foresee a lot of labelling in my future.
"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams"
lol Robulous! With Alex Salmon(d) by her side! I've only just noticed the SNP fish connection!
I might join in this one it looks like fun!
You best get to steppin' then; you've got two weeks!
might have to do something with my home, Malta
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