So it's been a couple days, but I've changed the map... again. The coastlines on the previous drafts was a little... weird, so I figured the best solution was to just resketch my coast. (It was the solution.) So, while I was re-sketching, I added (and took away) some islands. Though I liked that there was a open part of the sea on the left side, so I'll probably end up redoing the sea. Again.

But here's my map in it's current state:
Astrea and Ozpya D5.png

Once I started on my forests I rediscovered the smudge tool, and then decided that'd be a good tool for my mountains so I went back and redid all of them - which look much better now. I'll probably only label five or six of them, depending on the font. I've got a couple serif fonts in mind, and then there's always Futura.

I decided to put some forests on the islands because they needed something. It took awhile, and later I might go back and add a forest on the blank islands. Or if I'm feeling particular brave, a mountain on the island in the upper left hand corner.

Next came rivers. It took me a couple tries to get the shading and thickness I wanted, but I'm happy with how they look for now. I also added more rivers because it felt like there wasn't enough of them.

The only thing I hate more than making mountains is hills. They're like mini mountains. (They're not, but they are.) This is attempt number one. Eventually, I'll go back and redo them (probably two or three times). Odds are, these won't be the hills in my final draft.

I started on Apdar's Wall after I saved the last PNG, and I'm still unsure with how I want to tackle it. I don't want it be just a line because it'll look boring, and I want something a little more detailed. So I'll be experimenting in Inkscape for the next few days until I get it figured out. Whenever I get frustrated with that, I'll probably actually start coloring in the desert. Or adding more forests. Or literally anything else.

All of the changes were just done listening to music, mostly because it was more tedious and I didn't want to get distracted by a movie or TV show... and I couldn't decide on anything.

That's probably all until I get the wall finished. Or whatever else I do stalling making the wall. Either way, it probably won't be for a couple days.