Original First Attempt at Worldbuilding - World of Adrie [WIP]

[Martynas Martin]

Hello CG,

This is my first original cartographic attempt, shaping the continents, countries and everything else from my own imagination. It is still in its early stage, because I am planning to label cities, bodies of water, other geographical objects as well borders. For now, I have four distinct continents that are shaping up quite neatly.

Eastern Continent - Journe

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Southern Continent - Tanth

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Northern Continent - Aquayno

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Western Continent - Cossoras

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Let me know what you think

[Azélor]

Is there a reason the northern and southern continents are truncated?

[Martynas Martin]

Yes. I used a simple climate simulator to try and make my continents' climates at least a tad bit more realistic, and I couldn't get a glacier up north and a hot arid desert down south if the land stopped at the map borders, the water would cool down the desert and thaw the ice. I had to simulate extra land (lots of it, comparatively) north and south of what can be seen to allow for extreme continental climate conditions to form. Besides, I like 'Here Be Dragons' places in maps, so I thought I'd leave some unexplored, uncharted area in mine as well.

[Azélor]

So the southern continent, is it located at the pole or at the tropics?

[Martynas Martin]

Southern hemisphere tropic. The very bottom is subtropical/temperate.

[Martynas Martin]

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Finally finished the city and country labels. I didn't know where to fit labels for small countries, so I decided to make a line pointing out from the country to an empty place (which is always the sea) and write the name there.