Looking for some advice on a WIP map
Hi everyone!
Im not much of an artist but i recently started to plan my Fantasy Book that i want to write, and my proccess involves making a Map as the first step.
Its just a personal prefference but it makes averything alot easier if i can use a "factual" piece of information (map) as a basis of the Races, Cities, Cultures, Characters and subsequently the Plot of the story.
Now i was wondering if any of you can give me some advice on the matter. Just your personal opinion on how you would aproach worldbuilding in this instance.
I uploaded 2 maps...they are bassically the same, but have different "view" .... one is a close up on a part of the continent and the other is a continent in its "full glory"
The one where the continent is full i drawn up 2 more additions that i would like to add... the circle one is an island and the other one is a set of smaller circles which would be something like an Archipelago (like Stockholm Archipelago but more structured and "fantastic") but quite big and going from bigger island, narrowing to smaller and denser islands (Shattered Isles would be the name i might use for them).
In the Close-up map i havent shetched up any aditions but i would dress it up a little bit more just to look a bit nicer and richer.
The map would look much like our Earth itself. It will follow the same rules of geography as Earth.
Now what i would like from you is to just drop some knowledge and advice on me.
Bassically which one you preffer? Are the additions i mentioned neccessary or not? Would you do something different with pieces that are already there? Should i focus on smaller part of the map or maybe expand it a bit further?
I know its a bit vague asking this question but nevertheless i think you guys can come up with some help for me, im sure
Edit: If its any help, i would like my map to feature 3 geological units - Desert, Ice/Tundra, Grassland/hills. Again following the North-Ice, Mid-Grass/hill, South-Desert....BUT if you think that is also a bit derrivative you can advise me against it
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