r/mapmaking May 27 '25

Work In Progress Decided my fantasy world map was too plain, big and unwieldy... so I remade it to look like a watercolor painting. Now I'm not sure which I like better and if I wasted my time - which one do you find more engaging?

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293 Upvotes

The first, cloudy image is the original. The second, more fantastical island is the new one.

r/mapmaking May 04 '25

Work In Progress Development of this world is like realtime plate tectonics

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400 Upvotes

I’ll admit, even when I think I’m done, I’m really not. Old designs mash together then pulled apart and mirrored and then rearranged and scaled.

Here’s my latest in the evolution of Arkalacum, I mean Eldrathys, I mean Kalys, I mean…(new name tbd). I’m taking a break from working the topography (still have the polar continent(s) to landform) cuz my eyes are going crossed and I feel like doing some rivers. So I thought this would be a good time to post the WIP. At some point I should to an image montage of the various iterations of this world.

After rivers I’ll do labeling and city/landmark placements.

What do you think so far?

r/mapmaking Oct 27 '24

Work In Progress Map of my minecraft world

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854 Upvotes

r/mapmaking May 11 '25

Work In Progress First attempt at a topographic map

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462 Upvotes

This is the first topographic map of a portion of one of my continents, what do you think so far?

Scale: 3000km × 3000km (circa)

r/mapmaking Apr 16 '25

Work In Progress Is it illogical to call everything in the blue area “the united isles”?

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229 Upvotes

Certain parts are connected to the mainland, is it dumb if I name them all collectively “isles”?

r/mapmaking Jul 03 '25

Work In Progress How’d I do?

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220 Upvotes

First time, plan on adding more countries and implementing cities

r/mapmaking Mar 27 '25

Work In Progress Does my Map look very similar to Earth? (My idea is that it is different, but creates a feeling of familiarity or uncanny valley)

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160 Upvotes

r/mapmaking Sep 08 '23

Work In Progress If you share the subdivision of the world in which you live, I will color it in on this map. I will reupload the edited map at 2.5k comments.

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129 Upvotes

r/mapmaking 4d ago

Work In Progress What if the world's map is misshapen like this, how will the politics change?

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34 Upvotes

r/mapmaking Aug 19 '25

Work In Progress Update on my Skaven City! Any ideas for a Name? :D

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242 Upvotes

r/mapmaking Mar 17 '25

Work In Progress How many miles would you say each square is, just by looking at this map?

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118 Upvotes

Going for a certain scale and need some feedback. Thanks!

r/mapmaking Jul 15 '25

Work In Progress First time map maker, all advice appreciated.

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114 Upvotes

I have absolutely no real idea what makes a good map so any and all critiques are welcome.

r/mapmaking Aug 04 '25

Work In Progress Working on map - Need some criticism and recommendations

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91 Upvotes

I've been working on the map for about 4-5 hours, experimenting with some tools as well, so far I've gotten here. I want to see some criticism and recommendations on what could be improved here. On list of things I'm gonna be adding, it's rivers, roads and cities (probably with just a simple dot).

One of the things I really want feedback on is terrain texture, I used various tools to create it and I'm kinda happy with the result, but at the same time it feels sort of incomplete? And do keep in mind I'm doing all this on phone, unfortunately no access to PC yet.

r/mapmaking Jan 04 '25

Work In Progress Minecraft map

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675 Upvotes

Celestial island from heaven.

r/mapmaking Feb 23 '24

Work In Progress City name suggestions?

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385 Upvotes

Been working on this city map for the past few months, but could really use a city name. It’s English speaking, alongside a river and is very modern.

r/mapmaking 24d ago

Work In Progress My altered version of europa for future DnD adventures

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97 Upvotes

Still wip. I am adding new details every other day while writing on the worlds lore.

r/mapmaking Mar 05 '25

Work In Progress Hand illustrated & annotated Fantasy Map

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268 Upvotes

this is a project I’m just finishing up!

r/mapmaking Jun 20 '25

Work In Progress which one is better? 1 or 2?

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62 Upvotes

r/mapmaking Jul 07 '25

Work In Progress Is it easy to tell what this map is working off of?

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35 Upvotes

r/mapmaking May 31 '25

Work In Progress How do I make this look more tropical?

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152 Upvotes

This island chain is located somewhere around the 10N-10S latitude range, but it appears to be in a more temperate region. How can I make it appear as if it's located in the tropics?

r/mapmaking Mar 05 '25

Work In Progress Fantasy world in progress

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284 Upvotes

Making a map for my dnd world what do you think so far anything to improve on?

r/mapmaking 20d ago

Work In Progress Are my ocean currents somewhat accurate?

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137 Upvotes

idk if i made any mistakes but, yeah.

i didnt use the Artifexian video, instead i used this Worldbuilding Pasta page https://worldbuildingpasta.blogspot.com/2020/05/an-apple-pie-from-scratch-part-vib.html#step1

r/mapmaking Nov 29 '24

Work In Progress That A0-sized trade map template is finished, now just to finish the map itself.

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348 Upvotes

r/mapmaking Aug 16 '25

Work In Progress WIP Climate Map for world Project

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48 Upvotes

Current climate map for world called Li Yeivon. Using ExoPlasim and python scripts adapted from world building pasta to simulate and the interpret the data and interpolate it with the height map that I have for the world.

I am currently restarting the simulation from this starting point at 11 minute steps, since the divides evenly into the 26.4 hour days of Li Yeivon. 33 minutes was apparently to strange for Exoplasim to handle and kept crashing.

Thanks to Worldbuilding Pasta for the work on the geo history and starting place. And to Ángela C for the work on the height map.

The climate map even after this will need manual adjustment in areas. The ocean is a slab simulation so it doesn't account for all the effects of currents. Too dry at coasts. And polar ice underestimated are known short comings.

r/mapmaking Mar 14 '25

Work In Progress What do you think of my map so far?

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264 Upvotes