Making a fantasy map with lentils~

[aldersprig]

First things first: hattip
becka_sutton, for showing me this video.

This is my attempt at creating Yet Another Fantasy World via the "pile of stuff on the paper" method.

(Photos behind cut)




First attempt: sort of a shark under the US. Not quite the look I wanted.



Second attempt: much closer.



Close-up of the lower islands.



And here's the draft map!

Next up: Mountains

Edited to add: dimensions

I swear I want to focus. But instead: approximate measurements for the mainland, determined by deciding width. pic.twitter.com/G4oSqaIqgY
- Lyn Thorne-Alder (@lynthornealder) April 19, 2016

And Atlantis:

I think there's a sunken landmass in this map, too, in the sideways-V between the mainland and the island below it.
- Lyn Thorne-Alder (@lynthornealder) April 19, 2016

(this is for the setting I've been working on for a story whose working title is Portal Bound)

P.S. North is to the right on all these. Not sure why the images insist on being rotated.

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