Nate Mangion

Work on the A0 Inner Sea map begins...

So I've finally started working on the full size (A0 - 841 x 1189 mm  [13244 x 18724] at 400dpi). I spent most of the day compositing my two  continent maps (the north and south) and making sure that everything is  to scale and aligned correctly.
 

It almost looks ready, but I need to completely redo the labels and all  the iconography as they're composites from the individual maps and are  to different scales and are all merged and rasters, so now I begin the...

Atlas Elyden #23 - Mharokk, Allasan, Arshad

I was able to get another map done (3 in a month - certainly a record!). Again, most of this map was already finished thanks to me having already worked on surrounding regions earlier on in the year, so I just had to update the parts I haven't touched on before.

You can find an updated key to the map here.

This is the low-res version available to everyone.  2017-07-30 12:22:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Atlas Elyden #22 - Lidea & Harappa

This was a quick one to make - most of the topography was already finished, and much of the labelling was done from previous work done on bordering nations, so I just had to do the central area of the map.

The next map will likewise be a quick one, as it details the region to the W of here - Mharokk, which has even more work finished for it from this map and the Vaalk map I had done last year.

You can find an updated key to the map 2017-07-17 08:55:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Ezasuh and Tahall - (High-res)

 Sorry for the delay, but as always, here's the high-res version of the map, for patrons.   Thanks for your support :) 

Atlas Elyden #21 - Ezasuh and Tahall

So here's the latest map in the series - a diptych, so-to-speak (or a two-page spread, if I don't feel like being pretentious) - detailing two almost-neighbouring nations with a shared heritage. If you look closely, the bottom left of the top map lines up with the top right of the bottom map.

The land just south of the bottom map (Sagittaria) is also linked to these two and will be one of the next maps I work on, though I'm not sure of the layout yet.

I was going to start tha...

the Flaeschus

Another peak into the tainted landscape of Elyden and a taste of what awaits explorers of the Atramental wastelands of Kharkharadontis. this is just a taster   :)

the Ecstacy of St. Malichar

Amongst the more fantasical entries you'll come across in this series, this is one of the more mundane ones... or is it?

It's inspired by Bernini's Ecstasy of St. Teresa, and this amazing Alien: Covenant poster art, both of which are perfect fits for Elyden.&n...

Aello, the Godhead

This is one of my favourite locations in the Atramentally wasted deserts of Kharkharadontis and gives a good idea as to the strangeness of the entire region the.

The closer one gets to the so-called Black Fountain (the source of the Aramenta in Elyden) the stranger the terrain becomes... I'll be detailing some of this odd Atramental terrain in the next few entries

the Hall of Records

One of the first 'places' I ever came up with for my world, the Hall of Records of Khadon is a monument to red tape and bureaucracy, which is something I always thought the Korachani was rather adept at. 

Thanks for the comments - I'll be sure to add a few of these between other projects :)

the Pyramid of Otulr

Here's a bit of background on one of the regions I'm currently working on, which I thought I'd share as a little graphic. I'd love some feedback on this type of post - is anyone interested in seeing more stuff like this?

If so, I have LOADS of stuff like this I can post. 

the Old Forest - (High-res)

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Atlas Elyden #20 - the Old Forest

You can find an updated key to the map here.

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Atmospheric Circulation Map

I've been working on a worldbuilding article that requires quite a few graphics of the process and I've just started working on these now. This is the first of hopefully many such graphics: the Atmospheric Circulation map.

Atmospheric Circulation

You can divide both northern and southern hemisphere into three distinct bands between the equator (0O) and 30O, 30O and 60O, and 60O and 90O. These can be called tropical, temperate, and arctic bands. These bands are also used ...

the Old Forest blurb

Here's the blurb for the next map I'm working on, the Old Forest. It's quite a long one as I wanted to try and stay away from the mystical forest trope as much as possible while still having it be a mystical forest. I'm not sure on the way the information is presented and any feedback wouldbe much appreciated:

 

Known as Tar yo- Dhai in the Korachani empire and as Vanefar by its natives, most names for this region, regardless of language, can be roughly translated as:...