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The Kind of Shit I Do During the Day

On 11/24/2015 at 04:43 PM by Matt Snee

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Yeah, I'm a nerd, nerding out on my own imaginary world. I need maps so I can understand the stories I'm telling. This is map of the fantasy world merging with Earth in my story. It's not done, I'm still filling stuff in, but I need to know what was going on in these territories, so I built a map for my reference.

Comments

Cary Woodham

11/24/2015 at 07:25 PM

Where's my house on the map?

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/24/2015 at 07:44 PM

I haven't gotten to that yet!

Travis Hawks Senior Editor

11/25/2015 at 12:32 AM

I knew a guy named Om. Guess he got a new job, leading a republic. Bragger.

(Also, your map is cool!)

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/25/2015 at 08:21 AM

thanks man! Yeah, I wish I had my own republic too!

KnightDriver

11/26/2015 at 02:10 AM

Aw, I love maps! I made one in High School for the fantasy story I wanted to tell with my DnD characters. I did a bunch of character profiles and descriptions of random fauna you might find in various regions of the map. I never got to writing the full story of it though.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/26/2015 at 08:18 AM

yeah I am having a ball with map making. really good exercise for the imagination!

KnightDriver

11/27/2015 at 12:15 AM

Are you using some online program for that?

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/27/2015 at 01:13 AM

I'm using photoshop. I downloaded the icons like mountains and trees and castles -- as brushes. People made them and distribute them for free for other people to make their maps and stuff. for the paper quality I just downloaded a jpeg of old paper and then drew on that. It's a lot simpler than it might seem, but it helps to know photoshop pretty well.