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by HandsomeRob
Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:03 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Criticize my map
Replies: 12
Views: 3225

Re: Criticize my map

No, Sam. All that we are shown is coastlines. Rifting separates continents at the continental shelf, so the position of the coastline, while relevant, is not of primary importance. Also, depending on the position of the pole of rotation w/r/t to the plate boundary, the variance in rate from end to e...
by HandsomeRob
Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:46 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Criticize my map
Replies: 12
Views: 3225

Re: Criticize my map

Zomp: Because plate tectonics occurs on a spherical surface, rifts do not expand evenly. Any two plates will rotate with respect to one another around a single point, called the "Pole of Rotation". The closer the rift is to this pole, the slower the rifting will be. One example is the famous Mid-Atl...
by HandsomeRob
Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:41 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: CCC - Drama round - thru 5/11 TODAY
Replies: 38
Views: 10436

Re: CCC - Drama round - thru 5/11

ZOMBIE POTATO FAMINE

Potatoes everywhere awaken from their slumber and walk the earth, devouring the flesh of the living.
by HandsomeRob
Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:50 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlang words that happen to resemble real words
Replies: 80
Views: 51338

Re: Conlang words that happen to resemble real words

labia land of curiosity
Indeed?
by HandsomeRob
Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:23 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Telmona - Word order in Tǝɣrâ (isolating V2 language)
Replies: 19
Views: 6272

Re: Telmona - World Map

Here's your map in a few other projections (click to expand)

Plate Carree:
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Robinson:
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Winkel Tripel:
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by HandsomeRob
Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:21 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: CCC Land Grab
Replies: 259
Views: 63966

Re: CCC Land Grab

P minus 6 r

Although it would be nice to have the climate map worked out before we do the landgrab.
by HandsomeRob
Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:54 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: CCC Species creation - CLOSED; GO VOTE
Replies: 68
Views: 16681

Re: CCC Species creation

But why you would choose normal humans when you could choose SEXY humans?
by HandsomeRob
Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:31 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: CCC Species creation - CLOSED; GO VOTE
Replies: 68
Views: 16681

Re: CCC Species creation

The description of the species I propose is pretty easy. They are just like humans, but sexy. Every single individual of the species is devastatingly sexy. I call them The Sexies . Also, the offspring of a Sexy and any other race is a Sexy. This will prevent people from diluting their awesome Sexine...
by HandsomeRob
Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:28 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: CCC map voting - RESULTS ARE IN
Replies: 71
Views: 17706

Re: CCC map voting - RESULTS ARE IN

I suggest viewing Mark's map as an overlay in Google Earth, to get a good sense of how it looks projected onto a globe. It's pretty nice. I think adding a continent to the north pole would be a good idea, and I'd also suggest moving some of the smaller southern islands north a bit, as they are prett...
by HandsomeRob
Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:33 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: CCC map voting - RESULTS ARE IN
Replies: 71
Views: 17706

Re: CCC map voting - RESULTS ARE IN

So what happens next?
by HandsomeRob
Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:11 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: CCC map voting - RESULTS ARE IN
Replies: 71
Views: 17706

Re: CCC map voting - THRU JAN 30

Since nobody ever said I only get one vote, I'm voting for Lyra, Lyhoko, and Ars Lande.

EDIT
1 Lyra
2 Lyhoko
3 Ars Lande
4 Catdoom
5 Torco
by HandsomeRob
Sat Jan 25, 2014 9:54 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Competitive collaborative conworld - CONTINENTS BY MON 27
Replies: 66
Views: 15963

Re: Competitive collaborative conworld - CONTINENTS BY MON 2

This planet is going to have a lot of continents...
by HandsomeRob
Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:57 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Competitive collaborative conworld - CONTINENTS BY MON 27
Replies: 66
Views: 15963

Re: Competitive collaborative conworld - CONTINENTS NEEDED

Ahzoh, your map does not show the full extent of your continent... Should we consider it's northern and eastern coasts to be straight lines?

EDIT: also, you have rivers going all the way across your continent from coast to coast...
by HandsomeRob
Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:28 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Your First Conworld?
Replies: 7
Views: 2149

Re: Your First Conworld?

If there was, I have no idea what it would have been.
by HandsomeRob
Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:09 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Your First Conworld?
Replies: 7
Views: 2149

Your First Conworld?

I was thinking today about the first conworld I ever made, which was called Cripto. I came up with this world when I was probably 6 or 7 years old, and worked on it for the subsequent 4 or 5 years. I have a firm memory of the map, which looked like this: http://s27.postimg.org/3lfy9f0df/cripto_01.jp...
by HandsomeRob
Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:15 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Non-Tolkienian fantasy
Replies: 61
Views: 18780

Re: Non-Tolkienian fantasy

I'm a big fan of the Burton and Swinburne series by Mark Hodder. The series is centered around the introduction of a time traveler to the Victorian Era of our timeline, and how the timeline spirals out-of-control as a result of understandable actions taken by the characters. It's great. But my favor...
by HandsomeRob
Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:02 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Hey, I made a map
Replies: 27
Views: 6131

Re: Hey, I made a map

Map is updated based on some of the comments here. I also changed the town label typeface to something a bit more evocative.
by HandsomeRob
Thu Nov 21, 2013 2:52 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Hey, I made a map
Replies: 27
Views: 6131

Re: Hey, I made a map

Since it feels pointless to add superfluous praise, how about criticism? The one thing I'd change is the textures/patterns/whatever. They're a bit bold for my liking, when zoomed-in. The biggest problem is the grey-orange-peel business labelled 'nazalil' - I assume it's just meant to look dry, but ...
by HandsomeRob
Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:12 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Hey, I made a map
Replies: 27
Views: 6131

Re: Hey, I made a map

Vardelm wrote:Speaking of which, what's the scale on this map?
I admit it's a bit hard to see. It's right above the "Sultanate of Zender" title cartouche. The sultanate is about 250 miles wide from east to west.
araceli wrote:Do you do commissions?
I could be convinced. :) PM me if you have a proposal.
by HandsomeRob
Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:42 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Hey, I made a map
Replies: 27
Views: 6131

Re: Hey, I made a map

I'd like to submit a motion to have you explain your process. I've seen other methods for creating mountains on The Cartographer's Guild and such sites, but there are very few that give a really nice, realistic look like this. Rhetorica is right: it's just bevel and emboss. I start in Illustrator b...
by HandsomeRob
Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:02 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Hey, I made a map
Replies: 27
Views: 6131

Hey, I made a map

I'm trying out a new style here. This map is the Sultanate of Zender, which is in the southeastern part of the Kaspari Empire. The map took about two weeks to finish, with most of that time spent drawing all of those intricate mountain ranges. Check it out if you're interested: Map of the Sultanate ...
by HandsomeRob
Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:05 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB Census 2013
Replies: 221
Views: 57510

Re: ZBB Census 2013

Inversion wrote:Remember, sex is sinful and its only purpose is to let the species continue. In heaven there is no sin, and thus no sex. Logical, innit?
That suuuuuuuuucks. I would expect heaven to have all the sex, even kinds the internet hasn't discovered yet.