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Monthly Archives: March 2011
More on Shtakamashkan – Using Masks
So, after the last post, I have a full set of masks(not quite, I found I did need a highland mask, so I made a fairly unsatisfactory one), now what? In Wilbur, I started by creating a new map. In … Continue reading
Posted in Mapping, Planetary Stuff, Projects, Skavoon Project, World Building
Tagged astrographer, atlas, climate, climates, climatology, conworld, conworlding, mapping, planetdata, science, Science Fiction, sf, terrain, wilbur, World Building, worldbuilding
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More on Shtakamashkan – Creating Masks
We are going to start, today, with the southpole-centered seamask from A Small Update on Shtakamashkan. I fixed the thumbnail. The WordPress software doesn’t seem to like grayscale png’s, so I resaved as an indexed PNG. Makes me wonder how … Continue reading
Posted in Mapping, Planetary Stuff, Projects, Skavoon Project, World Building
Tagged astrographer, atlas, conworld, conworlding, distance morphology, Image Magick, mapping, morphology, terrain, World Building, worldbuilding
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Some Useful Tools for Mapping
Well, my wednesday links are only a day late. This time around, I’m putting up some links to useful graphics tools for fantasy cartography. Image Magick is a very sophisticated suite of command-line image editing tools. CLI isn’t necessarily most … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Mapping, Planetary Stuff, World Building
Tagged astrographer, atlas, cartography, conworld, conworlding, image editing, mapping, planetdata, terrain, tools, World Building, worldbuilding, worldbuilding links
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A Small Update on Shtakamashkan
After my last research-fest, I decided to start in on something a little lighter. Mapping Shtakamashkan, homeworld of the Skavoon. I had made an abortive attempt earlier, but started off by making some fairly serious errors that resulted in me … Continue reading
Posted in Mapping, Planetary Stuff, Projects, Science Fiction, Skavoon Project, World Building
Tagged astrographer, conworld, conworlding, mapping, planetdata, Science Fiction, sf, terrain, World Building, worldbuilding
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Wednesday Links – A Month and a Day Late
Welcome back to Wednesday Links. Yeah it’s thursday and I haven’t posted anything in awhile. Well here’s what I’ve been wading through for the past few weeks. Still wading through a lot of it… Comprehension. That’s what I’m tryin’ for. … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Science Fiction, Science!, World Building
Tagged astrographer, astronomy, atlas, conworld, conworlding, conworlding links, mapping, science, Science Fiction, sf, stardata, World Building, worldbuilding, worldbuilding links
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Planetbuilding Research – Placing Star Systems
If you are creating the world in a particular location in space, the first step is generally mapping out the neighborhood. Sometimes, particularly if you are creating a fantasy-type world or some other situation where the locals aren’t going to … Continue reading
Posted in Mapping, Planetary Stuff, Science Fiction, Science!, World Building
Tagged astrographer, astronomy, atlas, conworld, conworlding, mapping, science, Science Fiction, sf, stardata, World Building
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